Project Manager

McConnell Dowell; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation and meals provided

Career development opportunities

Mentoring and training programs

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a large-scale energy infrastructure project in Brisbane. The candidate will oversee engineering, scheduling, and cost control while ensuring safety and quality. Key responsibilities include coordinating construction activities and maintaining client relationships. The ideal applicant has a background in complex mechanical and electrical systems, commissioning, and stakeholder management. This role offers opportunities for growth and development while impacting communities positively.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience delivering complex facilities or M&E projects.
• Proven success in commissioning and completions.
• Strong commercial, contractual, and stakeholder management capability.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a safe, environmentally sound project on time and within budget.
• Oversee engineering, scheduling, cost control, safety, environment and quality.
• Coordinate construction activities in line with program requirements.
• Lead commissioning and completions activities for complex M&E components.
• Maintain strong client relationships and uphold project standards.

Skills

Complex mechanical and electrical systems

Stakeholder management

Commissioning and completions

Contractual management

Job description

About The Role

As Project Manager, you will lead a large-scale energy infrastructure project involving complex mechanical and electrical installation, systems integration and commissioning. You will guide a multidisciplinary project team, foster strong client relationships, and ensure safe, efficient and quality-driven outcomes. This role begins in our Brisbane office during the ECI phase, transitioning to a site-based roster once construction begins, with accommodation and meals provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver a safe, environmentally sound project on time and within budget.
• Oversee engineering, scheduling, cost control, safety, environment and quality.
• Coordinate construction activities in line with program requirements.
• Lead commissioning and completions activities for complex M&E components.
• Maintain strong client relationships and uphold McConnell Dowell’s project standards.

About you

You are an experienced Project Manager with a strong background in complex mechanical and electrical systems. You thrive in fast-paced project environments, enjoy being client-facing, and can confidently lead teams through ECI, delivery, commissioning and close-out. You’re flexible to work on a roster during site delivery and comfortable managing multidisciplinary teams and high-value project scopes.

You Will Also Bring

• Demonstrated experience delivering complex facilities or M&E projects.
• Proven success in commissioning and completions.
• Strong commercial, contractual and stakeholder management capability.

About us

McConnell Dowell - Creative Construction

Our purpose is Providing a Better Life. We deliver projects that connect, support, and sustain communities, while offering career opportunities that challenge, reward, and grow our people. For over 60 years, we’ve built thousands of complex, high-quality projects across Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia—shaping cities and supporting communities.

Why join us?

The work you’ll do will have a real, positive impact on people’s lives—and yours. With a wide variety of projects and roles, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to develop and thrive. We invest heavily in your growth through mentoring, training, and a supportive culture where your ideas matter. At McConnell Dowell, we celebrate diversity and inclusion. We’re big enough to deliver community-shaping projects and agile enough to let you shape how we work. Join us, be yourself, and help us create better together.

Apply now!

We are an equal opportunity employer. People of all ages, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identities & cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are strongly encouraged to apply. Please note all successful applicants must hold valid work rights for Australia and pass a satisfactory pre-employment medical which includes drug and alcohol checks. This role is being sourced through McConnell Dowell directly and not accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.