Healthcare Capital Projects Manager

Eastern Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Monthly day off

Travel across sites

Job summary

Eastern Health in Melbourne seeks a Project Manager to drive end-to-end delivery of allocated capital projects across campuses. You will manage scope, budgets, schedules, and risks, coordinating with clinical services, Facilities, Finance and ICT to ensure successful handover and close-out.

The role reports to the Associate Director – Capital Projects and may mentor junior staff. Relevant experience in healthcare or public sector projects, with strong procurement and governance knowledge, is

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience independently delivering capital, construction, engineering or infrastructure projects in healthcare, the public sector or a similarly complex operational environment.
• Experience managing projects through planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, handover and close-out.
• Demonstrated ability to manage scope, programme, budgets, forecasts, risks, issues, contracts, variations, claims and reporting.
• Sound understanding of procurement, contract administration, contractor supervision, work health and safety, building compliance and project governance requirements.
• Strong planning, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder engagement and report-writing skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and support team delivery.
• A collaborative approach, with the ability to share knowledge and provide informal guidance or mentoring to junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Managing the end-to-end delivery of allocated capital projects, including scope, budget, programme, quality, risk and stakeholder outcomes.
• Developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, budgets, cashflows, forecasts, risk and issue registers, procurement plans and project records.
• Managing consultant and contractor deliverables, procurement activities, contracts, variations, claims and supplier performance within approved delegations and processes.
• Monitoring expenditure, commitments and forecasts, reconciling financial information and reporting funding pressures and proposed corrective actions.
• Coordinating stakeholders across clinical services, Facilities, Finance, ICT, Asset Management, Infection Prevention and Control, Work Health and Safety, consultants, contractors and external authorities.
• Preparing project reports, governance papers, submissions, meeting records and recommendations, and escalating significant risks or issues to the Associate Director or designated Senior Project Manager.
• Coordinating project delivery in accordance with Eastern Health’s Capital Project Life Cycle, approved governance arrangements, relevant legislation, codes, standards and policies, including defects and close-out.

Skills

Planning

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Report writing

Education

PMP

PRINCE2

Job description

Eastern Health in Melbourne seeks a Project Manager to drive end-to-end delivery of allocated capital projects across campuses. You will manage scope, budgets, schedules, and risks, coordinating with clinical services, Facilities, Finance and ICT to ensure successful handover and close-out.

The role reports to the Associate Director – Capital Projects and may mentor junior staff. Relevant experience in healthcare or public sector projects, with strong procurement and governance knowledge, is