Reporting to the Project Director, you will lead the Area Managers as one integrated delivery team - ensuring the Areas come together and hold the EPCM contractor to account for delivering safely, on time, within budget, and to quality.

  • Lead the Area Managers as a single, integrated delivery team
  • Set clear priorities and accountabilities across all Areas
  • Proactively resolve interfaces and competing priorities before they impact cost or schedule
  • Develop the team as the project transitions into construction
  • Coordinate the Owner's interests across all Areas
  • Represent the Owner at key EPCM control and progress meetings
  • Hold the EPCM contractor to account against contract KPIs
  • Work with Area Managers and the Project Controls Manager to oversee EPCM cost control and forecasting
  • Monitor and drive schedule performance across all Areas
  • Drive early identification and mitigation of execution and interface risks
  • Partner with the Engineering Manager to endorse key design deliverables across the Areas
  • Ensure design deliverables meet Owner standards for operability, maintainability and lifecycle performance
  • Construction, Commissioning & Operations Readiness
  • Oversee construction execution through the Area Managers
  • Ensure the business is ready to run the plant at handover
  • Provide Owner assurance that Area Managers and the EPCM contractor are delivering safely

  • 15+ years senior project leadership in major resources projects
  • At least 5 years representing the Owner or EPCM
  • Proven track record delivering complex projects
  • Ideally greenfield experience
  • Demonstrated ability to hold an EPCM contractor to account against contract KPIs
  • Strong interface management across multiple delivery areas
  • Experience integrating commissioning and operations readiness into construction planning
  • Hands-on, Owner-side mindset suited to a lean delivery team

Closing: 15 November 2026

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