Senior Project Manager - Urban Civil | SE QLD

Senior Project Manager - Urban Civil | SE QLD The Opportunity LH Partners is working confidentially with a well-established civil contractor looking to appoint an experienced Senior Project Manager into a key leadership position across its urban development business. This is broader than a traditional project-by-project PM role. You'll take responsibility for an area and portfolio of urban development projects, providing leadership across multiple delivery teams and ensuring projects are performing commercially, operationally and safely. With projects across Gold Coast, Northern NSW and North Brisbane, we're looking for someone who knows the QLD or NSW urban development market and has the experience to operate with a high level of autonomy.

The Role

Working closely with senior operational leadership, you'll have oversight of multiple urban development projects and their respective delivery teams. Your responsibilities will include:

- Taking ownership of an area and portfolio of urban development projects
- Leading Project Managers, Project Engineers and site teams
- Maintaining oversight of project delivery, budgets, forecasting and commercial performance
- Monitoring programs and proactively addressing delivery risks
- Ensuring consistency across safety, quality and environmental performance
- Managing key client, consultant and stakeholder relationships
- Supporting teams through complex project and commercial issues




- Reviewing project performance and identifying opportunities for improvement
- Developing and mentoring project leadership teams
- Working with senior management on resourcing, planning and future project delivery

About You

This is a senior operational position, so we're looking for someone with genuine urban development experience in Queensland or NSW.

- Proven Senior Project Manager experience within civil construction
- Strong background in urban development, subdivisions and land development
- QLD and/or NSW urban civil experience
- Experience overseeing multiple projects rather than a single major project
- Strong knowledge of earthworks, roads, drainage and underground services
- Demonstrated leadership of project and site-based teams
- Solid commercial understanding across budgets, forecasting, contracts and project performance
- Confidence managing clients and senior stakeholders
- Ability to operate autonomously and take ownership of an area
- A practical, delivery-focused leadership style

The Opportunity Ahead

This will suit someone who has built a strong foundation as a Senior Project Manager but wants broader operational responsibility. Rather than simply moving from one project to another, you'll have the opportunity to take ownership across an area, develop project teams and influence how multiple projects perform. The business has an established presence across the east coast and a strong pipeline of urban development work throughout SE QLD and Northern NSW.

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📌 Senior Project Manager (Brisbane)
🏢 LH Partners
📍 Brisbane