Junior Project Managers

Electro Optic Systems; City of Hume; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Electro Optic Systems in Victoria, Australia seeks a junior project manager to assist planning, coordination, and delivery of technology-driven projects, developing PM capability with practical understanding of controls, governance, and stakeholder coordination.

You will assist with maintaining schedules, RAID logs, reporting packs, and documentation; supporting Project/Program Managers to ensure delivery aligns with scope, schedule, budget, quality, and compliance expectations.

Qualifications

• 4+ years delivering complex engineering/technology projects (defence/aerospace/high-tech preferred).
• Strong knowledge of PMBOK/PRINCE2/Agile and governance frameworks.
• Experience with supplier, vendor, or contract administration activities and change information.
• Exposure to project cost and schedule tracking with milestone updates and reporting.
• Maintain RAID and action registers; escalate risks or constraints promptly.
• Proficiency with MS Office and project tools including MS Project, Primavera, Planner, SharePoint, Excel, Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and delivery of small to medium technical projects or work packages.
• Assist in developing work breakdown structures, schedules, and governance packs.
• Coordinate inputs from engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, and commercial.
• Prepare agenda material, capture actions, maintain decision logs, and escalate risks.
• Track contractual deliverables, supplier inputs, and change information.
• Assist with cost tracking, milestone reporting, and variance commentary.
• Maintain RAID and change registers; support formal change control.
• Ensure adherence to EOS standards, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to lessons learned and process improvements in delivery activities.

Skills

MS Project

Primavera

Planner

SharePoint

Excel

Power BI

Education

Tertiary qualification in Engineering/Business/PM

PRINCE2 Foundation or CAPM

Job description

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.

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 complexengineering/technologyprojects(defence/aerospace/high-techpreferred).

• 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.