The Project Manager is directly accountable for the successful delivery of assigned projects — ensuring agreed outcomes are achieved on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. This role manages projects end-to-end, making decisions and taking actions necessary to deliver results. Projects may include manufactured/remanufactured products, engineered products, innovation pipeline projects, corporate strategic initiatives, and other business optimisation programs.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

- Owns the delivery of assigned projects, ensuring they meet agreed scope, schedule, cost, and quality objectives.

- Develops and maintains the detailed project schedule, identifying dependencies, critical paths, task ownership, and resource constraints. Actively manages and adjusts plans to achieve deadlines.

- Identifies, assesses, and manages project risks and issues, implementing mitigation and contingency plans to protect delivery commitments.

- Directs and coordinates work across all functions — engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and others — to ensure tasks are completed to plan.

- Maintains control of project budgets, tracking expenditure, forecasting costs, and ensuring financial objectives are met.

- Makes timely decisions to remove obstacles, resolve conflicts, and maintain momentum.





- Provides accurate and regular progress reports to stakeholders, highlighting achievements, risks, and corrective actions.

- Ensures all project deliverables meet agreed technical and quality standards.

- Leads lessons-learned reviews and embeds improvements into future projects.

- Upholds and, where appropriate, challenges internal policies, processes, and standards to improve efficiency and outcomes.

Qualifications and Experience

Education:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Management, or related field

Preferred: PMP certification.

Experience:

- At least three years of direct project leadership with full accountability for scope, schedule, cost, and quality.

- Proven experience managing multi-disciplinary teams in a matrix workplace.

- Demonstrated success delivering projects within agreed parameters.

- Experience managing project budgets and controlling financial outcomes.

Skills:

- Strong decision-making, leadership, and problem-solving abilities.

- High level of organisation and time management, with the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.

- Clear and confident communication skills with all stakeholders.

- Ability to work under pressure and maintain focus on delivery outcomes.

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🏢 FLANDERS ELECTRIC OF AUSTRALIA
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