Project Manager - Austal Brisbane

Austal-7; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Sacrificing

Novated Leasing

Retailer discount

Employee Assistance Program

Insurance discounts

Job summary

Austal in Brisbane, Australia is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead assigned projects through all lifecycle stages. You will identify risks, manage schedules, budgets and resources while maintaining strong stakeholder communication and ensuring high-quality delivery to clients.

Responsibilities include developing costings, tender responses, and directing project teams to meet deadlines. A background in marine/heavy industry and a white card are desirable.

Qualifications

• Hold an engineering or fabrication trade qualification and 10 years trade experience.
• Possess or be willing to obtain a Project Management Qualification.
• Experience in marine or heavy industrial sectors preferred.
• Commercial awareness with budgets and cost control.
• Strong planning, supervision and communication abilities.
• Construction safety induction (white card) required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage assigned projects through all lifecycle stages.
• Identify constraints, pinch-points and risk impacting delivery to clients.
• Manage risk, schedule, procurement, budget, resourcing and stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate task information and project charges are billed correctly.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders and suppliers; lead meetings.
• Provide direction to project teams to meet deadlines and quality standards.
• Prepare tender responses, variations, and project costings.

Skills

Engineering trade qualification

Project management

Maritime/heavy industrial exposure

Cost control

Planning

Supervisory skills

Construction safety induction

Education

Engineering or fabrication trade qualification

Job description

Reporting to theOperations Manager, theProject Managerwill lead and manage assigned projects. The role is accountable for all facets of the project lifecycle, ensuring each stage is managed diligently and effectively. Strong leadership, along with high-level consultation and communication, will be key in identifying constraints, pinch-points and risk that has the potential to impact on the successful delivery of the project to our clients.

Key objectives & responsibilities include:

• Manage Project â Risk, Schedule, Procurement, Budget, Resourcing, Communications and Stakeholders
• Ensure accurate task information is documented to ensure detailed and accurate charges are billed accordingly against projects
• Manage project schedules to ensure that project schedules are accurately compiled, updated, and delivered to customer needs
• Manage budgets and ensure financial targets met or exceeded
• Identify and appropriately manage any technical, safety or project personnel issues and risk
• Procure project labour IAW the project resourcing requirements both internally and externally
• Develop key relationships with stakeholders and suppliers and maintain communications
• Provide clear direction to project teams to ensure daily, weekly, and critical tasks are executed by the required deadlines to quality standards
• Provide project specific advice to ensure future projects costings and timelines are quoted accurately
• Compile, submit and negotiate project tender responses
• Compile, submit, negotiate, and execute any project variations
• Facilitate and lead project meetings and toolbox meetings

Required Skills / Experience / Attributes:

Required Skills

• Possess an engineering or fabrication Trade Qualification with 10 years trade experience
• Hold or willing to obtain a Project Management Qualification if successful
• Exposure to the marine and or heavy industrial industries, as well as a sound knowledge of asset management standards, systems and processes is desirable
• Be commercially astute, with exposure to project budgets, estimates and cost controls
• Be goals driven and results orientated, with an excellent attention to detail and the ability to explain and discuss technical, commercial, and contractual topics
• Experience in planning
• Strong supervisory, organisational, written and verbal skills
• Pro-Active thinker with Initiative
• Hold a Construction safety induction (white card)

Why Austal

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• A supportive and dynamic work environment.
• Opportunities for career advancement within our growing organisation.

What's on Offer?

• Located in Brisbane QLD
• Salary Sacrificing, Novated Leasing, Retailer discount, Employee Assistance Program, Insurance discounts

Our global team is guided by a universal set of values that describe the focus of our efforts. Our goal is for all our decisions and actions to reflect these core values. We believe that putting our values into practice creates the greatest benefits for our shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, and communities in which we serve.

Excellence - Customer Focus - Integrity - Team Work

At Austal we are committed to providing a safe and inclusive work environment for all. We believe that achieving greater diversity will enhance our operations and as such we actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, and those with Disability to apply.