Senior Tech Project Manager: Engineering & Delivery

Electro Optic Systems; City of Hume; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Electro Optic Systems Holdings is seeking an experienced project manager to lead complex, technology-driven projects with precision and accountability. You will ensure on-time, on-scope delivery within budget, while enforcing quality and compliance standards.

The role requires strong PMBOK/PRINCE2/Agile knowledge, stakeholder management, and effective governance. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and manage vendor contracts in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 4–8+ years delivering complex engineering/technology projects (defence/aerospace/high-tech preferred).
• Strong command of PMBOK/PRINCE2/Agile, project controls, and assurance/governance frameworks.
• Proven vendor/contract management experience, including change orders and performance management.
• Demonstrated financial management: baselines, forecasting, cost control, and reporting (incl. milestones/EAC).
• Solid risk management and decision-making in dynamic environments; comfortable with competing priorities.
• Proficient with MS Project/Primavera and enterprise reporting tools; strong data-driven reporting.
• Degree in Engineering/Business/PM; PMP/PRINCE2 Practitioner highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership: Plan and deliver medium to large technical projects; own scope, schedule, budget, and quality outcomes.
• Integrated planning & governance: Build work breakdown structures, baselines, governance plans, and reporting cadence; run stage gates.
• Team leadership: Coordinate multidisciplinary teams (engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, commercial) to integrated outcomes.
• Stakeholder management: Engage customer and internal leadership; run reviews; provide transparent progress, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Commercial & contracts: Manage vendor performance, contractual deliverables, change orders, and support negotiations with Commercial.
• Financial control: Forecasting, cost control, variance analysis, and benefits tracking; maintain profitability against targets.
• Risk & change leadership: Maintain RAID frameworks, implement mitigations/contingencies, and control scope through formal change control.
• Quality, safety, compliance: Ensure adherence to regulatory/contractual and internal quality standards; manage audits and actions.
• Continuous improvement: Lead lessons-learned cycles and embed structured ways of working across the project.

Skills

PMBOK/PRINCE2

Agile Methods

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Data-driven reporting

Vendor management

Education

Degree in Engineering/Business/PM

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Job description

Electro Optic Systems Holdings is seeking an experienced project manager to lead complex, technology-driven projects with precision and accountability. You will ensure on-time, on-scope delivery within budget, while enforcing quality and compliance standards.

The role requires strong PMBOK/PRINCE2/Agile knowledge, stakeholder management, and effective governance. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and manage vendor contracts in a dynamic environment.