Assistant Project Manager - Client Side

Growing multi state boutique construction Project Management consultancy Excellent project pipeline in Commercial, Retail, Hospitality, Govt. & Education sectors Great culture, supportive team with excellent progression opportunities Be part of a leading team delivering Retail, Commercial & Residential projects across Brisbane. 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 Brisbane. 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. Candidates will need to have strong client-facing, communication and stakeholder management skillsets.

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications and Requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in civil engineering, construction management or similar
• 2 - 4 years’+ experience in either a client-side PM role or head contractor would also be ideal
• Proven end to end project management skills from concept through to completion
• Contract Administration experience
• Exposure to program management, managing timelines and critical paths
• Experience of end-to-end project management on a variety of building projects, commercial fit out would be an advantage
• Excellent communication skillset both written and verbal
• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Ability to think on your feet and excellent problem-solving skills
• 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

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.

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