Senior Project Manager

NES Fircroft; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to drive a large-scale water infrastructure program in South East Queensland. You will oversee delivery readiness, interface management and assurance from construction through commissioning to operations, coordinating stakeholders and vendors.

The role emphasizes strategic coordination and governance, ensuring project milestones are met and assets transition smoothly to operational use in a client-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading major capital infrastructure projects
• Strong coordination across multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to operate in client-side/owners team environments

Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery coordination across construction, testing, commissioning and asset transition phases.
• Facilitate collaboration between contractors, engineering disciplines, operational stakeholders and project teams.
• Monitor readiness activities and support progression of delivery milestones.
• Coordinate verification, inspection and assurance processes throughout execution.
• Oversee interface management across construction, environmental, safety, quality and operational workstreams.
• Support commissioning and transition planning to ensure assets are ready for operations.
• Engage with asset custodians to achieve business readiness objectives.

Skills

Infrastructure leadership

Delivery coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Governance & compliance

Commissioning & transition planning

Project delivery assurance

Interface management

Asset handover

Environmental safety & quality

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Senior Project Manager - Water Infrastructure

The Opportunity

An industry-leading project delivery organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Project Managerto support the successful execution of a large-scale water infrastructure program in South East Queensland.

This position offers the opportunity to work across the full project lifecycle, overseeing delivery readiness, interface management, assurance activities and transition planning as the project progresses from construction through commissioning and into operations.
Working within a client-focused project environment, you will provide leadership and coordination across multiple stakeholder groups, ensuring alignment between project delivery teams, contractors, technical specialists and operational personnel.
This is a strategic coordination and assurance role rather than a direct construction supervision position.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery coordination activities across construction, testing, commissioning and asset transition phases.
• Facilitate collaboration between contractors, engineering disciplines, operational stakeholders and project teams.
• Monitor project readiness activities and support the successful progression of key delivery milestones.
• Coordinate verification, inspection and assurance processes throughout project execution.
• Oversee interface management across construction, environmental, safety, quality and operational workstreams.
• Support commissioning and transition planning activities to ensure assets are prepared for operational use.
• Track project close-out requirements, including:
  • Verification records
  • Defect management processes
  • Completion documentation
  • Asset information and technical records
  • Turnover deliverables
• Engage with future asset custodians and operational stakeholders to ensure business readiness objectives are achieved.
• Identify emerging delivery, safety, quality or environmental risks and facilitate appropriate escalation pathways.
• Drive collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to achieve project outcomes.
• Ensure governance, assurance and compliance requirements are maintained throughout the project lifecycle.

About You

• Highly experienced infrastructure leader with a track record of successfully delivering major capital projects within complex stakeholder environments.
• Extensive experience leading delivery, construction, commissioning or transition activities on major infrastructure projects.
• Experience operating within client-side, owner's team, project management consultancy or delivery partner environments.
• Degree qualifications in Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated success coordinating multidisciplinary teams across project execution and delivery phases.
• Strong capability in:
  • Project delivery assurance
  • Commissioning and transition planning
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Risk and interface management
  • Governance and compliance

• Utilities, process infrastructure, energy, renewables, industrial facilities or large-scale capital projects.
• Brownfield or greenfield project delivery environments.
• Asset handover, operational transition or readiness programs.
• Contractor management and delivery partner coordination.
• Complex infrastructure projects involving multiple stakeholder groups.

This opportunity will suit a senior infrastructure professional seeking a key leadership position on a highly visible capital project, where stakeholder engagement, delivery coordination and project assurance are critical to success.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.