AddressAbout ACE
Ace Contractors Group Pty Ltd is an Australian owned and established company, with more than 50 years of experience in the contracting industry. Our vision is to provide the highest quality services to clients, the greatest opportunities for our staff and to leave a positive and sustainable mark on Australia’s built environment for the benefit of the community.
Our continued success as an integrated, multi-disciplinary contracting supplier depends on our strong team and our group of specialised companies finding innovative ways of delivering value to clients across our Civil, Electrical, Environmental, Infrastructure, Landscape and Water departments.
The Role:
Reporting to the General Manager, we are seeking a self-motivated and experienced Project Manager capable of managing a team of employees and subcontractors to safely and profitably deliver complex civil and landscape projects across Victoria (primarily within the Melbourne metropolitan area).
Key responsibilities include:
- Overall commercial and financial responsibility for projects under your control
- Ensuring all activities are undertaken safely and in accordance with ACE’s accredited OHS, Environmental and Quality management systems
- Managing internal and external resources on each project to ensure completion of works on time and within budget
- Managing project programs, tracking and updating as required to ensure our contract position is protected
- Close financial management of project budgets including monthly forecasting and reporting to senior management
- Assisting the estimating team with preparation of tender submissions and providing technical advice and methodologies where required
- Liaison with client and coordination with other trades on site, fostering good relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Implementing onsite safety and quality inspections
- Managing the implementation of environmental controls
- Producing construction estimates or variation claims based on sound first principle concepts
- Contract administration including preparation of Notices of Delay, Extensions of Time and variation claims
- Tracking and analysing production rates and performance metrics for continuous improvement
To be considered for this role you will need to have the following:
At least 10 years’ experience in senior roles in civil landscaping or other closely aligned discipline to the commercial civil / landscape sector, working in both head contract and subcontract roles. An engineering qualification or background would be an advantage.
Furthermore, you will have:
- Experience in construction of large scale commercial hard and soft landscaping projects
- Experience leading a team, including on-site employees and subcontractors
- Project management & supervision experience
- Experience in compliance to HSEQ docs
- Sound knowledge of industry practices and standards
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Time management skills and ability to work to deadlines
- A proactive and creative approach to problem-solving and generating innovative solutions
- Desire to continuously improve, and document lessons learned on difficult projects
Why work with us?
At ACE, it’s our people that make the difference. We strive to ensure the culture of our working environment is one of support, friendship and knowledge and look for people who care about the impact that their work has on the overall success of our company.
If you strive to be at the top of your game, you will be supported by like-minded professionals working to achieve ACE’s values. On top of that you will be provided with:
- Ownership of your role and the opportunity to make a difference
- State-of-the-art office building with access to parking
- Friendly & positive working culture
- In house health & wellbeing options including gym access
How to apply
If you would like to be part of our continued success, click on 'Quick apply' now!
