Assistant / Project Manager - Client Side

Work Initiatives; North Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Work Initiatives in Sydney is seeking an enthusiastic Assistant Project Manager to join our team, delivering projects from concept through to delivery in education, health, hospitality, and commercial sectors.

The role requires 2-5+ years of client-side PM or head contractor experience, strong communication and stakeholder management, and the ability to manage multiple projects with tight timelines and budgets.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Project Management, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or similar.
• 2 to 5+ years’ experience in a client side PM role or head contractor experience would also be ideal.
• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Client-facing communication

Stakeholder management

MS Office suite

Project coordination

Education

Tertiary qualification in Project Management / Construction Management / Civil Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Excellent project pipeline across Hotel, Hospitality, Office, Govt. & Education sectors

Great culture, great team with excellent tenure with excellent progression opportunities Running multiple projects through full life cycle from front end through to delivery on jobs from smaller up to $60m+ but sometimes to $100m+ across a variety of sectors. Our client is a growing boutique project management consultancy with an established pipeline of Education, Health, Hospitality, Hotels, Aged Care, Office and Government sectors to name a few.

Projects can be fit-out / refurbishment as well as new build projects from smaller up to $60m+ and sometimes up to $100m+. They are now looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Project Manager or entry level Project Manager to join their successful team in Sydney. Candidates coming from directly from the head contractor side could be a Contracts Administrator, Site Engineer or Project Engineer/Project Coordinator.

The candidate can come from a head contractor or a client-side background (ideally having some client-side experience but not essential) 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 and stakeholder management skillset with excellent communication skills and a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Years of experience:2-5+ years 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
• 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 Project Management, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or similar2 to 5+ years’ experience in a client side PM role or head contractor experience would also be ideal
• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion
• 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 AS4902Experience of running multiple smaller projects 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.