About this role
<p><strong>About your role</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Looking for a high-impact project role where you can see your work come to life on site?</p> <p> </p> <p>We’re hiring a Senior Project Manager to lead a portfolio of capital projects across our Botany manufacturing site and broader manufacturing network. This role is accountable for end-to-end project delivery — from concept and design through to commissioning and handover — while leading a team and helping shape long-term capital planning.</p> <p> </p> <p>This role leads a CAPEX portfolio of approximately <strong>$8M–$15M per annum</strong>, with responsibility for a team of <strong>3–4 direct and 6–10 indirect reports</strong>, delivering projects across site-based and customer-facing environments. This is a rare opportunity to combine site-based project execution, technical leadership, governance and team development in a complex manufacturing environment.</p> <p> </p> <p>The role may require travel across manufacturing sites and engagement with customer-facing projects.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>This is a hands-on Senior Project Manager role, responsible for delivering a portfolio of capital projects across our Botany site.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>You’ll be:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Leading end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of CAPEX projects from concept, design and execution through to commissioning and handover, ensuring safe, on-time and on-budget outcomes</li> <li>Developing and executing project plans including scope, cost estimates, schedules and delivery strategies aligned to business and site requirements</li> <li>Providing leadership and resource management across project managers, engineers and contractors, building capability, succession depth and high-performing teams</li> <li>Managing commercial and procurement activities, including contractor selection, contract strategy, and performance management to protect project and business outcomes</li> <li>Ensuring effective stakeholder engagement and reporting, maintaining strong relationships across operations, maintenance, commercial teams, regulators and external partners, and providing clear updates on cost, schedule, risk and performance</li> <li>Ensuring compliance with governance, safety and regulatory requirements, including IXOM project management frameworks, project assurance processes, SHEQ standards, MOC, MHF obligations and applicable engineering standards</li> <li>Leading project risk management, ensuring risks are identified, mitigated and managed in line with corporate frameworks</li> <li>Contributing to capital planning and drive continuous improvement, enhancing project systems, tools, governance processes, engineering standards and lessons learned integration</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Who are we looking for?</strong></p> <ul> <li>Degree-qualified Engineer (Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical)</li> <li>10+ years’ experience delivering CAPEX projects in heavy industrial or continuous manufacturing environments</li> <li>Strong technical capability across engineering design, construction and commissioning in live operational environments</li> <li>Proven leadership and team management experience, with the ability to lead contractors and multidisciplinary teams and build high-performing project teams</li> <li>Strong understanding of regulatory, safety and risk management frameworks in high-hazard environments</li> <li>Highly developed stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across operations, maintenance, commercial teams and external partners</li> <li>Practical, delivery-focused leader, able to balance hands-on execution with governance and team leadership</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Highly regarded:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience in hazardous chemical or Major Hazard Facility (MHF) environments</li> <li>Exposure to hazard studies / HAZOP / risk assessments</li> <li>Experience contributing to long-term capital planning</li> <li>Chartered Engineer status (CPEng / NPER)</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>What’s on offer</strong></p> <ul> <li>Competitive salary package</li> <li>Lead a meaningful CAPEX portfolio in a complex manufacturing environment</li> <li>End-to-end ownership across project delivery, governance and team leadership</li> <li>Site-based role where you’re close to the action and can see tangible outcomes</li> <li>Opportunity to lead and develop a team of project professionals and contractors</li> <li>Exposure to both site-based and broader manufacturing / customer-facing projects</li> <li>Long-term career opportunity with succession potential within the broader projects and manufacturing function</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>To Apply</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Our Process</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>This role is based on a chemical manufacturing site and includes exposure to hazardous environments. You must be able to comply with strict site safety requirements, including the use of respiratory equipment and medical assessments.</p> <p> </p> <p>You will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical assessment to ensure you can safely perform the inherent requirements of the role.</p>