Senior Project Manager

Seeking a Senior Project Manager for an urgent start for a contracting opportunity in Darwin, headquarted in the CBD.

Initial 6-month engagement with the option to extend.

You will deliver of a mix of stand-alone projects and program of works involving a number of small projects in the Infrastructure and Utilities space. You will work on remote or isolated power generation plants, across both electrical and mechanical domains.

About the Role

• Project governance and project reporting.
• Project delivery through the entire project/program life cycle from initiation to delivery.
• Supervisory requirements
• Managing project and program task deliverables through coordination of the responsible teams.
• Preparation, implementation, and management of project management plans including:
  • Detailed scopes
  • Functional specifications
  • Delivery schedules (Gantt Charts)
  • Risk management
  • Resource Management
  • Communications plans
  • Stakeholder engagement including community/cultural engagement

• Ensuring potential project risks and issues are proactively identified, communicated, and managed or escalated.
• Maintain an accurate status on the capital delivery program, across many small projects and various project coordinators, including monthly time and cost forecasting.

About You

• Minimum 5-10 years project management experience.
• Formal Project Management Professional certification.
• Knowledge of, or an ability to quickly acquire understanding of remote or isolated generation plant, across both electrical and mechanical.
• Knowledge of electricity networks is also desirable.
• Experience delivering projects within an Infrastructure / Utility environment.
• Experience working in a remote environment (remote communities, oil and gas etc) is desirable.
• Additional experience including:
  • Procurement management
  • Contractor performance monitoring
  • Compliance management
  • Developing/ delivering tenders
  • Process analysis and drafting
  • Project administration including register administration and template development.

• Well-developed written and oral communication skills including the ability to collaborate with the trade based technical SME’s.

You must be living in Darwin to be considered for this opportunity with full working rights.