Project Manager - Facility Projects

About the role

Reporting directly to the Program Manager, this Project Manager holds operational delivery coordination accountability across concurrent facility projects in Melbourne. The delivery scope covers new processing site setups, facility relocations, plant refurbishments and ICT rollouts into specialised mobile units. The role operates autonomously within an agreed project framework, owning integrated schedules, project financials, risk tracking and formal governance reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Build, maintain and execute detailed delivery run sheets across manufacturing site updates, refurbishments and relocations.
• Liaise with stream leads and operational manufacturing stakeholders to establish and track baseline work plans across time, cost, scope and quality.
• Coordinate external IT vendors and business stakeholders so that software and systems milestones are met.
• Manage project administration: financial reporting, purchase tracking, document control and regulatory compliance approvals.
• Maintain risk and issue registers and run regular RAID forums to resolve delivery roadblocks.
• Prepare reporting packs, governance documentation and administrative support for steering committees and project control groups.

Required profile

• Demonstrated project delivery coordination and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Experience in information technology implementation projects involving multiple external vendors and business stakeholders.
• Practical experience running formal risk registers, issue escalations and governance reporting for steering committees.
• Background in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical or highly regulated supply chain environments is advantageous.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel, including financial tracking, multi-stream schedules and data analysis.
• MS Project, Jira, Confluence and Smartsheet.
• Familiarity with stage-gate delivery governance, change control, RAID management and manufacturing regulatory compliance standards.