Senior Project Manager

North Projects; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development program

Mentoring program

Learning & development Go Skills

Employee wellbeing support

Additional annual leave after 12 meses

Job summary

North Projects is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Victorian team. You will provide commercial and tender negotiation advice, design development guidance and budget control across major infrastructure projects in Australia and New Zealand.

The role is ideal for an accomplished Senior Project Engineer or Construction Manager transitioning to a consulting environment, delivering across civil and power projects with a focus on cost efficiency and value for clients.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Construction Management.
• Significant project delivery experience on major civil and power infrastructure projects.
• Experience with tender negotiations and design development.
• Ability to manage budgets and cost control with understanding of drivers.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on tender programme development and constructability reviews.
• Evaluate construction methodology, BOQ and subcontractor options.
• Coordinate inputs from engineering, land, planning and engagement teams.
• Support development and review of project cost estimates and budgets.
• Conduct constructability reviews and optimise programme sequencing.
• Participate in estimate reviews and test key assumptions.
• Provide pre-construction support including design, procurement and sequencing inputs.
• Assist in refining pre-construction management plans for delivery readiness.
• Collaborate with bidding and tendering teams to grow client base.

Skills

Project management

Tender negotiations

Budget and cost control

Client advisory

Interpersonal skills

Written and verbal communication

Education

Civil Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Construction Management

Job description

North Projects is a specialist advisor and consultancy to major infrastructure, property, construction and development projects nationally. Our clients include State governments, company boards, financiers, developers, builders, governments, PPP Sponsors and tertiary education providers.

The opportunity:

Due to a strong pipeline of committed work, we are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager with project delivery and pre-contracts experience to join our Victorian team. You will provide commercial and tender negotiation advice, design development advice and budget and cost control advice across a variety of projects.

This role would ideally suit an experienced Senior Project Engineer or Construction Manager from a contractor / client-side background who is looking to apply their project delivery experience in a consulting environment across a range of major infrastructure projects in Australia and New Zealand.

You will:

• Advise clients across tender programme development, constructability reviews, construction methodology, BOQ validation, subcontractor evaluation and risk and opportunity analysis
• Establish efficient processes, ways of working and requirements to ensure effective project delivery, for both clients and delivery contractors
• Co-ordinate inputs from multiple disciplines such as engineering, land, planning and environmental and communications & engagement
• Support the development and review of project cost estimates and budgets, including quantities, construction methodology, productivity, resourcing and programme assumptions
• Undertake detailed constructability reviews, identifying construction staging and sequencing, temporary works requirements, access constraints and programme optimisation opportunities
• Participate in estimate reviews, challenging key assumptions, quantities, methodologies, productivity rates, risk allowances and programme inputs
• Provide pre-construction support including programme development and logic review, integrating design, procurement, construction sequencing and subcontractor inputs
• Support clients in the review and refinement of pre-construction management plans to ensure readiness for project delivery
• Work with our bidding and tendering team on strategic pursuits for the business and grow our existing client base and break into new ones.

About you:

• You have a degree in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline
• You have significant project delivery experience on major civil and power infrastructure projects, ideally gained with a Tier 1 or Tier 2 contractor
• You have experience in commercial and tender negotiations and design development
• You have experience in managing budget and cost control and have an understanding of cost and schedule drivers
• You exercise sound commercial judgement, confidently challenging inputs, clarifying scope and testing assumptions
• You have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to provide high-quality written and verbal advice to clients

Why North:

We are a medium-sized consultancy with a passion for what we do. North is experiencing a significant phase of growth, creating opportunities for our people to work on major infrastructure projects while continuing to develop their careers.

We recognise that we are only as good as our people, and we want to help our people be the best they can be. We offer:

We offer:

• Competitive salary package
• Leave policies for everybody - our teams have options to swap public holidays, as well as take paid parental leave and more
• An additional two annual leave days per year after the first 12 months of employment
• Professional Development Program focusing on individual development, goal setting and coaching
• Flexible working arrangements
• Access to North's Learning and Development provider, Go Skills
• Access to North's Mentoring program
• Strong support for mental health and wellbeing, with access to our Employee Assistance Provider (Acacia) for all North employees and their immediate family
• A positive, collaborative and supportive work culture