Senior Project Manager - Tertiary Education
RP Infrastructure, Australia
Job Description
RP Infrastructure is one of Australia's leading project advisory and project management practices, defining and delivering challenging projects for iconic clients.
We are a leading provider of specialist project management and advisory services, recognised for its continued successful delivery of complex and high-profile projects.
About RPI
Since 1994 RPI has had the unique opportunity to work with many of Australia's most iconic brands and institutions including federal, state, and local governments and agencies, public-private partnerships, private sector companies, and not-for-profit agencies. It is our focus on quality and our collaborative approach that has enabled us to establish long-standing relationships with both our clients and industry partners.
We have a senior team of highly experienced project managers with significant front-end advisory, project management, design management, and construction delivery experience who have a genuine interest in, and current understanding of what is required to deliver extraordinary projects.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager with a background in construction or client-side project management to join our Melbourne CBD team. The right candidate will have strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to think laterally, critically, and strategically to solve problems.
The purpose of the role:
- Lead projects using your acquired skills and expertise.
- Demonstrates the ability to identify potential project impacts and issues; manages clients and stakeholder expectations and seeks supervisor’s engagement in ensuring successful project delivery.
- Prepares detailed project programs, managing and reporting on project progress and implementing initiatives to ensure successful delivery.
- Arranges for preparation of detailed project budgets; monitors and tests project cost advice; reports on project cost and budget trends and issues; recommends initiatives to manage project cost outcomes successfully.
- Manages and develops project team staff to enhance individual performance and deliver excellent project outcomes.
- Ensures that project team members understand and implement RPI project management business policy, processes and systems.
Skills and Experience
- Tertiary qualifications in an industry-related discipline e.g. construction management, architecture, building, engineering, project management.
- Minimum of ten years' experience in a related industry position
- Have experience in diverse and challenging stakeholder environments
- Have experience in the design and construction stages of projects within the Education Sector in Victoria
- Experience working in a live environment
- Have a background in the construction industry, e.g. an Architect, Project Engineer, Civil or Structural Engineer or construction Project Manager
The Ideal Candidates
- Display a high degree of professional knowledge, personal initiative and enthusiasm.
- Maintain a professional network through strong relationship and rapport-building skills
- Possess a collaborative management style and promote a positive work culture
- Set high standards of performance for themselves and their projects
- Deal comfortably with project complexity and challenges
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be competent at presenting to a variety of audiences across written and spoken platforms
- Be strategic, creative thinkers who can translate ideas into 'value-adds' for clients
- Be committed to sharing knowledge
RPI Benefits
- Exciting high profile complex projects
- Collaborative and supportive culture
- Flexible and Hybrid environment
- Professional Development Program with your own RPIMentor
- Health and Wellbeing Program run by our active Health and Wellbeing Committee
- Employee Assistance Program
- Learning opportunities through RPI’s internal training program and our external training partner, Australian Institute of Management
RPI supports a diverse and inclusive work environment as well as equal employment opportunities. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people of culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.
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