Principal Project Manager

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Mott MacDonald is a dynamic and innovative engineering, management and development consultancy working with high profile clients across Australia and globally. We're the driving force behind some of Australia's most iconic infrastructural ventures that are transforming the way we live, work, and play.

Following recent major project wins, including North East Link and other major project opportunities, our Transport business is seeking an experienced Project Manager in Victoria to manage and deliver Iconic Australian projects, where you’ll have the opportunity to shape and grow our drainage skills offering, and support growth within our wider transport team, focusing on embedding technical excellence at the core of everything we do.

Your Opportunity 

You will be joining as a senior member of diverse team of project delivery consultants who work alongside our design teams and are passionate about what they do, with a proven track record guiding our clients, and leading delivery of our most critical projects. 

Depending on your specific expertise, your responsibilities will include various aspects of: 

• Acting as principal point of contact with the client’s Design and Engineering manager and the client’s commercial and procurement teams for all commercial and contractual aspects.
• Developing, in collaboration with project advisors and our technical team, client contract packages for various elements of project delivery.
• Develop, manage and implement a detailed project plan that ensures the achievement of key objectives, including scope, budget, schedule, and quality standard.
• Planning, communication and organisational skills, including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously and communicate effectively with senior client representatives
• Manage both internal and external project teams to deliver high quality outcomes for our clients and Mott MacDonald

About you 

• Experience of supporting with business development activities such as bid manager or bid principle for major pursuits. Committed to actively supporting business generation activities.

• Interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, comfortable working with a diverse range of personalities across clients and partner organisations and able to build long-term trusted advisor relationships with our clients
• Problem solving, analytical and numerical skills with an ability to quickly understand complex problems and shape these into workable solutions for delivery

• Experience in design and delivery stages of a complex infrastructure project management lifecycle, ideally both as a client-side and client-facing PM.
• Practical experience supporting project development, design, construction, safety management, environmental approvals and compliance, procurement and contract management, community and stakeholder engagement, delivery and completion processes, and handover to operations and/or asset owner.
• Understand key technical requirements and identify deliverables and outcomes required to fulfil the client’s scope.
• Understand goals and metrics that drive business, financial and project performance and manages scope and time of self and others to optimise team performance and efficiency

Culture & Benefits 

Mott MacDonald celebrates diversity and inclusion, offering a supportive work environment that values work-life balance, diversity, inclusion, and equity. We welcome diverse applicants, including First Nations People, people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and people of all genders, neurodiversity, cultural backgrounds, age groups, and those with intersectional identities. 

Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience: 

• Agile working environment, supporting our people to work flexibly 
• Life, personal accident, and salary continuance insurance 
• Employee resource groups including the Inclusive Network for Women, Corporate Social Responsibility and more 
• Annual Health Checks and ongoing professional development 

You’ve got this! 

We endorse a diverse and inclusive workplace, and look to provide suitable opportunities for employees including the opportunity for part time and job shared roles where possible. If you are interested in this role and looking for a part time permanent opportunity, please apply! #LI-RZ1