Project Manager

Downer; Matamata; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness initiatives

Flexible working options

Diversity and inclusion

Downer benefits access

Career development

Job summary

Downer is seeking a driven Project Manager to join a tier one contract in Waikato, New Zealand. You will oversee a diverse portfolio of projects, manage financial performance, handle contract variations, and keep customers informed on progress to deliver to a high standard and on time.

The ideal candidate will coordinate resources, ensure invoicing is accurate, and build strong relationships with stakeholders across engineering, design and delivery teams in Energy & Utilities.

Qualifications

• Must have practical knowledge of engineering design standards.
• Demonstrates sound commercial acumen.
• Strong time management and organisational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects to specification, within budget and within agreed timeframes.
• Ensure resources are effectively coordinated to project plan.
• Facilitate timely and accurate invoicing.
• Ensure customer documentation is completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Provide quality engineering, design and estimation services, quotations and as-built information to the client.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on project expenditure and revenue to proactively control profitable outcomes on all projects.
• Lead project completion reviews.
• Conduct quality audits of work to ensure compliance with contract documents, design & construction standards, legislation, regulations and network operation standards.

Skills

Project management

Financial acumen

Time management

Communication skills

Job description

Downer is looking fora driven and positive Project Manager to joina tier one contract forPowercoinWaikato, New Zealand. As the Project Manger you will have a diverse portfolio of projects to manage ranging in complexity and value. In this role you willbe requiredto manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring that your working week is diverse and interesting where no two days are the same. At its core, the role is managing the financial performance of the projects, addressing issues that arise, ensuring that any variations to contracts are captured and keeping our customers informed and up to date on progress. The focus is to consistently deliver to a high standard and on time.

Whatyou’lldo

• Manage projects to specification, within budget and within agreedtimeframes
• Ensure resources are effectively coordinated to project plan
• Facilitatetimelyandaccurateinvoicing
• Ensure customer documentation is completed ina timelyandaccuratemanner
• Provide quality engineering, design and estimation services,quotationsand as-built information to the client
• Build andmaintainstrong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Monitor and report on project expenditure and revenuesso as topro-actively control profitable outcomes on all projects.Escalate any issues that mayimpacton deliverables.
• Lead project completion reviews
• Conduct quality audits of work to ensure compliance with contract documents, design & construction standards, legislation,regulationsand network operation standards

What we offer

In addition to the below, we offer a culture of care,developmentand the stability of a long-term permanent role within a stable and established partnership. We work hard tomaintainour culture of high performance and ensure safetyremainsat the forefront of our decisions.

• Permanent opportunity within a growth industry that is continuously expanding and evolving.
• Suite of Downer benefits including health and wellness initiatives.
• Join an organisation that truly values and practices flexible working options and has a demonstrated focus on diversity and inclusion.
• Be part of something meaningful and contribute to serving the community whilst focusing on your specialty!
• Employee benefits including health and wellness initiatives
• Access to Downer Group benefits
• Personalised career development and growth working with an industry leading team.
• Safety focused culture working within in leading services industry
• Management support coupled with ongoing training and mentoring
• Career enhancing opportunity to work within an ASX limited company

Whatwe’relooking for

• Practical knowledge of engineering design standards
• Sound commercial acumen
• Strong time management and organisational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

‘About Energy & Utilities…

Downer's Energy & Utilities business unit is an integrated trans-Tasman team, providing services and solutions that connect communities to essential networks and infrastructure. We design, build,operateand maintain today's critical assets and networks, delivering complete services across the water, electricity, telecommunications, industrial and power generation sectors. Ourexpertisespans in-house technical smarts, specialist engineering, integrated OEM partners, and dedicated crews of qualified tradespeople.

Downer Group is an employer that acknowledges and embraces the importance of our people's diverse experiences, talents, and cultures. As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from everyone.

Downer does not accept unsolicited resumes, fees, or costs from recruitment agencies, search firms, or third parties. Candidates are welcome tosubmittheir applications via the advertisement.