Project Manager - Freight Forwarding

Linktal Recruitment; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Bonus potential

Job summary

Linktal Recruitment is seeking a Project Manager to join a growing project logistics team in Australia. You will own client engagement from initial enquiry through quotation, execution, and completion, developing end-to-end solutions across break-bulk, chartering, port interfaces, road transport, lifting, and storage.

Attend quayside, vessel, and project-site operations as required and manage variations, costs and changing requirements while protecting margin.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in project logistics or freight forwarding.
• Strong knowledge of break-bulk cargo and port operations.
• Ability to prepare competitive quotations with pricing and margin.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication with customers and carriers.
• Willingness to travel to ports and project sites.

Responsibilities

• Own client engagement from enquiry through completion.
• Develop end-to-end solutions across break-bulk, chartering, port interfaces, road transport, lifting, and storage.
• Attend quayside, vessel, and project-site operations as required.
• Manage variations, costs, and changing requirements while protecting margin.
• Coordinate stakeholders, documentation, and escalation pathways throughout execution.
• Coach and support less experienced team members in project and break-bulk operations.

Skills

Project logistics

Break-bulk cargo

Port operations

Vessel operations

Quotation & pricing

Stakeholder management

Travel willingness

Commercial awareness

Job description

No two shipments look the same in project logistics. The cargo is different, the solution is different, and the satisfaction of getting it right is unlike anything standard freight forwarding offers.

Now imagine owning the outcome from first enquiry through to completion with a dedicated project team behind you. The wins are sweeter, technical knowledge is shared, and you'll be in a growing team where your project logistics experience comes into play.

This is a newly created Project Manager role for a team you know in the market. Strong national foothold & project cargo capability across all major ports, and the commercial infrastructure to back up every solution you put in front of a client. You’ll act as a trusted member of their commercial team, with direct visibility to the directors.

If you’ve been doing project logistics and looking for the autonomy to make things happen and devise practical project cargo solutions, this is worth considering.

Why consider?

$130k–$145k + super + bonus

Hybrid - 2 days WFH and 3 days in office

Full commercial ownership from enquiry through to completion

Varied day-to-day, break-bulk, chartering, port operations, heavy lifts and more

Strong national presence across all major Australian ports and capabilities

A specialist team with genuine project cargo depth behind you

You will

Own client engagement from initial enquiry through quotation, execution, and completion

Develop end-to-end solutions across break-bulk, chartering, port interfaces, road transport, lifting, and storage

Attend quayside, vessel, and project-site operations as required

Manage variations, costs, and changing requirements while protecting margin

Coordinate stakeholders, documentation, and escalation pathways throughout execution

Coach and support less experienced team members in project and break-bulk operations

You have

Demonstrated experience in project logistics, freight forwarding, or similar commercial and operational role

Strong practical knowledge of break-bulk cargo, port and vessel operations, and transport interfaces

Proven ability to prepare and manage competitive quotations, including pricing, margin, and cost control

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across customers, carriers, and suppliers

Willingness to travel to ports, quaysides, and project sites as required