RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Management/Delivery

• Lead and deliver projects with full project life cycle ownership, ensuring all project operations. 
• Manage project start-up, maintains project schedule, and ensures effective handover, including holding regular project management meetings.  
• Report on project success, results, progress, and deployment of activity
• Identify and continually manage project and program expectations managing deliverables
• Drive efficiency and optimisation, including productivity, performance rates, contractor assessments and key contractual commitments target/requirements

Employee Relations

• Foster channels of communication on site
• Motivate project team and ensure accountable to delivering with efficiency and effectiveness, and of consistently high standards.
• Monitor staff and contractor performance
• Assess the workforce resources, skills and experience required on site
• Ensure employee performance reviews are completed and any issues are addressed, including counselling and discipline.
• Apply conditions of employment and pay rates in accordance with Enterprise Agreement or relevant employee instrument on site.
• Acts promptly to resolve employee matters, pay disputes, grievances, and complaints.  Seeks guidance from HR to assist.

Commercials

• Take ownership of all commercial aspects of project
• Analyse and control of project expenditure and duration
• Ensure projects are invoiced monthly compliant with the terms and conditions of contract inclusive of all claimable variations
• Participate in monthly management/operations meetings

Pre – Contract

• Ensure professional, high-quality estimates/tender bid/proposals are prepared, checked and submitted with, where possible, fit for purpose, competitive, alternative proposals
• Engage with clients and internal subject matter experts at precontract stage to understand scope, and contribute to tender process

ABOUT YOU

You are a positive front-line leader and have previous experience in an on-site management role along with;

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a similar role, managing complex construction and/or remediation projects
• Commercial law knowledge
• Demonstrated experience in leading and developing multidisciplinary and multicultural teams
• Proficiency in managing budgets and cost control
• Exceptional stakeholder management and subcontractor management
• Proficiency with MS Office and MS Project

Qualifications and Requirements

• White Card
• Drivers Licence
• Tertiary qualification in Construction or Engineering

THE BENEFITS

• Ongoing rewards & recognition programs
• Access to everyday discounts from Australia’s leading retailers with Flare
• Paid parental leave
• Employee referral programs up to $2000
• Salary sacrifice options
• Employee Assistance Program
• Novated lease options
• First Aid and Mental First Aid Support Officers

Please submit your resume today and one of our friendly recruiters will be in touch with next steps. This role is subject to a pre-employment medical and background checks.

ABOUT US

DDR Australia is a majority Aboriginal owned and managed company operating Australia-wide. We deliver construction, maintenance and civil projects across a wide range of industries including Defence, Mining, Energy and Infrastructure.

We are committed to the genuine engagement of Aboriginal people ensuring that we establish a work environment that is welcoming, respectful and understanding of Aboriginal culture.

Want to know more? Check out our website or LinkedIn for more information.