Senior Permit Coordinator

BMD Group; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job security

Long-term projects

Career development

Wellness programs

Paid parental leave

Industry training

Job summary

BMD Group is delivering the Eastern Freeway Upgrades project in Melbourne, seeking a Senior Permit Coordinator to lead the Permit to Work system across multiple work fronts. You will partner with construction teams, utilities and alliance partners to keep work safe and compliant, while driving digital improvements.

Ideal candidates will have experience coordinating permits in high-risk environments, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to interpret utility drawings.

Qualifications

• Experience in permit coordination or similar construction-based role.
• Experience around live underground/overhead utility services.
• Ability to interpret utility drawings and communicate requirements effectively.
• Well-developed stakeholder engagement and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the project's Permit to Work system.
• Support construction teams around underground/overhead services.
• Review and issue permits, ensuring compliance and safe delivery of works.
• Conduct site inspections and liaise with utilities stakeholders.
• Mentor and support Permit Coordinators and project teams.
• Drive improvements and digital enhancements to permit systems.

Skills

Permit coordination

Utility management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Interpret drawings

Education

RIICCM202E - Identify, Locate and Protect Underground Services

Job description

About BMD

BMD is Australia's leading integrated engineering, construction and urban development business. As the largest privately owned civil contractor in Australia, BMD is at the forefront of excellence.

About BMD

BMD is Australia's leading integrated engineering, construction and urban development business. As the largest privately owned civil contractor in Australia, BMD is at the forefront of excellence. Over a 45-year history, BMD has grown to become a $2.4billion operation, now sharing our expertise internationally in the Philippines and the UK.

About The Project

The Tram to Springvale Alliance (TSA), made up of BMD Constructions, CPB Contractors and Arup, is delivering the Eastern Freeway Upgrades between Tram and Springvale roads. The works include new express lanes, upgraded noise walls, and revitalised areas of the Koonung Creek Linear Park. The project is being delivered under an Alliance Contract with Victoria Infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA), forming a single, collaborative team. As part of the North East Link Program (NELP), the upgrade will improve safety and efficiency for over 135,000 daily vehicles, remove 15,000 trucks from local roads, and reduce traffic across the Yarra River by 50,000 vehicles per day. We’re completing the link together and bringing it home for our community.

The Role

As Senior Permit Coordinator, you'll be the go-to person for permit coordination across the project, leading the delivery and ongoing improvement of the Permit to Work system to ensure high-risk construction activities are planned, authorised and carried out safely. Working across the Eastern Freeway corridor between Doncaster and Nunawading with construction teams, subcontractors, utility providers and alliance partners, you'll provide leadership and support to Permit Coordinators, manage permit interfaces across multiple work fronts, and help maintain a consistent, practical approach to permit compliance across the project.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the project's Permit to Work system
• Support construction teams working around underground and overhead services
• Review and issue permits, ensuring compliance and safe delivery of works
• Conduct site inspections and work closely with utilities stakeholders
• Mentor and support Permit Coordinators and project teams
• Drive improvements and digital enhancements to project permit systems

About You

• Experience in permit coordination, utility management, permit-to-work systems or a similar construction-based role
• Strong experience working around live underground and overhead utility services
• Ability to interpret utility drawings and communicate utility provider requirements effectively
• Well-developed stakeholder engagement, communication and leadership skills
• RIICCM202E - Identify, Locate and Protect Underground Services (or equivalent) qualification

What We Offer

• Be part of a nationally respected contractor with a strong local presence
• Benefit from job security, competitive salary, and long-term project pipeline
• Clear career progression and ongoing professional development
• Collaborate with top-tier delivery partners in a high-impact alliance
• Contribute to a legacy project shaping Melbourne’s future
• Be recognised at our annual employee awards event and through our Thrive reward and recognition platform
• Access wellness programs, strong work-life balance initiatives, paid parental leave, retail discounts, industry training and memberships & more

We recognise that we are strengthened by diversity, and we embrace differences as an equal opportunity employer providing a flexible and inclusive workplace.

We’re a purpose and values-led business guided by our values of family, empowered, collaborative and driven. For further details on what makes BMD unique, head to https://www.bmdgroup.global