- $115,899 - $130,733 (+ 10% BDCP) + up to 15.4% superannuation
- Cairns - QLD
As Project Manager, you are accountable for planning, leadership and management of projects for both acquisition and transition into service of Navy and Army Amphibious Capabilities.
- Provide leadership and management of multi-disciplined project teams. Coordinate activities including support to strategic planning, governance functions and human resource management.
- Manage and lead a team, providing clear, consistent communication. Setting performance and behavioural standards, managing performance, delegating responsibility, guiding and developing people.
- Management of schedule, risk, budget and resources. Preparation of briefings, submissions and reporting progress and issues.
- Identify risks and opportunities, accounting for these in planning, decision making and prioritisation.
- Build and sustain stakeholder engagement, communicating with influence and negotiating effectively.
- Influence and motivate team members, actively lead group activities.
- Analyse and interpret project performance against agreed plans. Develop and evaluate strategies to achieve outcomes.
- Manage activities and inputs in accordance with organisational practices, methods and standards appropriate to the project complexity.
The Hydrographic System Project Office operates within the Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group, as a part of the Maritime Sustainment Division, within the Specialist Systems Branch. HSPO supports Navy Hydrographic and Army Amphibious capabilities. As part of NSSG, HSPO is evolving into the Maritime Sustainment Model (MSM) being progressed under Plan Galileo.It is a new national, integrated approach that is delivering a continuous sustainment environment to support Continuous Naval Shipbuilding. Our Location HMAS Cairns is the primary Defence establishment in the Cairns Region. It is a Royal Australian Navy base with 900 Australian Defence Force and civilian personnel, and a responsibility extending from Rockhampton in the south to Thursday Island in the north.Our Ideal Candidate
Highly motivated, experienced leader with the ability to Influence and motivate team members in a dynamic, high tempo environment. To be successful you will have resilience, workload prioritisation and self-management to achieve deadlines under pressure. Requires some domestic travel.
- Exercise considerable degree of independence and perform a leadership role.
- Sound decision making and judgement, providing expert policy advice.
- In-depth knowledge of Project Management function responsible for development, implementation, compliance and review of policies and procedures.
- Engage in complex problem solving and issues management.
- Coordinate detailed or sensitive projects impacting on strategic, political or operational outcomes for Defence.
- Plan, lead and manage human and physical resources, exercising the associated people and financial responsibilities to achieve business outcomes.
- Develop and implement work plans, set performance indicators and review individual, team and business performance, identifying opportunities for building team capability and continuous improvement. Align work priorities with strategic objectives and communicate expected outcomes.