Junior Project Managers

Electro Optic Systems; Canberra; Presencial; AUD 65.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Electro Optic Systems in Canberra is seeking a junior project manager to assist planning, coordination, and delivery of technology-driven projects. You will support project managers with schedules, RAID logs, reporting, and documentation, ensuring delivery aligns with scope, schedule, budget, and quality.

The role emphasizes structured project controls, governance routines, and timely escalation of risks or issues through appropriate leadership channels.

Formación

• 4+ years delivering complex engineering/technology projects (defence/aerospace/high-tech preferred).
• Strong knowledge of PMBOK/PRINCE2/Agile, project controls, and governance frameworks.
• Experience assisting with supplier, vendor, or contract administration activities, including tracking deliverables and change information.
• Exposure to project cost and schedule tracking, milestone updates, budget inputs, and routine reporting.
• Ability to maintain RAID and action registers, escalate risks, and support issue resolution.

Responsabilidades

• Support planning and delivery of small to medium technical projects or work packages with scope, schedule, budget, and quality tracking.
• Assist in developing work breakdown structures, schedules, action registers, governance packs, and routine reporting for project control.
• Coordinate inputs from engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, commercial, and other functions to support integrated outcomes.
• Prepare agenda material, capture actions, maintain decision logs, and escalate risks or issues through the PM/Program Manager.
• Track contractual deliverables, supplier inputs, purchase actions, and change information, ensuring records are accurate.
• Assist with cost tracking, schedule updates, milestone reporting, and variance commentary for reviews.
• Maintain RAID and change registers, follow up owners, and support formal change control.
• Support EOS standards, quality, safety, and regulatory compliance through documentation and evidence.
• Contribute to lessons learned, templates, and process improvements for consistent delivery.

Conocimientos

PM knowledge

Plan & governance

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Team coordination

Continuous improvement

Educación

Bachelor-level qualification in Engineering, Business or PM

PRINCE2 Foundation / CAPM (advantage)

Herramientas

MS Project

Primavera

Planner

SharePoint

Excel

Power BI

Descripción del empleo

We continually strive to help our workforce achieve their professional and personal goals, engaging them in challenging and inspiring projects.

We are looking for a junior project manager who can support the planning, coordination, and delivery of technology-driven projects in a structured and disciplined manner. The role is suited to someone developing their project management capability, with a practical understanding of project controls, governance, stakeholder coordination, and delivery support.

In this role you will assist with maintaining project schedules, action registers, RAID logs, reporting packs, cost and milestone information, and project documentation. You will support Project Managers and Program Managers to help ensure projects are delivered in line with agreed scope, schedule, budget, quality, and compliance expectations.

Successful candidates will be organised, proactive, and collaborative, able to work across multidisciplinary teams, follow up actions, prepare clear information for decision-making, and elevate risks or issues early through the appropriate project leadership channels.

Primary Duties

The role supports EOS project delivery by helping bring structure, accuracy, and coordination to technical projects and work packages. It contributes to project success by maintaining reliable project information, supporting governance routines, and helping ensure actions, risks, issues, and decisions are tracked and progressed.

You will assist with project lifecycle activities from initiation through delivery and closure, including schedule updates, baseline tracking, resource inputs, meeting coordination, performance reporting, document control, and preparation of information required for project reviews.

The role also supports adherence to EOS standards, contractual obligations, quality expectations, safety requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements by maintaining accurate records, following agreed processes, and escalating exceptions for review.

Key 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.

Experience

• 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, including tracking deliverables, actions, correspondence, and change information.
• 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 elevate 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.