Project Manager

Bayside Group; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Port of Melbourne is seeking a Project Manager within its Infrastructure Delivery team. The role oversees a range of civil, marine and multi-disciplinary projects from inception through completion, including planning, budgeting, risk management and reporting to ensure safety, timeliness and budget adherence.

The successful candidate will hold a tertiary civil engineering qualification and have proven project management experience, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and familiarity with

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in civil engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in engineering project management.
• Extensive experience in coordinating resources for project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Scope, plan, schedule and manage projects through evaluation, approvals, negotiations, contract administration, site supervision and cost control.
• Lead, motivate and supervise project engineers, staff, contractors and consultants.
• Ensure safety leadership and adherence to OH&S requirements across all stages.

Skills

Project management

Civil engineering

OH&S

Contract law

Stakeholder engagement

Microsoft Office

Scheduling software

Education

Tertiary qualification in civil engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project management software

Job description

ABOUT THE COMPANY

The Port of Melbourne is Australia’s largest maritime hub for containerised, automotive and general cargo. It is a key economic asset for businesses and people across Victoria and Australia. Operating under a lease granted by the Victorian Government, Port of Melbourne’s assets under management include significant port land, wharves and channels servicing one of the nation’s key trade gateways.

PoM is committed to ensuring its infrastructure management operations are sustainable, responsible and fit for purpose to support the ongoing and growing Port of Melbourne.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Infrastructure division is seeking a Project Manager to join the Delivery team. The role is responsible for managing a range of port-related civil, marine infrastructure and multi-disciplinary projects from inception through to completion. The Project Manager will oversee project planning, delivery, stakeholder engagement, contract administration, budgeting, risk management and reporting to ensure projects are delivered safely, effectively, on time and within budget.

What you will be doing:

• Scope, plan, schedule and manage projects to ensure all stages, including project evaluation, estimation, Board approvals, implementation, legal negotiations, contract administration, site supervision and cost control are effectively executed.
• Lead, motivate and supervise project engineers, temporary staff, contractors, consultants
• Safety leadership through setting and managing safety expectations internally and externally ensuring no one is hurt.
• Support the resolution of often complex and diverse project, contractual, legal, and industrial and property issues.
• Negotiate directly with contractors and consultants and internal bodies to resolve a wide range of project issues.

The successful applicant will have:

• Tertiary qualification in civil engineering or equivalent
• Experience in engineering project management
• Extensive experience in engineering project management, coordinating and managing resources for successful delivery of projects.
• Demonstrated experience in simultaneously managing and leading a number of complex multi-disciplinary projects with minimal direction within time and budget.
• Proven track record of construction supervision of infrastructure projects complying with OH&S and Environmental requirements.
• Working knowledge and understanding of quality assurance principles, practices and standards.
• Working knowledge, experience and interpretation of contract law
• Understanding of principles and methodologies for effective stakeholder engagement
• Highly proficient computing skills in numerous Microsoft Office programs as well as project management, scheduling, financial, administrative and graphics software packages.

Please Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted, and applicants must have full working rights in Australia and already be residing in the country.

A diverse workplace where everyone feels welcome and supported is essential to our client’s success. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply, especially women, who are underrepresented in this sector. Teams with different perspectives make better decisions and get better results for the project and the community. If you don't meet every requirement but think you'd be right for the role, we'd still love to hear from you.