Senior Project Manager – Mining & Engineering (Perth)

DRA APAC; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Modern Perth CBD office

Flexible start/finish times

Salary packaging benefits

Collaborative, inclusive team

Job summary

DRA Global is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager in Perth to lead large-scale, multidisciplinary engineering and project delivery initiatives. You will oversee projects from handover to completion, ensuring they stay on time, within budget, and aligned with safety and quality objectives.

You will manage schedules, budgets, risks, contracts, and client relationships, driving value and continuous improvement across projects in a dynamic mining and metals environment.

Qualifications

• 15+ years' project management experience delivering complex engineering projects.
• Strong knowledge of project delivery methodologies, engineering processes, and project controls.
• Demonstrated experience managing project schedules, budgets, risks, and commercial outcomes.
• Exceptional leadership with the ability to motivate multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and negotiation skills.
• Experience administering contracts and managing project change processes.

Responsibilities

• Drive end‑to‑end delivery of complex engineering and project execution projects.
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to achieve key milestones and deliverables.
• Proactively manage risks, issues, scope changes and stakeholder expectations.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions where required.
• Manage contracts, variations, extensions of time, claims, notices, and commercial obligations.
• Serve as the primary contact for clients, project teams and internal stakeholders.
• Build and maintain client relationships while ensuring high customer satisfaction.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, quality and continuous improvement.
• Champion safety, health, environment and quality standards across all activities.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Contract administration

Risk management

Budget management

Education

Tertiary qualification in Engineering

PM Certification (PMI/AIPM/PMP/PRINCE2)

Engineers Australia membership

RPEQ registration

Job description

DRA Global is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager in Perth to lead large-scale, multidisciplinary engineering and project delivery initiatives. You will oversee projects from handover to completion, ensuring they stay on time, within budget, and aligned with safety and quality objectives.

You will manage schedules, budgets, risks, contracts, and client relationships, driving value and continuous improvement across projects in a dynamic mining and metals environment.