Assistant Project Manager - Client Side

Amida Recruit AU; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Amida Recruit AU is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to join our client’s Brisbane team. You will work on Retail, Commercial, Hospitality, Education and Government projects, from front-end through delivery, in a live site environment.

The role requires strong client-facing communication, coordination with design and construction teams, and the ability to manage scope, schedule and budgets across multi‑state projects.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in civil engineering, construction management or similar.
• 2–4+ years in either a client-side PM role or head contractor would be ideal.
• Proven end-to-end project management skills from concept through to completion.
• Contract Administration experience.
• Exposure to program management and critical paths.

Responsibilities

• Procurement of design consultants, construction contractors and other specialists.
• Contracts administration and claims management.
• Management of statutory approvals and design development processes.
• Exposure to various construction procurement models and contract types.
• Delivery of project management services to client within scope, schedule and budget.
• Scope development and tender submissions.
• Develop and maintain strong network and deliver outstanding services.
• Managing regulatory approvals and design co-ordination.
• Stakeholder management and liaison.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Education

Civil engineering / construction management degree

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

• Excellent project pipeline in Commercial, Retail, Hospitality, Govt. & Education sectors
• Great culture, supportive team with excellent progression opportunities

• Growing multi state boutique construction Project Management consultancy
• Excellent project pipeline in Commercial, Retail, Hospitality, Govt. & Education sectors
• Great culture, supportive team with excellent progression opportunities

Be part of a leading team delivering Retail, Commercial & Residential projects across Brisbane.

Our client is a growing boutique project management consultancy with an established pipeline of Retail, Education, Health, Hospitality, Hotels, Aged Care, Office and Government sectors to name a few. Projects can be fit out / refurbishment, upgrades as well as new build projects from smaller up to $50m and sometimes up to $100m+. They are now looking for anAssistant Project Managerto join their successful team in Brisbane.

The candidate can come from a head contractor or a client-side background with excellent progression opportunities. Candidates ideally will have experience working across a variety of construction projects in different phases of the construction lifecycle from front end through to delivery. Candidates will need to have strong client-facing, communication and stakeholder management skillsets.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Procurement of design consultants, construction contractors and other specialist consultants
• Contracts administration and claims management
• Management of statutory approval and design development processes
• Exposure to various construction procurement models and contract types
• Issues, risk and dispute management
• Delivery of project management services to your client to agreed scope, schedule and fee budget
• Scope development
• Preparing tender submissions
• Develop and maintain strong network and deliver outstanding services
• Managing regulatory approvals
• Design co-ordination
• Stakeholder management and liaison
• Working in a “live” environment (the buildings remain open during construction)
• Health and safety
• Program management
• Construction management of project delivery
• Management of site variations and design changes
• Cost management

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications in civil engineering, construction management or similar
• 2 - 4 years’+ experience in either a client-side PM role or head contractor would also be ideal
• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion
• Contract Administration experience
• Exposure to program management, managing timelines and critical paths
• Experience of end-to-end project management on a variety of building projects, commercial fit out would be an advantage
• Excellent communication skillset both written and verbal
• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Ability to think on your feet and excellent problem-solving skills
• Proficient in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Project as well as experience with various industry standard contract forms ie; GC21, AS4000, AS4122 and AS4902

This is a permanent full-time position providing a great opportunity to work with a successful and growing organisation who offer challenging work and the potential for career progression.