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

- Robust 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 setting 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

- Modern systems and established delivery processes

- A reliable subcontractor and consultant network

- Active support from senior leadership

- Genuine author

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