Project Manager

The details:

• Permanent Full Time | 9 day fortnight
• $94,415 - $119,371 pa + 12% super, commuter use vehicle Qld Local Government Industry Award (Stream A) - Level 5 to 7 of EBA5 The appointed wage level will be dependent upon the successful candidate's level of experience, skills and qualifications.
• 72.5 hour fortnight
• Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
• Location: Strathpine

Join City of Moreton Bay as a Project Manager, and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.

As a Project Manager you'll be responsible for a complex portfolio of multi-facet asset class projects, managing contracts from procurement, award, construction, defects liability through to maintenance periods. You'll also be:

• Managing approvals, complex planning and investigation of projects including alternate solutions, and generating technical reports
• Providing specialist engineering advice in line with construction legislation, Australian standards, Workplace Health and Safety
• Resolving complex construction issues
• Managing progressive payment certificate claims
• Ensuring engineering works are undertaken safely
• Providing technical oversight, direction and guidance to the engineering team to achieve a high performance, continuous improvement and customer focused team culture
• Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

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About you

We're looking for a Project Manager with great experience delivering civil and community construction projects via Australian Standards contracts (particular AS2124), and with an applied understanding of engineering principles and practices. You'll also bring:

• Excellent time management skills to manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines
• Strong communication skills to communicate technical matters in a simple and concise way to influence and negotiate project outcomes
• Active contribution to a healthy, inclusive and well-connected workplace
• Tertiary qualification in architecture, engineering, construction management or other relevant field (required)
• Construction Induction Card (required, or willing to obtain at own cost)
• Current C class driver’s licence (required).

Why City of Moreton Bay?

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

• See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it. The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our region. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
• Shape it. You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it’s yours to shape and own.
• Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

• Find a better work-life balance with a nine-day (72.5-hour) fortnight, plus a hybrid, flexible working environment with some work-from-home days.
• Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).
• Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
• Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
• Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service, leader support hotline and Mates in Construction program.
• Our Caboolture and Strathpine offices have local parking on site and are close to public transport networks, making for an easy commute.

Ready for a career that matters?

Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button below to complete your online application. Please upload a current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements for this role.  You will also have the option to add a cover letter should you wish. Applications close 16 September 2024.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants will be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.

To obtain further details please contact our Careers team at [email protected].

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Your Future City. See it. Shape it. Live It.