Assistant / Project Manager - Client Side - ASAP

Amida Recruitment; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amida Recruitment is seeking an Assistant Project Manager/Project Manager to join their Canberra team. The role focuses on delivering Retail, Commercial and Residential projects with an established pipeline across multiple sectors.

Experience across front-end through delivery is valued, as is familiarity with live work environments and strong stakeholder engagement. Ideal candidates have 2–7+ years in PM roles, tertiary qualifications in civil/ construction fields, and proficiency with MS Office

Qualifications

• 2–7+ years experience in client-side PM or head contractor roles.
• End-to-end project management experience from concept to completion.
• Experience with contract administration and design development processes.

Responsibilities

• Procurement of design consultants and contractors.
• Contracts administration and claims management.
• Management of statutory approvals and design development processes.
• Exposure to different procurement models and contract types.
• Issues, risk and dispute management.
• Delivery of PM services to meet scope, schedule and fee budget.
• Develop and maintain strong client networks and deliver outstanding services.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Civil engineering or construction management degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

MS Project

Contract forms GC21/AS4000/AS4122/AS4902

Job description

• Excellent project pipeline in Commercial, Retail, Hospitality, Govt. & Education sectors
• Great culture, supportive team with excellent progression opportunities
• ASAP start for the right candidate. Projects across new build, refurb, fit-out & upgrades

• 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
• ASAP start for the right candidate. Projects across new build, refurb, fit-out & upgrades

Be part of a leading team delivering Retail, Commercial & Residential projects across Canberra. ASAP start for the right candidate.

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 Manager or Project Managerto join their successful team in Canberra.

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. The ACT office is smaller than the other state offices and there are good growth opportunities.

Years of experience:
For Assistant Project Manager 2+ years
For Project Manager 3 to 7+ 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
• 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 - 7 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.

• Growing multi state boutique construction Project Management consultancy
• Excellent project pipeline in Commercial, Retail, Hospitality, Govt. & Educati
• ASAP start for the right candidate. Projects across new build, refurb, fit-out