Job Description

Project Manager - Commercial & Critical Infrastructure n

$170k - $190k + super + company car or allowance + bonus

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This is a newly created role with a national contractor for a commercially capable Project Manager ready to lead complex building-upgrade works and help establish the East Coast project function.

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They keep hospitals, airports, universities and data centres running. These are buildings that can't switch off. They've won that work through long-standing relationships and repeat clients, not by racing to the bottom on price. So they're creating a seat that has never existed: their first East Coast Project Manager.

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You won't be replacing someone who left. You'll be building the role from scratch.

What you’ll run: n

You will start with Queensland projects, including a strong pipeline across the Gold Coast and broader South East Queensland. As the project base grows, the ACT, NSW and Victoria will come into your remit in a planned way.

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Projects generally sit between $3M and $7M and are delivered in commercial, critical infrastructure and live operational environments.

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- Central plant, chiller and cooling tower replacements
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- Building-services upgrades and critical asset renewal works
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- Controlled shutdowns, staged works and tight access windows
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- Occupied buildings where business continuity matters
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- Complex coordination across clients, facilities teams, consultants, subcontractors and suppliers
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This is not residential construction or reactive service work.

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The technical side matters.



But these jobs are won or lost on planning: sequencing a shutdown properly, keeping subcontractors moving, managing programme pressure, protecting project margin and keeping the client confident when their building cannot afford disruption.

What you’ll own: n

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- Project delivery from tender input and handover through commissioning, defects and closeout
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- Tender review, scope review, subcontractor pricing and procurement planning
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- Programme development, site coordination, staging and shutdown planning
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- Cost-to-complete forecasting, progress claims, variations, cash flow and margin control
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- Subcontractor, supplier and site performance across safety, quality and programme
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- HSEQ, commissioning records, project documentation and compliant handover
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- Relationships with key clients, facilities teams, consultants and building stakeholders
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- A small number of major client accounts, maintaining confidence through delivery and supporting repeat work
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- Input into the East Coast subcontractor network, delivery model and future project team
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What you’ll bring: nn
- Proven Project Management experience in commercial construction, building services,



critical infrastructure or major asset-upgrade projects
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- Experience managing live sites, occupied buildings, shutdowns, staging or restricted-access works
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- Strong commercial judgement across forecasting, cost-to-complete, claims, variations and margin
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- Tender, estimating or pre-construction experience, including scope review, programme input and subcontractor pricing
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- Confidence reading drawings, specifications, scopes and contract documentation
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- The ability to represent a contractor credibly with clients, facilities teams, consultants and subcontractors
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- An engineering degree, Project Management qualification or refrigeration and air-conditioning trade background will be highly regarded
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- Robust equivalent project delivery experience is valued just as highly
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- QBCC licensing and an established Queensland subcontractor and supplier network are advantageous
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- Calm, practical leadership. You do not create noise. You create order.
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Why this role? nn
- A newly created regional seat, not a backfill
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- Queensland delivery first, with a clear East Coast growth mandate
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- Full autonomy and flexible hybrid working around genuine site commitments
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- Direct access to the National PM, Director and Queensland leadership
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- Ownership of project delivery, commercial outcomes and important client relationships
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- The opportunity to shape the team, subcontractor network and delivery model
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- A clear pathway into broader operational leadership as the region grows
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📌 Project Manager - Commercial & Critical Infrastructure (Brisbane)
🏢 Chant Partners
📍 Brisbane