Assistant Project Manager - Client Side - ASAP

Job Description

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• Excellent project pipeline in Commercial, Retail, Hospitality, Govt. & Education sectors
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• Great culture, supportive team with excellent progression opportunities
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• ASAP start for the right candidate. Projects across new build, refurb, fit-out & upgrades
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Be part of a leading team delivering Retail, Commercial & Residential projects across Canberra. ASAP start for the right candidate.

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Our client is a growing boutique project management consultancy with an established pipeline of Retail, Education, Health, Hospitality, Hotels, Aged Care, Office and Government sectors to name a few. Projects can be fit out / refurbishment, upgrades as well as new build projects from smaller up to $50m and sometimes up to $100m+. They are now looking for an Assistant Project Manager to join their successful team in Canberra.

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The candidate can come from a head contractor or a client-side background with excellent progression opportunities. Candidates ideally will have experience working across a variety of construction projects in different phases of the construction lifecycle from front end through to delivery.

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Candidates will need to have strong client-facing, communication and stakeholder management skillsets. The ACT office is smaller than the other state offices and there is good growth opportunities.

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Responsibilities include but not limited to:

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• Procurement of design consultants, construction contractors and other specialist consultants
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• Contracts administration and claims management
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• Management of statutory approval and design development processes
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• Exposure to various construction procurement models and contract types
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• Issues, risk and dispute management
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• Delivery of project management services to your client to agreed scope, schedule and fee budget
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• Preparing tender submissions
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• Develop and maintain strong network and deliver outstanding services
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• Managing regulatory approvals
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• Design co-ordination
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• Stakeholder management and liaison
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• Working in a "live" environment (the buildings remain open during construction)
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• Health and safety
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• Program management
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• Construction management of project delivery
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• Management of site variations and design changes
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• Cost management
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Qualifications and Requirements:

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• Tertiary qualifications in civil engineering, construction management or similar
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• 2 - 4 years'+ experience in either a client-side PM role or head contractor would also be ideal
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• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion
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• Exposure to program management, managing timelines and critical paths
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• Experience of end-to-end project management on a variety of building projects, commercial fit out would be an advantage
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• Excellent communication skillset both written and verbal
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• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills
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• Ability to think on your feet and excellent problem-solving skills
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• Proficient in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Project as well as experience with various industry standard contract forms ie; GC21, AS4000, AS4122 and AS4902
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This is a permanent full-time position providing a great opportunity to work with a successful and growing organisation who offer challenging work and the potential for career progression.