About us

Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) is the historic home of Australia’s Best Race, the Ladbrokes Cox Plate, and for the past 30 years, the best night racing in Australasia.

MVRC is currently embarking on a once-in-a-generation $2bn+ transformation project, focused on the development of lifestyle, recreation, and leisure spaces to create an industry-leading connected precinct that will redefine the horse racing industry. Designed to position MVRC as one of Melbourne’s most prized sports and events destinations, the project will unlock new business and tourism opportunities while elevating the Club into a new era for generations to come.

About the role

Reporting to the Development Director, the Project Manager will join MVRC's Property team and lead the planning, coordination and day-to-day delivery of key workstreams across the Racecourse Works Program, Return to Racing Program and broader Racecourse Redevelopment.

The role will take ownership of multiple concurrent workstreams, coordinating design, procurement, construction, commissioning and operational readiness.

You’ll bring strategic insight, technical expertise, and strong leadership to ensure on-time, on-budget, high-quality outcomes. In this unique and high-profile role, you’ll engage with diverse stakeholders and be a key driver of sustainability, risk management and innovation across the precinct.

We are seeking an experienced client-side development and project delivery professional with a strong record delivering major capital works, complex construction or mixed-use development projects. The ideal candidate will be highly proficient in project delivery and experienced in managing development agreements, including obligations, approvals, dependencies and commercial risk. They will also bring strong contract administration capability and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage competing priorities and build effective stakeholder relationships.

Key responsibilities of the role include,



but are not limited to, the following:

- Manage day-to-day delivery activities across assigned Racecourse Works projects and workstreams.

- Coordinate planning, design, procurement, construction and commissioning activities.

- Monitor potential impacts of MVP works on Racecourse Works delivery and vice versa.

- Work closely with Racing, Operations, and Commercial teams to understand operational requirements and constraints.

- Facilitate communication between project teams and operational stakeholders.

- Establish and maintain productive working relationships with consultants, contractors and key project stakeholders.

- Support the Development Director in managing the Development Partner relationship and lead day-to-day coordination with project delivery teams.

- Assist in procurement and engagement of consultants and contractors.

- Review consultant and contractor performance against contractual obligations.

- Assess progress claims, variations and project cost impacts.

- Coordinate reporting requirements for the Development Director, Property Sub-Committee and Executive Team.

- Ensure project governance, compliance and reporting obligations are effectively managed.

- Promote and maintain proactive Work Health, Safety and Environmental (WHSE) practices across all projects.

To effectively perform in the role, the successful candidate must have the following skills, experience, and qualifications:

- Relevant tertiary qualification in Property, Construction Management, Engineering, or Project Management.





- Minimum 5+ years' experience delivering major capital works, complex construction or mixed-use development projects involving multiple stakeholders.

- Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies and construction processes.

- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary consultant teams through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.

- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.

- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities.

- Robust commercial awareness, contract administration capability and practical experience managing obligations, approvals and risk under development agreements.

- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.

- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

For your successful contribution to the Club, you can anticipate being rewarded with:

- Excellent remuneration package including salary packaging with additional benefits for a NFP organisation

- Industry leading paid parental leave scheme

- Long Service Leave in addition to the National Employment Standards

- Industry leading Hostplus superannuation insurance cover including free Death, TPD and Salary Continuance

- Racing industry ticketing

- Discounted meals at MVRC owned and operated venues

- Paid volunteer leave

To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below and attach a cover letter.

Applications close: Monday 9 November 2026. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Moonee Valley Racing Club is an equal-opportunity employer and successfully maintains a 0% median gender pay gap.

No agencies, please.

Applications will only be accepted from candidates who have the appropriate approval to work in Australia. Successful applicants will be required to complete a Criminal Record and Bankruptcy check prior to commencement of employment.

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