Car Park Project Manager | 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract

Vicinity Centres PM Pty Ltd ACN 101 504 045 as trustee of Vicinity Property Management Trust; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vicinity Limited is seeking an experienced Project/Construction Manager to drive major car park projects across a national portfolio. You will balance technical delivery with stakeholder management to keep programs moving and deliver strong operational outcomes.

The role requires proven project or construction management experience in parking, construction, or facilities environments, with knowledge of parking systems and related infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated project or construction management experience.
• Strong knowledge of car parking systems and related building services.
• Tertiary qualification in Construction or Project Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead car park projects across the national centre portfolio from feasibility, planning and design through to construction, implementation and handover.
• Manage program, CAPEX, budgets, forecasting, approvals, documentation and delivery timelines.
• Partner with centre and National Operations teams, contractors, consultants, architects, engineers and suppliers to progress works and resolve issues.
• Review technical plans and coordinate parking, electrical, mechanical, HVAC, fire life safety and associated building infrastructure requirements.
• Conduct site visits and project inspections to ensure works meet standards and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Project management

Construction management

Car parking systems

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Regulatory compliance

Education

Tertiary qualification in Construction

Project Management qualification

Job description

We're reimagining the way Australians live, work, and play. We own and manage some of the most recognisable and loved retail destinations across Australia. We're evolving our portfolio into destinations that offer a broad selection of retail, residential, and office spaces. Through our diverse portfolio, data-led decision-making, and nationwide development pipeline, we do things differently. We are Vicinity.

Role purpose

Bring your parking systems and project delivery expertise to a role with national scope. You’ll drive major car park projects across our centre portfolio, balancing technical delivery with the stakeholder management needed to keep projects moving and achieve strong operational outcomes.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead car park projects across the national centre portfolio from feasibility, planning and design through to construction, implementation and handover.
• Manage project programs, CAPEX, budgets, forecasting, approvals, documentation and delivery timelines.
• Partner closely with centre and National Operations teams, contractors, consultants, architects, engineers and suppliers to progress works and resolve issues.
• Review technical plans and coordinate parking, electrical, mechanical, HVAC, fire life safety and associated building infrastructure requirements.
• Conduct site visits and project inspections, monitor contractor delivery and ensure works are completed to required standards and regulatory requirements.

The impact you’ll have

Fast-track the successful delivery of major parking projects across a large national centre portfolio.

Build strong relationships with operational teams and effectively influence outcomes without direct reporting lines.

Navigates competing operational, technical and stakeholder requirements to keep projects progressing.

Deliver parking solutions that support positive customer experiences and retailer outcomes.

Identify practical and innovative solutions to technical or operational challenges throughout project delivery.

About you

You’re an experienced Project or Construction Manager who understands the complexities of car park environments and can confidently bring together operational teams, technical specialists and contractors to deliver projects.

Demonstrated Project Management or Construction Management experience, ideally within car parking, construction, architectural or facilities environments.

Strong knowledge of car parking systems and infrastructure, alongside relevant mechanical, electrical, HVAC, fire life safety and building systems.

Strong project management capability across budgeting, scheduling, cost planning, CAPEX and project delivery.

Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence internal teams, contractors, consultants and other external partners.

Relevant tertiary qualifications in Construction, Project Management or equivalent, with strong commercial, problem-solving and prioritisation capability.

This role is based at our Chadstone Head Office and may involve occasional interstate travel to support significant project works. It is a 12-month fixed-term contract with potential to extend or become permanent.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES (who you are)

• Respect: We listen to and acknowledge each other's views. We have difficult conversations with care.
• Integrity: We back our words with the right actions. We do the right thing, no matter the situation.
• Customer Focus: We nurture a genuine connection with our customers. We consider customer needs when making decisions.
• Collaboration: We invite the right people to the table. We balance consensus with decisive actions.
• Excellence: We always strive to improve. We share our challenges and celebrate the wins.

Why Vicinity?

Our benefits program focuses on creating an awesome place to work in which our people are rewarded and recognised. We live and work by our values of Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration and Excellence. They are the foundation to everything we do and provide us a north star with which we can shape meaningful places where communities connect.

At Vicinity we embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where we attract, retain and develop our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age.

Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

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Note: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have existing, relevant Australian work rights. At the later stages of the recruitment process the shortlisted candidate/candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal History Background/Police Check as a mandatory part of the process. Additional qualification checks may also be required dependant on role and level.

We exist to shape meaningful places where communities connect together we want to prosper with our people and communities by creating Australia's most compelling portfolio of retail-led destinations.

Our values and behaviours set the expectations we have of each other and how we work together. They are simple and easy to connect with, and living these values will help us nurture the culture we would love to have at Vicinity.