Project Manager

JLL; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle in Canberra, Australia, is seeking an experienced Project Manager who can lead multiple projects from inception to handover with minimal supervision.

You will coordinate project delivery plans, budgets, risk registers, and governance, chair weekly meetings, manage contracts with clients and vendors, and ensure health, safety and environmental compliance across all deliverables.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant Project/Construction Management discipline.
• Six years' experience in PM or a combination of formal education and experience in excess of ten years, four of which must be related to Design, Construction, or Project Management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage monthly deliverables: Project Delivery Plans, Status Reports, Cost Reports, meeting agendas and minutes.
• Establish project budgets and forecast expenditure to meet completion within budget.
• Create a detailed overall project programme with milestones and objectives for successful delivery.
• Lead RFP preparation, scope writing and tendering; support contract award and administration.
• Chair weekly project meetings and ensure timely minutes and agendas.
• Oversee contract administration with clients, consultants and suppliers; protect client interests.
• Maintain risk registers, PCG reports, and financial close-out documentation.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental systems and plan, and monitor adherence.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Budgeting

Risk Management

Contract Negotiation

Education

Degree in Project/Construction Management

Job description

As Project Manager you will be expected to contribute independently the tasks below. This means as a PM you demonstrate a high familiarity with the subject matter and are able to produce these deliverables with little guidance from senior team members. Project Managers are also able to validate and oversee deliverables produced by Project Coordinators and Assistant Project Managers. It is expected a PM manages between 5-8 projects at various stages.

As the Project Manager you are expected to take total responsibility for the effective management of all phases of a project (or projects) from initial establishment to handover and project closure. The role requires coordinating thought and leadership skills to encourage maximum contributions of all participants in the project and focus these to maximise outcomes for all stakeholders.

• Ensure monthly project deliverables are completed, these include:
• Project Delivery Plans
• Monthly Status Reports
• Anticipated Cost Reports
• Meeting Agendas and Minutes
• Establish project budget in accordance with client requirements. Manage and forecast expenditure to achieve completion within budget.
• Establish a detailed overall project programme that sets clear milestones and objectives to ensure successful project delivery.
• Establish an accurate and up to date risk register.
• Preparation of PCG (Project Control Group) reports and attend PCG meetings as required.
• Chair weekly project meetings as required.
• Ensure timely issuance of meeting minutes and agendas
• RFP (Request for Proposal) preparation, scope writing and tendering
• Lead value engineering, buildability analysis, and assist in critically reviewing the design and documentation to minimize risk and maximize outcomes.
• Contract negotiation and award.
• Contract administration, ensuring contracts with clients, consultants and suppliers are properly executed and maintained. Carry out contract administration of all vendors professionally and in accordance with legal requirements to protect commercial interests of client and Jones Lang LaSalle.
• Establishing and maintaining anticipated cost reports. Including cash flows and accruals. Ensuring invoices from vendors are submitted in a timely manner to both the clients and JLL accounting.
• Reviewing and providing recommendations on variations. Collecting and vetting appropriate supporting documentation for submission to clients. Obtaining timely client approvals.
• Implementing and maintaining JLL Health Safety and Environmental systems and take responsibility for areas under your direction.
• Ensure attention to details on all deliverables and the overall quality of final products positively represents JLL.
• Ensure a Safety and Environmental Plan is in place and is actively complied with by yourself and others.
• Be able to effectively run project in the absence of the Senior Project Manager or Director.
• Management of completion of the project close out.
  • Financial close out
  • Contractual documents (as-builts, deeds of release, client training, etc…)

A degree in a relevant Project or Construction Management related discipline or related field and six (6) years’ experience or a combination of formal education and experience in excess of ten (10) years, four of which must be related to Design, Construction, or Project Management.

This role may require a current AGSVA security clearance or the ability to obtain one.