Project Manager - Client Side

Amida Group; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Amida Group in Brisbane is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our growing boutique consultancy. You will lead end-to-end delivery on multiple construction projects across Education, Hospitality, Health, and Government sectors, managing client relationships and driving project outcomes from concept to completion.

Candidates should bring 6–10+ years of client-side PM and head contractor experience, strong Brisbane market knowledge, and a proactive, detail‑oriented approach to risk,

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in civil engineering, construction management or similar.
• 6–10+ years’ client-side PM experience with head contractor exposure.
• Strong knowledge of Brisbane market and end-to-end project delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Procurement of design consultants, contractors and specialists.
• Contracts administration and claims management.
• Manage statutory approvals and design development processes.
• Delivery of PM services to client within scope, schedule and budget.
• Prepare tender submissions and develop networks.
• Maintain stakeholder liaison in a live environment.

Skills

Client facing

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

MS Office

Education

Civil engineering or construction management degree

Tools

MS Project

Contract forms GC21/AS4000/AS4122/AS4902

Job description

• Excellent project pipeline across Hospitality, Office, Aged Care, Retail, Govt. & Education sectors
• Great culture, great team with excellent progression opportunities

Running multiple projects through full life cycle from front end through to delivery on jobs usually up to $30m but sometimes to $100m+ across a variety of sectors.

Our client is a growing boutique project management consultancy with an established pipeline of Education, Health, Hospitality, Retail, Hotels, Aged Care, Office and Government sectors to name a few. Projects can be fit-out / refurbishment as well as new build projects from smaller up to $30m+ and sometimes up to $100m+. They are now looking for an experienced Project Manager to join their successful team in their Brisbane office.

The candidate can come from a head contractor or a client side background (ideally having some client side experience) with excellent progression opportunities. Candidates ideally will have experience working across a variety of construction projects in different phases of the construction lifecycle from front end through to delivery.

Candidates will need to have strong client facing and stakeholder management skillset as well as being able to mentor junior staff. Knowledge of local Brisbane market is required. Excellent progression opportunities.

Reporting to Director

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Procurement of design consultants, construction contractors and other specialist consultants
• Contracts administration and claims management
• Management of statutory approval and design development processes
• Exposure to various construction procurement models and contract types
• Issues, risk and dispute management
• Delivery of project management services to your client to agreed scope, schedule & fee budget
• Preparing tender submissions
• Develop and maintain strong network and deliver outstanding services
• Managing regulatory approvals
• Design co-ordination
• Stakeholder management and liaison
• Working in a “live” environment (the buildings remain open during construction)
• Health and safety
• Program management
• Construction management of project delivery
• Management of site variations and design changes
• Cost management

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in civil engineering, construction management or similar
• 6-10+ years’ experience in a client side PM role and head contractor experience would also be ideal
• Strong knowledge of Brisbane market
• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion
• Exposure to program management, managing timelines and critical paths
• Experience of end to end project management on a variety of building projects, commercial fit out would be an advantage
• Excellent communication skillset both written and verbal
• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Ability to think on your feet and excellent problem solving skills
• Proficient in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Project as well as experience with various industry standard contract forms ie; GC21, AS4000, AS4122 and AS4902
• Experience of running multiple smaller projects

This is a permanent full time position providing a great opportunity to work with a successful and growing organisation who offer challenging work and the potential for career progression.