Junior Project Manager: Tech Delivery & Governance

EOS group; Australia; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EOS group is seeking a junior project manager to support planning, coordination and delivery of technology-driven projects in a structured manner. You will assist with schedules, RAID, reports, and documentation, helping ensure work stays within scope, schedule, budget, quality and compliance.

You will collaborate with engineering, operations, finance and suppliers, prepare agenda materials, capture actions, and escalate risks early through project leadership channels.

Qualifications

• 4+ years delivering complex engineering/technology projects (defence/aerospace/high-tech preferred).
• Strong knowledge of PMBOK/PRINCE2/Agile, project controls, and assurance/governance frameworks.
• Experience assisting with supplier, vendor, commercial, or contract administration activities.
• Exposure to project cost and schedule tracking, including milestone updates, budget inputs, forecast support, variance commentary, and routine reporting.
• Ability to maintain RAID and action registers, follow up owners, support issue resolution, and escalate risks or constraints in a timely manner.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools and familiar with project scheduling, planning, collaboration, or reporting tools such as MS Project, Primavera, Planner, SharePoint, Excel, Power BI, or similar.
• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related discipline desirable; foundational certification such as PRINCE2 Foundation, CAPM, or equivalent is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Project delivery support: Support the planning and delivery of small to medium technical projects or discrete work packages, assisting with scope, schedule, budget, and quality tracking.
• Planning & governance support: Assist in developing work breakdown structures, schedules, action registers, governance packs, and routine reporting to support effective project control.
• Team coordination: Coordinate inputs from engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, commercial, and other functions to support integrated project outcomes.
• Stakeholder communication: Support internal and customer-facing meetings by preparing agenda material, capturing actions, maintaining decision logs, and escalating risks or issues through the Project Manager or Program Manager.
• Commercial & contract administration: Support tracking of contractual deliverables, supplier inputs, purchase actions, and change information, ensuring relevant records are accurate and current.
• Cost and schedule tracking: Assist with project cost tracking, schedule updates, milestone reporting, variance commentary, and maintaining supporting data for project reviews.
• Risk, issue & change support: Maintain RAID and change registers, follow up mitigation actions, and support formal change control by preparing information for review and approval.
• Quality, safety & compliance support: Support adherence to EOS standards, quality requirements, safety expectations, and contractual obligations by maintaining evidence, actions, and project documentation.
• Continuous improvement: Contribute to lessons learned, process improvements, templates, and project ways of working to improve consistency across delivery activities.

Skills

PMBOK/PRINCE2/Agile

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering / Business / Project Management degree

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Planner

SharePoint

Excel

Power BI

Job description

EOS group is seeking a junior project manager to support planning, coordination and delivery of technology-driven projects in a structured manner. You will assist with schedules, RAID, reports, and documentation, helping ensure work stays within scope, schedule, budget, quality and compliance.

You will collaborate with engineering, operations, finance and suppliers, prepare agenda materials, capture actions, and escalate risks early through project leadership channels.