Associate Director – Project Management (Water Infrastructure)

Overview

In this role you will lead and grow the Perth Water Infrastructure practice, guiding complex projects for a diverse client base. You will partner with consultants, contractors and clients to co-create innovative water solutions. You’ll manage full project lifecycles, balancing scope, risk, cost and schedule while fostering cross-functional collaboration. You’ll shape outcomes through leadership of multidisciplinary teams and a focus on real-world impact in water infrastructure.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• hybrid work options
• additional annual leave
• volunteer and representation leave
• flex public holidays

Responsibilities

• Build and manage client relationships with consultants, contractors and subcontractors
• Deliver complex projects on time, to scope and to specification
• Oversee change, quality, health, safety and risk elements
• Coordinate multiple concurrent projects across design management, tendering, contract administration, financials, scheduling and risk
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to achieve high-impact results

Key requirements

• Strong foundation in project management
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in a related discipline
• Ideally experience in the water & wastewater sector
• Client-side experience across multiple sectors with stakeholder management
• Strong communication, negotiation and relationship skills; consulting, construction or professional services experience valued

• strong communication
• negotiation
• relationship building
• project management
• design management
• tendering

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