Senior Project Manager $30M New Build Hospital (Health & Hospital Construction Only) | Inner West

Role Overview

This is a Senior Project Manager opportunity to lead delivery of a $30 million new build hospital in The Inner West .

This role is for candidates with proven Hospital/Health construction experience only .
If you don’t have hospital construction experience , please do not apply .

Who We Are

We’re a respected Tier 2 builder delivering high-quality projects across:

- Hospital / healthcare construction

- Commercial buildings

- New builds and refurbishments

What sets us apart:

- Best-in-class systems, processes, and reporting

- Proven subcontractor and consultant network

- An engaged leadership team throughout delivery

- Strong commercial discipline while maintaining strong relationships

- Genuine commitment to quality, safety, and programme certainty

The Project

You’ll take ownership of a $30M new build hospital project in The Inner West high-profile and technically complex, requiring strong leadership across:

- Design development

- Procurement

- Construction delivery

- Commercial management

- Stakeholder coordination (hospital/health environment stakeholders)

The Role

As Senior Project Manager , you’ll have overall responsibility for successful project delivery, including:

- Leading the project from preconstruction and procurement through to completion and handover

- Managing construction programme, budget, quality, and safety outcomes

- Leading and directing the project delivery team

- Managing the head contract and overseeing key contractual obligations

- Leading client, consultant, and stakeholder relationships





- Driving design development and resolving technical and buildability issues

- Overseeing procurement, subcontractor engagement, and major trade packages

- Monitoring project costs, forecasts, cash flow, variations, and commercial risk

- Chairing project, design, subcontractor, and stakeholder meetings

- Identifying programme and delivery risks early

- Ensuring accurate reporting to senior management and the client

- Maintaining high standards across safety, quality, and compliance

- Supporting, mentoring, and developing Project Managers, Contract Administrators, and site personnel

- Driving commissioning, completion, and final handover

What You’ll Need (Hospital Construction Only)

You must have demonstrated hospital construction experience (new build hospitals / clinical environments), including experience delivering these types of facilities through design development, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.

You’ll ideally have:

- Significant experience as a Senior Project Manager with a reputable commercial builder

- Demonstrated delivery experience on projects around $20M (or larger)

- Hospital construction experience only (essential)

- Strong knowledge of head contracts, subcontract management, and commercial construction

- Proven capability across design management, procurement, programming,



and cost control

- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and major subcontract packages

- Strong commercial awareness and ability to identify/manage project risk

- Excellent client/consultant/stakeholder management

- A collaborative but decisive leadership style

- Tertiary qualifications in Construction Management, Engineering, or related discipline

- Strong commitment to safety, quality, and successful project outcomes

If your experience is not hospital/health construction, please do not apply.

Why This Role Is Different

This role is structured to set you up to succeed:

- Clearly defined responsibilities and a capable delivery team

- Up-to-date systems and established delivery processes

- A reliable subcontractor and consultant network

- Active support from senior leadership

- Genuine authority to lead and make decisions

- Clear commercial reporting and governance structures

- Long-term relationship focus over short‑term wins

The Leadership Opportunity

You’ll be expected to lead from the front setting clear expectations, building trust, making timely decisions, and maintaining control of both programme and commercial outcomes in a hospital delivery context.

Package

A competitive executive-level package will be offered, including:

- Market‑leading salary package

- Vehicle allowance or company vehicle

- Performance‑based incentives

- Genuine flexibility arrangements

- Ongoing professional development

- Long‑term career progression into construction and operational leadership

- Supportive and established senior management team

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📌 Senior Project Manager (Sydney)
🏢 James Foster Consulting
📍 Sydney