Design Project Manager - Rail

About the role

KBR's Infrastructure Solutions business, which employs over 1,400 people across Australia, is looking for a Design Project Manager (Rail) in Sydney. Reporting to the Discipline Manager, Project & Design Management, you will lead multidisciplinary teams on major rail and transport infrastructure projects across NSW, taking accountability for project performance across scope, schedule, commercial outcomes, quality, risk and client satisfaction.

Key responsibilities

• Lead rail and transport infrastructure projects from planning through to completion, owning program, budget, risk, quality and commercial performance
• Establish and manage project execution plans under KBR's project delivery frameworks, and provide governance, assurance and strategic guidance to multidisciplinary teams
• Manage project interfaces and stakeholder relationships, and support project and design managers in escalating delivery risks
• Ensure projects meet KBR's quality management systems and project controls
• Lead and coordinate civil, structural, building services, environmental and specialist teams, including internal staff and external subconsultants, and mentor project personnel
• Build client relationships in the NSW rail and transport sector, identify repeat work and support business development and bid/pursuit activities, including proposals and positioning of new opportunities

Required profile

• Proven project delivery leader with extensive experience on multidisciplinary rail and transport infrastructure projects
• Ideally significant experience in project management and/or design management in the rail sector, and success delivering complex projects through design phases
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and managing consultant interfaces
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Project Management or a related discipline
• Professional registration and/or Chartered status highly regarded

Required skills

• Strong commercial acumen: budgets, fees, schedules and risk
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and client relationship management
• Communication, leadership and influencing skills

What we offer

• Annual salary reviews and 20 days of annual leave plus 8 extra hours every 4 weeks
• Flexible work arrangements, salary packaging and novated leases
• Paid professional membership fees, life/health insurance discounts and employee stock purchase plans
• Career development plans, growth and promotion opportunities, and access to health benefit programs