About the role

You'll own a portfolio of Melbourne projects from award through to handover, leading supervisors and field crews and acting as the client's main point of contact.

Key responsibilities

- Planning, programming and resourcing works in tight urban environments, including crews, plant and subcontractors
- Securing and managing council, Department of Transport and Planning and utility permits, along with traffic management and night or out of hours works
- Managing budgets, cost reporting, forecasting and monthly progress claims
- Contract administration, including variations, delays, notices and claim substantiation
- Driving safety leadership on site, including SWMS, permits, excavation controls, congested existing services and work near live electrical assets
- Managing stakeholder and community interfaces with residents, businesses and councils
- Reviewing quality documentation, ITPs and as constructed records
- Managing subcontractor procurement, performance and payments

About you

- Based in Melbourne's western suburbs, or within easy reach of them
- 5+ years' project management experience in civil construction, ideally underground utilities or electrical distribution
- Proven delivery experience in inner metropolitan Melbourne,



with a sound understanding of council and road authority permit processes
- Solid grounding in contract administration and commercial management
- Strong safety leadership and working knowledge of the OHS Act 2004 (Vic)
- Clear communication skills with clients, crews, councils and the public
- Confident with programming tools (MS Project or similar) and Microsoft 365
- Current Victorian driver licence and Construction Induction Card (White Card)

About us DirectBor is a family owned civil contractor delivering underground electrical infrastructure across Victoria. Our work covers horizontal directional drilling, non destructive digging, trenching, pit and pipe networks, substation civil works and LV/HV cable hauling up to 500kV. We work predominantly for electrical infrastructure providers throughout Victoria. We run a fleet of 150+ plant items, hold ISO accreditation, and won the 2023 Geelong Business Excellence Award.

Benefits

- Market-competitive salary package with fully maintained company vehicle, phone and laptop
- A senior role in a growing business, with real input into how our operation is built
- Steady and growing pipeline of work with long term network clients
- Ongoing training and development

📌 Project Manager, Civil & Underground Electrical (Geelong)
🏢 Directbor
📍 Geelong