Project Manager - Facilities, Open Spaces & Parks

Moreton Bay Regional Council; Strathpine; Hybrid; AUD 104,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nine-day fortnight

Hybrid work environment

Salary increases via EBA 4% (Jul 2027)

STARS study & training

Novated leases & super options

Health insurance discounts

Flu vaccinations & Fitness Passport

Counselling & Mates in Construction

Job summary

City of Moreton Bay is seeking an experienced Project Manager for a maximum 12-month term in Strathpine, with hybrid working and a 72.5-hour fortnight. The role focuses on managing community buildings, green spaces, parks and recreation projects from procurement through construction and maintenance.

The team values leadership in complex delivery, with a 9-day fortnight and a competitive salary of $103,597–$123,300 plus 12% super. Award-winning employer with strong career development support.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering buildings, parks and recreation projects
• Knowledge of construction legislation and Australian standards
• Ability to communicate complex planning and construction matters clearly
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills

Responsibilities

• Manage the approvals process with minimal guidance
• Provide specialist advice in accordance with current legislation and WHS requirements
• Coordinate and manage consultants during detailed design
• Resolve complex construction issues
• Manage progressive payment claims from contractors

Skills

WHS standards

Communicate complex planning

Influencing skills

Negotiation skills

Construction knowledge

Tools

Consultant coordination

Job description

The Details:

• Maximum Term 12 months Full Time | 9 day fortnight


• $103,597 pa to $123,300 + 12% super (level 5 to 7)


• 72.5hour fortnight


• Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.


• Location: Strathpine

Join City of Moreton Bay as a Project Manager,and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.

City of Moreton Bay have been named 2026 IPWEA Excellence Awards Employer of the Year! Our team members also won the Emerging Leader of the Year, and the Projects $2 - $5m category.

As a part the Facilities, Open Spaces and Parks team, you'll be managing a complex portfolio of communitybuildings, green space, parks and recreations projects from procurement through construction and liability and maintenance period. You'll also:

• Manage the approvals process with minimal guidance


• Provide specialist advice in accordance with current construction legislation, Australian standards, Workplace Health and Safety requirements


• Manage the detailed design process including coordination and management of consultants


• Resolve complex construction issues


• Manage progressive payment claims made by contractors.

About you

We're looking for your comprehensive experience managing the delivery of buildings, parks,green space, parks and recreations projects, using your:

• Knowledgeofconstruction legislation, Australian standards, Workplace Health and Safety requirements


• Ability to communicate complex planning and construction matters simply and concisely


• Strong influencing and negotiation skills.

Why City of Moreton Bay?

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.

You’ll also love about a career with us

• See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it. The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.


• Shape it. You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it’s yours to shape and own.


• Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

• Find a better work-life balance with a nine-day (72.5-hour) fortnight, plus a hybrid, flexible working environment with some work-from-home days.


• Negotiated salary increases locked in through our EBA- 4% in July 2027 (or CPI capped at 4.5%, whichever is greater).


• Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).


• Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.


• Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.


• Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling serviceand Mates in Construction program.


• Our Strathpine office has local parking on site and is close to public transport networks, making for an easy commute.

Ready for a career that matters?

Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.

Your Future City.

See it. Shape it. Live It.

City of Moreton Bay extends across the traditional lands of the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi, and Turrbal peoples, and we acknowledge and pay respects to Traditional Custodians. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our people and communities, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.