Senior Project Manager

Aecom Australia Pty Ltd; Brisbane; Híbrido; AUD 140.000 - 190.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Flexible work arrangements

Additional annual leave options

Volunteer and representation leave

Resumo da vaga

AECOM is hiring experienced Project Managers to lead planning, management and delivery of complex projects across South East Queensland. You will drive end-to-end delivery, establish delivery approaches and ensure success across scope, schedule, cost and quality.

You’ll work with clients, stakeholders, consultants, contractors and partners to optimise performance, manage risks and deliver value in a hybrid work environment.

Qualificações

• Significant experience in project management or major project delivery.
• Proven experience leading projects from establishment and planning through to execution and completion.
• Strong understanding of project management fundamentals, governance and delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams, consultants, contractors and multiple project stakeholders.
• Strong capability across project scope, programme, cost, risk, procurement, reporting and commercial management.
• Demonstrated experience managing project budgets, financial performance, forecasting and contractual matters.
• The ability to balance technical and delivery detail with broader client, commercial and project objectives.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to engage with senior clients and executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, with experience guiding project teams and driving successful project outcomes.
• A proactive and structured approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver complex projects in challenging environments.

Responsabilidades

• Leading the planning, establishment and delivery of projects from inception through to completion.
• Developing and implementing project delivery strategies, management plans, governance frameworks and reporting processes.
• Managing project scope, programme, budget, resources, procurement and overall delivery performance.
• Establishing and maintaining project controls, reporting, assurance and performance management processes.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary project teams, consultants, contractors and delivery partners.
• Managing project interfaces, dependencies, risks, issues and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitoring project financial performance, including budgets, forecasting, cost control and commercial outcomes.
• Identifying and managing scope changes, variations and contractual matters.
• Building strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders, managing expectations and providing strategic project advice.
• Providing clear and meaningful project reporting, performance updates and recommendations to senior leadership and clients.
• Identifying opportunities to improve project delivery, processes and commercial outcomes.
• Leading, mentoring and supporting project teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performing delivery environment.

Conhecimentos

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Risk management

Descrição da vaga

Company Description

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We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

We’re looking for experienced Project Managers to lead the planning, management and delivery of complex projects across South East Queensland.

This is an opportunity for a confident project management professional who understands how to take projects from inception through to completion, establishing the right delivery approach, managing project teams and ensuring successful outcomes across scope, schedule, cost and quality.

You’ll play a key role in delivering major projects, working closely with clients, stakeholders, consultants, contractors and delivery partners to drive project performance and achieve successful outcomes.

What you’ll do

You will provide senior project leadership, taking ownership of end-to-end project delivery and ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with client expectations.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading the planning, establishment and delivery of projects from inception through to completion.
• Developing and implementing project delivery strategies, management plans, governance frameworks and reporting processes.
• Managing project scope, programme, budget, resources, procurement and overall delivery performance.
• Establishing and maintaining project controls, reporting, assurance and performance management processes.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary project teams, consultants, contractors and delivery partners.
• Managing project interfaces, dependencies, risks, issues and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitoring project financial performance, including budgets, forecasting, cost control and commercial outcomes.
• Identifying and managing scope changes, variations and contractual matters.
• Building strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders, managing expectations and providing strategic project advice.
• Providing clear and meaningful project reporting, performance updates and recommendations to senior leadership and clients.
• Identifying opportunities to improve project delivery, processes and commercial outcomes.
• Leading, mentoring and supporting project teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performing delivery environment.

Qualifications

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience in project management or major project delivery, ideally within infrastructure, property, buildings or another complex delivery environment.
• Proven experience leading projects from establishment and planning through to execution and completion.
• Strong understanding of project management fundamentals, governance and delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams, consultants, contractors and multiple project stakeholders.
• Strong capability across project scope, programme, cost, risk, procurement, reporting and commercial management.
• Demonstrated experience managing project budgets, financial performance, forecasting and contractual matters.
• The ability to balance technical and delivery detail with broader client, commercial and project objectives.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to engage with senior clients and executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, with experience guiding project teams and driving successful project outcomes.
• A proactive and structured approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver complex projects in challenging environments.

Additional Information

Why you’ll love working with us

• Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, job-sharing, and hybrid work options.
• Purchase up to 6 weeks of additional annual leave per year.
• Volunteer and representation leave.
• Flex public holidays—swap Easter or other holidays for those that suit you better.

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.