Programme & Project Management Associate (Hybrid)

Arup; Gold Coast City; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Paid parental leave (primary carer) 16

Parental leave 32 weeks at half pay

Birthday leave

Annual leave loading

Ability to purchase additional leave

International mobility opportunities

Life & income protection insurance

Novated car lease

Ovasaver discounts

Job summary

Arup on the Gold Coast seeks Associate/Associate Principal for Programme and Project Management to provide strategic leadership across complex projects and programmes, ensuring governance, commercial oversight and delivery success. The role supports data-driven decision-making and builds PMO and governance frameworks while engaging senior stakeholders.

Based in Gold Coast, you will mentor staff, coordinate multidisciplinary teams and drive capability development within the Project and Programme

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in engineering, project management, business, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant industry experience in commercial management, portfolio management, and project or programme delivery within an advisory or consulting environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and optimise complex programmes and portfolios in dynamic environments.
• Experience in public sector or infrastructure advisory, collaborative delivery models, and asset management.
• Proven ability to build and maintain stakeholder relationships and influence at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial and risk management oversight across complex programmes and portfolios, including procurement planning, project financial management, forecasting, governance, performance reporting, risk mitigation, and delivery assurance.
• Manage and oversee delivery of complex, integrated programmes and projects across scope, schedule, cost and quality, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and mentoring junior staff.
• Lead strategic workforce planning and resource allocation across multidisciplinary teams for successful programme delivery.
• Develop and optimise PMO and portfolio management frameworks with governance, reporting and change management processes.
• Advise clients on programme delivery, governance, commercial models, business cases and investment priorities with senior stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Governance

Strategic planning

Education

Engineering or related discipline

Project management

Business/Management degree

Tools

PMP

MSP

PRINCE2

Job description

Arup on the Gold Coast seeks Associate/Associate Principal for Programme and Project Management to provide strategic leadership across complex projects and programmes, ensuring governance, commercial oversight and delivery success. The role supports data-driven decision-making and builds PMO and governance frameworks while engaging senior stakeholders.

Based in Gold Coast, you will mentor staff, coordinate multidisciplinary teams and drive capability development within the Project and Programme