Senior Project Manager / Project Manager | Aviation

Turner-; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Sydney, Australia, is seeking a Project Manager / Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end aviation infrastructure and construction projects, ensuring safe, compliant delivery with minimal disruption to airport operations.

You will manage scope, schedule, budget and quality across the full lifecycle, engage stakeholders, coordinate procurement and contracts, and drive risk management to meet regulatory and safety standards in a complex operational environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience delivering construction and infrastructure projects, preferably within the aviation sector.
• Sound knowledge of Australian building regulations, relevant standards, and aviation industry requirements.
• Proven capability in contract administration, contractor management, procurement and commercial management.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Project and Microsoft 365 applications.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain an Aviation Security Identification Card (ASIC).
• Ability to work autonomously while contributing effectively within a collaborative project environment.

Responsibilities

• Project Delivery: Manage projects through the full lifecycle, delivering scope, schedule, budget and quality objectives.
• Planning & Development: Define project scope, prepare business cases, and support funding and approval processes.
• Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project requirements, approvals and operational constraints are effectively managed.
• Procurement & Contracts: Lead consultant and contractor procurement, contract administration, change management, and commercial oversight.
• Construction & Risk Management: Oversee site activities, manage project risks, and ensure compliance with safety, regulatory and quality standards throughout delivery.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Contract administration

Procurement

Construction management

Microsoft Project

Microsoft 365

ASIC eligibility

Autonomous working

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft 365

Job description

• Full-time
• Department: Infrastructure

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, defence, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

As a Project Manager / Senior Project Manager, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of aviation infrastructure and construction projects, ensuring safe, compliant and successful outcomes with minimal impact on airport operations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Project Delivery: Manage projects through the full lifecycle, delivering scope, schedule, budget and quality objectives.
• Planning & Development: Define project scope, prepare business cases, and support funding and approval processes.
• Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project requirements, approvals and operational constraints are effectively managed.
• Procurement & Contracts: Lead consultant and contractor procurement, contract administration, change management, and commercial oversight.
• Construction & Risk Management: Oversee site activities, manage project risks, and ensure compliance with safety, regulatory and quality standards throughout delivery.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will bring a strong background in construction project delivery, ideally within aviation or other complex operational environments.

Key skills and experience include:

• Demonstrated experience delivering construction and infrastructure projects, preferably within the aviation sector.
• Sound knowledge of Australian building regulations, relevant standards, and aviation industry requirements.
• Proven capability in contract administration, contractor management, procurement and commercial management.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Project and Microsoft 365 applications.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain an Aviation Security Identification Card (ASIC).
• Ability to work autonomously while contributing effectively within a collaborative project environment.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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