Project Director / Associate Director – Client Side

Amida Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Amida Group in Sydney is seeking an experienced Project Director / Associate Director to lead delivery across commercial, education, hospitality and other sectors. The role involves mentoring a small PM team, tendering and business development to grow the practice.

You will bring 7–15+ years in client-side PM with exposure to head contractor environments, managing complex projects up to $100m+, and building strong client relationships.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in civil engineering, construction management or similar.
• 7 - 15+ years’ experience in a client side PM role and some head contractor experience would also be ideal.
• Business Development skillset
• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion
• Exposure to program management, managing timelines and critical paths
• Experience of end to end project management on a variety of building projects, commercial fit out would be an advantage and experience of running multiple smaller projects
• Excellent communication skillset both written and verbal
• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Ability to think on your feet and excellent problem solving skills
• Proficient in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Project as well as experience with various industry standard contract forms ie; GC21, AS4000, AS4122 and AS4902

Responsibilities

• Procurement of design consultants, construction contractors and other specialist consultants
• Contracts administration and claims management
• Management of statutory approval and design development processes
• Exposure to various construction procurement models and contract types
• Issues, risk and dispute management
• Delivery of project management services to your client to agreed scope, schedule and fee budget
• Preparing tender submissions
• Develop and maintain strong network and deliver outstanding services
• Managing regulatory approvals
• Design co-ordination
• Stakeholder management and liaison
• Working in a “live” environment (the buildings remain open during construction)
• Health and safety
• Program management
• Construction management of project delivery
• Management of site variations and design changes
• Cost management
• Tendering, work winning and business development

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Client liaison

Business development

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Risk management

Contract administration

Education

Civil Engineering

Construction Management

Tools

GC21

AS4000

AS4122

AS4902

Job description

• Excellent project pipeline across Commercial, Hospitality, Retail & Education sectors
• Great culture, great team with excellent progression opportunities

Running multiple projects through full project life cycle from smaller up to $100m+, ideal candidate will have experience on both the Head Contractor and Client Side consultancy prior. Also will be running a small team of PMs and undertaking business development/work winning activities.

Our client is a growing boutique project management consultancy with an established pipeline of Commercial, Education, Hospitality, Hotels, Health, Aged Care, Retail fit out / refurbishment as well as new build projects from smaller up to $100m+. They are now looking for an experienced Project Director / Associate Director to join their successful team in Sydney.

The candidate can come from a head contractor or a client side background (ideally having experience from both sides) with excellent progression opportunities. Candidates will ideally have experience working on a mix of sectors and some of their sectors include Hospitality, Aged Care, Education, Retail, Residential and Commercial projects etc.

As Project Director / Associate Director, you will be responsible for project delivery as well as mentoring and managing a team of 3 to 4 people as well as tendering, working winning / business development to grow the team. This is a role that is part of the senior leadership team.

Reporting to

State Manager OR Director

Years of experience:

7 - 15 + years

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Procurement of design consultants, construction contractors and other specialist consultants
• Contracts administration and claims management
• Management of statutory approval and design development processes
• Exposure to various construction procurement models and contract types
• Issues, risk and dispute management
• Delivery of project management services to your client to agreed scope, schedule and fee budget
• Preparing tender submissions
• Develop and maintain strong network and deliver outstanding services
• Managing regulatory approvals
• Design co-ordination
• Stakeholder management and liaison
• Working in a “live” environment (the buildings remain open during construction)
• Health and safety
• Program management
• Construction management of project delivery
• Management of site variations and design changes
• Cost management
• Tendering, work winning and business development

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in civil engineering, construction management or similar
• 7 - 15+ years’ experience in a client side PM role and some head contractor experience would also be ideal
• Business Development skillset
• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion
• Exposure to program management, managing timelines and critical paths
• Experience of end to end project management on a variety of building projects, commercial fit out would be an advantage and experience of running multiple smaller projects
• Excellent communication skillset both written and verbal
• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Ability to think on your feet and excellent problem solving skills
• Proficient in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Project as well as experience with various industry standard contract forms ie; GC21, AS4000, AS4122 and AS4902

This is a permanent full time position providing a great opportunity to work with a successful and growing organisation who offer challenging work and the potential for career progression.