Construction Manager

Job Description

Construction Manager

Full-Time Permanent Major Infrastructure Project

Melbourne Victoria

Role Purpose

The Construction Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing the delivery of landbased transmission and linear infrastructure works. The role ensures construction activities are delivered safely on schedule within budget and in compliance with contractual technical environmental and stakeholder requirements.

Acting as the clients onsite representative the Construction Manager provides leadership to contractor delivery teams maintains strong governance and assurance and supports senior project leadership in achieving project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Construction Delivery & Performance

• Lead construction delivery across defined transmission work packages or corridors
• Monitor contractor performance against scope program cost quality and safety targets
• Ensure compliance with contracts technical specifications and approved construction methodologies
• Review and endorse construction sequencing staging and access strategies
• Proactively identify and manage construction interface and access risks

Safety Leadership

• Champion a strong safety culture aligned with regulatory and project expectations
• Ensure contractors implement effective WHS management systems
• Lead safety walkdowns audits and performance reviews
• Support incident investigations and closeout of corrective actions

Commercial & Contract Management

• Support senior leadership and commercial teams with contract administration
• Review contractor variations claims extensions of time and payment submissions
• Monitor cost performance and identify potential commercial impacts
• Escalate emerging contractual and commercial risks

Quality Program & Compliance

• Ensure works comply with approved designs standards and regulatory requirements
• Oversee Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) including hold and witness points
• Monitor progress against baseline and recovery schedules
• Lead regular contractor performance reviews and reporting
• Ensure completion documentation and handover requirements are achieved

Stakeholder & Team Leadership

• Manage interfaces between contractors utilities designers and stakeholders
• Coordinate construction activities across multiple work fronts
• Lead and mentor clientside field engineers inspectors and site representatives
• Promote collaboration accountability and proactive problemsolving

Experience & Capability

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering Construction Management or related discipline
• Extensive experience delivering transmission or linear infrastructure projects
• Proven clientside or superintendents representative experience
• Strong understanding of construction contract models (e.g. D&C Alliance PPP)
• Experience managing geographically dispersed work fronts including regional environments
• Strong commercial acumen risk management capability and leadership skills
• Excellent communication reporting and decisionmaking ability