Head of Projects

Role Overview

Safety Leadership

• Champion a non-negotiable zero-harm culture across all projects and teams.
• Ensure compliance with all safety, legislative, contractual, and organisational requirements.
• Drive contractor accountability and reinforce industry-leading safety standards.

Portfolio Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the successful delivery of a multi-million-dollar project portfolio across multiple sites and locations.
• Provide strategic oversight of project performance, schedules, budgets, milestones, risks, and resources.
• Ensure projects are executed efficiently and aligned with client and business objectives.

Team Leadership & Capability

• Recruit, develop, mentor, and lead high-performing project teams.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Support leadership development across Project Managers, Supervisors, and broader project teams.

Governance & Risk Management

• Establish robust project governance frameworks, controls, and reporting structures.
• Identify and proactively manage project and portfolio risks.
• Drive compliance across project management processes, standards, and contractual obligations.

Commercial & Financial Management

• Manage portfolio budgets, forecasting, cash flow, and commercial performance.
• Drive cost control initiatives and maximise profitability and value delivery.
• Oversee procurement strategies, tender evaluations, and commercial negotiations.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the key interface between clients, senior leadership, operational teams, contractors, and external stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships that support successful project outcomes and long-term partnerships.
• Provide executive-level reporting on portfolio performance, risks, and opportunities.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive innovation and best-practice project management methodologies.
• Standardise systems, reporting, and project delivery processes across the portfolio.
• Capture lessons learned and implement improvements that enhance efficiency and performance.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering major project and program portfolios within construction, infrastructure, resources, facilities management, or related industries.
• A minimum of 5 years' experience in a senior project or program management leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale project budgets, forecasting, contract performance, and financial outcomes.
• Proven success leading multidisciplinary teams across geographically dispersed operations.
• Strong understanding of project controls, governance frameworks, risk management, procurement, and contractor management.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement and client relationship management skills.
• Experience delivering projects within complex operational environments.
• Advanced capability across project management software, reporting platforms, and digital project tools.

Ideally / Highly Regarded

• Degree qualifications in Construction Management, Project Management, Engineering, or a related discipline; or diploma, advanced diploma, or equivalent vocational qualifications in Building & Construction or a related field; or significant demonstrated experience delivering large-scale project portf
• WHS (Mines) Regulations 2022 Statutory Supervisor Certification.
• Certificate IV in Work Health & Safety.
• Professional project management certifications.