Senior Project Manager - Water & Mining Infrastructure

AECOM; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Up to 6 weeks additional annual leave

Volunteer leave

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of mining and water infrastructure projects in Western Australia. This role requires coordinating with clients, contractors and engineering teams to ensure scope, cost, schedule, safety and quality are managed across the full lifecycle.

You will oversee project controls, procurement, and governance, while driving risk management and stakeholder engagement in a dynamic, hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years' experience in project management and major project delivery.
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects across mining and water infrastructure.
• Experience working in both client-side and contractor-side environments.
• Strong understanding of major program management environments and multi-project portfolios.
• Proven capability managing multidisciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, commercial, project controls and construction.
• Experience managing contractor performance, including progress, productivity, safety and contractual compliance.
• Strong project controls capability, including cost management, scheduling, forecasting, risk and change management.
• Experience with procurement, contract administration, variations, claims and commercial negotiations.
• Experience managing projects through design, construction, commissioning and operational handover.
• Exposure to brownfield or operational environments will be highly regarded.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of mining and water infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate with project directors, technical specialists, contractors and clients to ensure alignment with program objectives.
• Develop and manage project execution plans, budgets, schedules, resources and governance.
• Drive contractor performance across safety, productivity, quality and compliance.
• Oversee procurement strategies, contract administration, variations, claims and cost forecasting.
• Provide clear, reliable reporting on cost, schedule, risk and progress to clients and leadership.
• Ensure design integrity, constructability, quality and regulatory compliance throughout delivery.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across clients, regulators and partners.
• Coordinate interfaces and shared resources within the broader program portfolio.

Skills

Project delivery

Stakeholder mgmt

Contractor mgmt

Risk mgmt

Education

Engineering/PM qualification

Job description

• Full-time
• State/Province: Western Australia
• Business Group: DCS
• Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd
• Business Line: PgM & R+I
• Work Location Model: Hybrid
• Operating Group: International
• Primary Location: AU - Perth, WA - 58 Mounts Bay Road

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

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

Job Description

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Project Manager, you'll be responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of mining and water infrastructure projects, ensuring effective management of scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, safety and stakeholder expectations.

You’ll work within broader program and portfolio environments, collaborating with project directors, technical specialists, contractors and clients to ensure individual projects align with wider program objectives.

Your responsibilities will include:

Project Leadership: Lead projects through the full lifecycle, from initiation and planning through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and close-out.

Project Delivery: Establish and manage project execution plans, delivery strategies, budgets, schedules, resources and governance arrangements.

Contractor Management: Drive contractor performance across safety, productivity, quality, resourcing, progress and contractual compliance, identifying and addressing underperformance early.

Commercial Management: Oversee procurement strategies, contract administration, variations, claims, cost forecasting and commercial negotiations.

Project Controls & Reporting: Maintain oversight of project performance, including cost, schedule, risk, change and progress reporting, providing clear and reliable information to clients and program leadership.

Risk & Governance: Lead project risk management, assurance, change control and governance processes, ensuring emerging issues are proactively managed and escalated.

Technical & Quality Assurance: Work with engineering and technical teams to ensure design integrity, constructability, quality and compliance throughout delivery.

Stakeholder Engagement: Build trusted relationships with clients, contractors, consultants, regulators and operational stakeholders.

Program Integration: Manage project interfaces, dependencies and shared resources, ensuring alignment with broader program and portfolio priorities.

Safety Leadership: Champion a strong safety culture, ensuring appropriate controls are embedded across design, procurement, construction and commissioning.

Qualifications

You're an established project delivery professional who combines strong technical and commercial capability with the confidence to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage complex contractor relationships.

You'll ideally bring:

10–15 years' experience in project management and major project delivery.

Demonstrated experience delivering projects across mining and water infrastructure.

Experience working in both client-side and contractor-side environments.

A strong understanding of major program management environments and multi-project portfolios.

Proven capability managing multidisciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, commercial, project controls and construction.

Demonstrated experience managing contractor performance, including progress, productivity, safety, quality and contractual compliance.

Strong project controls capability, including cost management, scheduling, forecasting, risk and change management.

Experience with procurement, contract administration, variations, claims and commercial negotiations.

Experience managing projects through design, construction, commissioning and operational handover.

Exposure to brownfield or operational environments will be highly regarded.

A relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related discipline.

You’ll also bring a practical, delivery-focused mindset, strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to make decisions, challenge performance and navigate competing priorities in complex project environments.

Additional Information

Why you’ll love working with us:

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

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

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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.

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