Senior Study Manager

CPB Contractors Pty Limited; Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real autonomy

High-quality team environment

Global project exposure

Broader influence

Diverse exposure

Job summary

Sedgman Pty Limited, part of the CIMIC Group, is seeking a Senior Study Manager in Australia to lead studies, proposals and business opportunities within the mineral processing sector.

You will provide strategic technical and commercial leadership, manage study execution with multidisciplinary teams, and drive opportunities from study through to execution while strengthening client partnerships.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in mineral processing, project development, or project delivery.
• Experience leading studies from scoping through feasibility.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
• Balance of technical rigour with commercial thinking.
• Clear, persuasive, and confident communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of studies that are safe, commercially sound, and technically robust.
• Develop proposals, tenders, study reports, and business cases to maximise value.
• Provide strategic technical and commercial leadership for opportunities.
• Manage study execution including planning, resources, budgets, schedules, risk.
• Oversee cost estimates and contracting approaches aligned with objectives.
• Build trusted client relationships as a strategic advisor.
• Support transitions from study to engineering and execution.
• Drive business growth by identifying opportunities and expanding client networks.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Team leadership

Commercial awareness

Technical acumen

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Process, Chemical, Metallurgy, Mechanical, Electrical)

Job description

Sedgman Pty Limited is a market leader in the design, construction, and operation of mineral processing plants for the global resources sector. As part of the CIMIC Group , we combine technical excellence, project delivery expertise, and commercial strength to deliver innovative solutions for our clients.

As a Senior Study Manager , you will play a pivotal role in shaping future mining and minerals projects by leading studies, proposals, and business opportunities. This highly visible position combines technical leadership, commercial insight, and client engagement to transform opportunities into successful projects while driving business growth and strengthening client partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the delivery of safe, commercially sound, and technically robust studies, ensuring outcomes meet client objectives, schedules, and budgets.

Develop winning proposals, tenders, study reports, and business cases that maximise value, manage risk, and support project success.

Provide strategic technical and commercial leadership, identifying innovative solutions and supporting opportunity development and conversion.

Manage study execution, including planning, resources, budgets, schedules, risk, and multidisciplinary teams.

Oversee cost estimates, execution strategies, and contracting approaches to align with project and commercial objectives.

Build trusted client relationships, acting as a strategic advisor throughout the project development lifecycle.

Support the seamless transition of projects from study phases into engineering and execution.

Drive business growth by identifying new opportunities, expanding client networks, and maintaining accurate market and opportunity intelligence within Salesforce.

Qualifications, skills and experience:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Process, Chemical, Metallurgy, Mechanical, Electrical)
• 12+ years in mineral processing, project development, or project delivery.
• Proven experience leading studies from scoping through feasibility.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
• The ability to balance technical rigour with commercial thinking.
• Strong communication skills, clear, persuasive, and confident.

We're on a journey and here is what we can offer you:

• Real autonomy - You’ll be trusted to lead experienced teams and make decisions not just follow process.
• High-quality team environment -Be part of a tight-knit, high-performing team thatoperateswith a supportive, collaborative culture within the strength and backing of a larger organisation.You’llwork alongside experienced professionals who value trust, clarity, and delivery, without unnecessarybureaucracy.
• Global project exposure -Contribute to international project development opportunities, supporting clients across a diverse portfolio of commodities and regions not just local or single-asset work.
• Broader influence - Contribute to how Sedgman shapes projects and improves study delivery not just what gets delivered.
• Diverse exposure - Work across commodities, clients, and project types without being tied to a single asset or owner.

If this sounds like an opportunity you would be interested in but are not actively looking, we will still welcome a confidential conversation

Please note you will be an Australian citizen or currently hold Permanent Residency (PR) and be able to work lawfully in Australia.

Sedgman is an equal opportunity employer - We support diversity in the workplace and a culture where employees can reach their full potential by feeling respected, included and heard.