Project Lead

GWG Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GWG Recruitment is assisting a client in Sydney/Newcastle to appoint a Project Lead who will direct a team of two reports in delivering forensic litigation and remediation engagements. You will drive project delivery, maintain schedules, and ensure timelines, budgets and court deadlines are met.

You will collaborate with the Director to shape proposals, site inspections and expert reports while guiding cross-functional teams toward clear, commercial outcomes.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Construction, Project Management or Law.
• Strong commercial capability with budgets, WIP, and scope control.
• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring staff.
• Excellent communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational excellence with your team and act as the Director’s project delivery support.
• Manage end-to-end lifecycle of forensic, litigation and remedial engineering matters, including defining project scope.
• Drive timelines for inspections, findings, technical reviews, legal submissions, joint expert conclaves and final reports.
• Establish and maintain project programmes, action registers and delivery priorities to ensure deadlines and deliverables are visible and met.
• Coordinating engineers, drafters and other internal resources according to urgency, complexity and capacity.
• Maintaining accurate document control across evidence, site photographs, drawings and expert records.
• Acting as a key contact for solicitors, barristers, insurers, strata managers, building owners and commercial clients.
• Monitoring project hours, WIP, budgets, variations, scope, invoicing milestones to protect commercial outcomes.
• Leading project kick-off meetings, progress updates and pre-conclave briefings.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to reduce bottlenecks/drag.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Project delivery

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Construction/PM/Law

Tools

Project scheduling software

Document management systems

Job description

We have been tasked with finding our client's next Project Lead who (alongside their two direct reports) will be leading the project delivery & workflow management of their forensic Litigation & Remediation engagements across Sydney and Newcastle.

• Become the operational engine behind remediation investigations, inspections and expert witness/SME legal testimony commitments
• Create the structure that allows technical specialists to focus on their work and deliver their best work
• Lead the delivery of complex forensic engineering matters, keeping people, budgets and strict legal deadlines on track from brief to final report
• Bring structure, commercial discipline and calm execution to an amazing team!

Working directly with the Director, you’ll lead the delivery process from the initial client brief and proposal through to site inspections, supporting the drafting of expert reports, invoicing and close-out - all the while ensuring critical litigation and court-ordered deadlines are met.

It’s an opportunity to have genuine ownership and influence across project delivery, client experience and commercial performance.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead operational excellence with your team (Structural Engineer and Litigation Support) and act as the Director’s key project delivery support and operational point of contact
• Manage end-to-end lifecycle of forensic, litigation and remedial engineering matters including supporting proposals, defining project scope
• Driving timelines for inspections, preliminary findings, technical reviews, legal submissions, joint expert conclaves and final reports
• Establish and maintain project programmes, action registers and delivery priorities to ensure deadlines and deliverables are visible and met
• Coordinating engineers, drafters and other internal resources according to urgency, complexity and capacity
• Maintaining accurate document control across evidence, site photographs, drawings and expert records
• Acting as a key contact for solicitors, barristers, insurers, strata managers, building owners and commercial clients
• Monitoring project hours, WIP, budgets, variations, scope, invoicing milestones to protect commercial outcomes
• Leading project kick-off meetings, progress updates and pre-conclave briefings
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to reduce bottlenecks/drag

About you

You’ll be a highly organised and commercially aware construction/projects professional who enjoys bringing clarity to complex, deadline-driven work.

You will also bring:

• Tertiary qualifications in Construction, Project Management or Law
• Strong commercial capability (project budgets, WIP, fee tracking and scope control)
• Experience leading and developing high performing technical teams (with the ability to mentor and coach)
• Clear, confident and professional communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• A proactive problem-solving approach - you don’t simply identify a roadblock - you also find the work-around and way forward
• Sound judgement when handling sensitive, confidential or contentious matters
• Experience with project scheduling and document management systems
• The ability to manage a substantial portfolio of concurrent matters
• The ability to understand the business priorities and manage stakeholder expectations
• High level of comfort holding various stakeholders (including technical managers, senior leaders) accountable to timelines, commitments and deadlines

Highly Regarded

• Additional or supplementary qualifications in Construction, Engineering, Project Management or Law
• Proven project management or project delivery experience within engineering consulting, construction, insurance building, legal services, expert witness operations or another knowledge-based environment

Why This Role

• Work directly with the Director and have genuine influence over projects delivery & outcomes
• Join a reputable specialist consultancy operating across technically complex, high profile and high-value matters
• The ability to manage and nurture relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders - engineers, legal professionals, insurers and asset owners
• An opportunity to really make the role your own - delivering continuous improvement initiatives across systems, workflows
• Drive commercial discipline as the business continues to grow - delivering value to the entire team
• Become a central and highly valued member of a collaborative, values-led team

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to building inclusive and respectful workplaces, strengthened by diversity and encourage applications from First Nations Peoples, all genders, those from culturally diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ community and people with disability, of all ages and backgrounds. We strive to provide a barrier free and equitable recruitment experience. If you do require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact your consultant via the phone number or email above.