Project Manager

the original; Coffs Harbour; On-site; AUD 129,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two year contract

Based in Coffs Harbour

Flexible hours

Flex leave

Four weeks leave

Job summary

NSW Public Works is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the planning, procurement and delivery of complex infrastructure projects across regional NSW. You’ll coordinate clients, consultants, contractors and internal specialists to keep projects moving, manage risk and deliver outcomes on time and within budget.

Based in Coffs Harbour on a two-year, temporary full-time basis, you’ll oversee safety, quality and contract administration while developing your team and fostering a

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large infrastructure projects.
• Strong planning, procurement and delivery capabilities.
• Solid risk management and contract administration skills.
• Ability to lead diverse teams and coordinate stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, procurement and delivery of complex infrastructure projects.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and stakeholders.
• Maintain project controls, budgets, variations and schedules.
• Identify and escalate safety risks and promote safe delivery.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Contract management

Budgeting

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Safety compliance

Education

Engineering or construction degree

Project management qualification

Tools

GC21 contracts

MW21 contracts

Job description

About the role

As a Project Manager with NSW Public Works, you’ll lead the planning, procurement and delivery of complex infrastructure projects for our clients, taking responsibility for project, commercial, safety and client outcomes.

You’ll manage projects of varying size, complexity and risk, including multiple concurrent projects across different clients and stages of delivery. You’ll bring together clients, consultants, contractors and internal specialists to keep projects moving, manage risk and resolve issues.

You’ll maintain effective project controls and manage contracts, budgets, variations, timeframes, quality and stakeholder expectations. You’ll also identify, manage and escalation project and construction safety risks and promote safe delivery practices throughout the project lifecycle.

People leadership is an important part of the role. You’ll manage and develop team members, set clear expectations, coordinate workloads and lead performance development through regular feedback, coaching and performance conversations.

It’s a role for an experienced Project Manager who is comfortable taking ownership, making sound decisions and leading both projects and people.

Benefits and working conditions

• Temporary full-time role for 2 years
• Based in Coffs Harbour
• Your employees work principally in the workplace
• $129,464 to $142,665 plus superannuation and leave loading
• Varied infrastructure projects across regional NSW
• 35‑hour base working week
• Flexible start and finish times between 6am and 7pm , with core hours of 10am–3pm
• Flex time , allowing additional hours worked to be accrued and taken back as flex leave
• Generous leave arrangements , including carers’, parental and adoption leave
• Four weeks recreation leave as standard .

Diversity and inclusion are core DPIRD values. Everyone has the right to contribute and participate to their full potential. We are committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive culture that is respectful, welcoming and flexible – a workplace where our people feel supported, valued, and part of our collective success.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, procurement and delivery of complex infrastructure projects for our clients, taking responsibility for project, commercial, safety and client outcomes.
• Manage projects of varying size, complexity and risk, including multiple concurrent projects across different clients and stages of delivery.
• Bring together clients, consultants, contractors and internal specialists to keep projects moving, manage risk and resolve issues.
• Maintain effective project controls and manage contracts, budgets, variations, timeframes, quality and stakeholder expectations.
• Identify, manage and escalation project and construction safety risks and promote safe delivery practices throughout the project lifecycle.
• People leadership: manage and develop team members, set clear expectations, coordinate workloads and lead performance development through regular feedback, coaching and performance conversations.

About you

• Lead complex infrastructure projects from planning and procurement through construction, completion and handover.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects, taking accountability for safety, time, cost, quality, risk and client outcomes.
• Drive strong commercial and contract outcomes, managing budgets, variations, claims, consultants, contractors and project controls.
• Lead client and stakeholder relationships, resolve challenges early and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to achieve successful outcomes.
• Lead and develop people, setting clear expectations, managing performance and workloads, coaching team members and building capability through knowledge sharing and succession planning.
• Relevant trade, post-trade or tertiary qualifications in engineering, construction, project management or a related discipline.
• A minimum of five years’ relevant project or construction management experience within a commercial construction environment.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing complex projects through planning, procurement, construction, completion and handover, with accountability for safety, time, cost, quality, client outcomes.
• Strong commercial and contract management capability, including managing budgets, risk, variations, claims, consultant and construction contracts and competing project priorities.
• Demonstrated people management capability, including performance development, coaching, workload management and managing performance.
• A valid NSW Driver Licence and willingness to travel to project sites across the region, including occasional overnight stays.

Highly regarded

Experience delivering building, office fit-out, civil or similar infrastructure projects, together with experience administering GC21 and/or MW21 contracts.

About us

NSW Public Works is part of the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and supports local and state government agencies to deliver critical infrastructure initiatives by providing expert advisory, planning, design, project and construction management and associated support services.

Our work is in hospitals, dams, water treatment plants and high schools, the real foundations of prosperous communities.

Every day we help shape the ambitious projects that bring progress to more people in NSW. From forging a more sustainable relationship with the land around us, to engineering the big ideas of the future. In every challenge we see the chance to build stronger and more connected communities.

Together, we are DPIRD.

The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) protects, supports and develops primary industries and regional economies.

Collectively we support strong and sustainable agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining industries, and regional economies. We actively manage our natural assets: our lands and soils, minerals, waterways and oceans, vegetation and forests.

The department brings together Local Land Services, NSW Resources, Agriculture and Biosecurity, Fisheries and Forestry, Regional Development and Delivery.

With the majority of the DPIRD team living and working in regional NSW, we are embedded in the regions we serve.

Learn more about the benefits of joining our diverse and talented DPIRD team.

Equal opportunity

Ferrovial is an equal opportunity employer. We treat all jobs applications equally, regardless of gender, color, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, covered veteran status or protected genetic information (each, a "Protected Class"), or any other protected class in accordance with applicable laws.