We currently have an opportunity for a Project Manager. Join our Health and Education team and play a key role in leading end-to-end project delivery from scoping, planning, procurement and stakeholder engagement through to execution, commissioning, handover, claims support and close-out. Reporting to Contract Manager, you'll help deliver high-quality outcomes that support our essential services.
What You’ll Do
This role offers a broad scope, with key responsibilities including:
- Apply Downer’s Delivery Management Methodology and relevant Delivery Manager principles to plan, govern and deliver assigned works, proportionate to project category, complexity, contract model and risk profile.
- Lead assigned lifecycle, modification, variation, minor works and client-funded projects from initiation/scoping through procurement, planning, delivery, commissioning, handover and close-out.
- Develop clear scopes, delivery strategies, programmes, work packages, risk controls and stakeholder engagement plans before works commence.
- Deliver projects to agreed scope, schedule, quality standards and approved budgets, with timely escalation where delivery, commercial or operational risk emerges.
- Read and interpret relevant contract schedules, service specifications, lifecycle plans, annual works plans, variation requirements and approval processes to ensure delivery aligns with contractual obligations.
What You’ll Bring
- Diploma or degree in Facilities Management, Business, Asset Management or Project Management.
- Current Working with Children check.
- Demonstrated experience delivering complex projects in operational facilities, preferably across Hard FM, infrastructure, asset management, healthcare, education, PPP, government or high-compliance environments.
- Proven experience managing lifecycle works, capital works, modifications, variations, minor works or client-funded projects from scope definition through to delivery and close-out.
- Experience delivering works in live environments where service continuity, stakeholder coordination, access constraints, safety, quality and operational disruption must be carefully managed.
More than anything, you’ll bring a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.
Why Downer?
At Downer, we plan, create, and sustain essential public services across Australia and New Zealand. From hospitals to data centres and defence partnerships, we manage critical infrastructure that keeps communities thriving.
What It Means to Belong at Downer
We’re proud of our high-performance culture and commitment to diversity, offering:
Training and development to support and diversify your career.
With 30% of vacancies filled internally you’ll find real opportunities to advance your career.
Perks@Downer: healthcare discounts, great savings on retail purchases, car purchases and much more.
Employee Assistance Program: professional support for you and your family when you need it most.
You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.
We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.
We’re committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with this role, we’d still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.
As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.
If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re here to help you put your best foot forward.
About UsAt Downer we plan, create and sustain. Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. Through trusted relationships and world leading insight we work closely with our customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure, and facilities.Skills Required
- Diploma or degree in Facilities Management, Business, Asset Management or Project Management.
- Current Working with Children check.
- Demonstrated experience delivering complex projects in operational facilities (Hard FM, infrastructure, asset management, healthcare, education, PPP, government or high-compliance environments).
- Proven experience managing lifecycle works, capital works, modifications, variations, minor works or client-funded projects from scope definition through to delivery and close-out.
- Experience delivering works in live environments where service continuity, stakeholder coordination, access constraints, safety, quality and operational disruption must be managed.
What We Do
Downer Group is a leading provider of integrated infrastructure services across Australia and New Zealand, operating in sectors such as transport, utilities, facilities, and defense.
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