PMO Manager - Engineering & Technical

Cleanaway Careers; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive salary package

Career development opportunities

Paid parental leave

Great company benefits

Job summary

Cleanaway Waste Management, based in Melbourne, invites applications for a PMO Manager to lead the National Engineering & Technical PMO from Dandenong South. You will establish governance, controls and tools for a diverse landfill and infrastructure portfolio, guiding a four-person PMO team toward consistent delivery and continuous improvement.

You will drive reporting, forecasting, risk and change management across projects, partnering with engineers and leaders to embed standardized processes

Qualifications

• Significant experience in PMO leadership, portfolio governance, project controls or capital project environments.
• Proven success designing and implementing governance frameworks, workflows, templates and assurance processes.
• Strong understanding of portfolio planning, project financials, forecasting, scheduling, risk and change management.
• Demonstrated people leadership, coaching and capability development skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills, including leading change across teams.
• Experience in infrastructure, construction, oil and gas or other complex, regulated environments; engineering exposure advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and embed consistent project governance frameworks, stage gates, delivery standards, templates and tools.
• Lead and coach the PMO team, building project management capability through practical training and guidance.
• Oversee portfolio schedules, priorities, resources and dependencies to support effective project planning.
• Introduce consistent project reporting, cost tracking, forecasting, risk and change control practices.
• Conduct project assurance reviews and targeted audits to verify compliance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Partner with project managers, engineers, operational leaders and enabling teams to support portfolio-wide adoption.
• Drive continuous improvement in PMO processes, reporting and documentation, including opportunities for automation.

Skills

PMO leadership

Governance

Portfolio governance

Project controls

Forecasting

Scheduling

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Tertiary qualifications

Tools

MS 365

Project reporting tools

Automation (desirable)

Job description

Cleanaway Waste Management transforms waste into resources and renewable energy. When you start to think of waste as a resource, it opens a world of possibilities.

Join us and contribute to making a sustainable future possible, together!

The Opportunity

Join our National Engineering & Technical team as PMO Manager, based in Dandenong South. You will establish and lead a practical, supportive project management office that strengthens governance, project controls and delivers consistency across a diverse portfolio of landfill engineering and infrastructure projects. Leading a team of four, you will help project managers deliver with greater confidence through clear standards, effective assurance and continuous improvement.

In this role you will also:

• Develop and embed consistent project governance frameworks, stage gates, delivery standards, templates and tools.
• Lead and coach the PMO team, building project management capability through practical training and guidance.
• Oversee portfolio schedules, priorities, resources and dependencies to support effective project planning.
• Introduce consistent project reporting, cost tracking, forecasting, risk and change control practices.
• Conduct project assurance reviews and targeted audits to verify compliance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Partner with project managers, engineers, operational leaders and enabling teams to support portfolio-wide adoption.
• Drive continuous improvement in PMO processes, reporting and documentation, including opportunities for automation.

About You

You are an experienced PMO or project governance leader who combines strong process discipline with a collaborative, pragmatic approach. You know how to turn complex governance requirements into simple, useful tools and influence diverse technical teams to adopt new ways of working.

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Significant experience in PMO leadership, portfolio governance, project controls or capital project environments.
• Proven success designing and implementing governance frameworks, workflows, templates and assurance processes.
• Strong understanding of portfolio planning, project financials, forecasting, scheduling, risk and change management.
• Demonstrated people leadership, coaching and capability development skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills, including leading change across teams.
• Experience in infrastructure, construction, oil and gas or other complex, regulated environments; engineering exposure advantageous.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and proficiency in Microsoft 365 and project reporting tools; automation experience desirable.

Why join Cleanaway?

We are Australia's largest company in this sector, providing essential services to millions of customers and communities nationally.

As a national, high growth, ASX-listed organisation with more than 10,000 employees, our goal is to be recognised by our customers as the most innovative and sustainable waste management company. We are committed to achieving this while delivering industry-leading health, safety and environmental (HSE) performance.

• Attractive salary package
• Career development opportunities
• Paid parental leave
• Great company benefits: Annual employee share plan offer, novated leasing, optional flu vaccinations, EAP access, discounts on private health insurance, company discounts + much more!

Our Process

We are dedicated to improving employment outcomes and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We also welcome candidates of all ages, abilities, gender identities, experiences (including veterans), and cultural backgrounds.

Our recruitment process involves a number of checks including, but not limited to, criminal history, medicals, drug & alcohol testing, as well as verification of qualifications, licences and right-to-work status.

If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us by emailing [e-mail].

Join us on our exciting journey towards a sustainable future

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