Senior Project Manager – Client Side

Amida Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Amida Group in Sydney, NSW, is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead delivery of multi‑state commercial, hospitality and education projects from concept to completion.

The role focuses on client stakeholder management, programme oversight and front-end involvement, with responsibility for coordinating design, procurement and construction teams on projects up to $100m+. You will mentor junior PMs and drive successful outcomes on live sites.

Qualifications

• Proven client facing PM experience across building sectors.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex programmes end-to-end.
• Experience with design development and procurement processes.
• Exposure to GC21/AS4000/AS4122/AS4902 contracts is a plus.
• Detail oriented with analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Excellent coordination of multi-disciplinary teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced live environment.

Responsibilities

• Procure design consultants, constructors and specialists.
• Administer contracts and manage claims.
• Oversee design development and regulatory approvals.
• Manage project timelines, budgets and critical paths.
• Lead tender submissions and procurement planning.
• Maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Coordinate across front-end advisory to construction delivery.
• Support site safety and quality on live projects.
• Direct project governance and reporting to stakeholders.
• Mentor junior PMs and delegate responsibilities.
• Ensure compliance with contract forms and industry standards.
• Develop and maintain project documentation and records.
• Monitor variations and cost control throughout delivery.
• Drive project close-out and handover activities.

Skills

Client facing

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Education

Tertiary qualification in Construction Management or Civil Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Project

Job description

• Growing multi state boutique Project Management consultancy, projects from smaller to $100m+
• Excellent project pipeline across Commercial, Hospitality, Office, Aged Care & Retail sectors
• Great culture, great team with excellent progression opportunities

Running various projects from front end advisory through to construction delivery and handover. Ideally having some experience on new builds up to $50m and front end exposure to DAs and SSDAs.

Our client is a growing boutique project management consultancy with an established pipeline of Education, Health, Hospitality, Hotels, Aged Care, Office and Government sectors to name a few. Projects can be fit out / refurbishment as well as new build projects from smaller up to $20m+ and sometimes $100m+. They are now looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join their successful team.

It will be running multiple concurrent projects and potentially overseeing a team of project managers with a high degree of client stakeholder management.

The candidate can come from a head contractor or a client-side background (ideally having some client side experience) with excellent progression opportunities. Candidates ideally will have experience working across a variety of construction projects in different phases of the construction lifecycle from front end through to delivery. Candidates will need to have strong client facing and stakeholder management skillset.

Having some experience on new builds up to $50m as well as some front end exposure to DAs and SSDAs would be ideal.

Reporting to Project Director / Associate Director

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Procurement of design consultants, construction contractors and other specialist consultants
• Contracts administration and claims management
• Management of statutory approval and design development processes
• Exposure to various construction procurement models and contract types
• Issues, risk and dispute management
• Delivery of project management services to your client to agreed scope, schedule and fee budget
• Preparing tender submissions
• Develop and maintain strong network and deliver outstanding services
• Managing regulatory approvals
• Design co-ordination
• Stakeholder management and liaison
• Working in a “live” environment (the buildings remain open during construction)
• Health and safety
• Program management
• Construction management of project delivery
• Management of site variations and design changes
• Cost management

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in Construction Management, Civil Engineering or similar
• 5+ years’ experience in a client side PM role and head contractor experience would also be ideal
• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion
• Exposure to program management, managing timelines and critical paths
• Experience of end to end project management on a variety of building projects, commercial fit out would be an advantage
• Excellent communication skillset both written and verbal
• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Ability to think on your feet and excellent problem solving skills
• Proficient in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Project as well as experience with various industry standard contract forms ie; GC21, AS4000, AS4122 and AS4902

This is a permanent full time position providing a great opportunity to work with a successful and growing organisation who offer challenging work and the potential for career progression.