Senior Project Manager

About your role

Looking for a high-impact project role where you can see your work come to life on site?

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.

This role leads a CAPEX portfolio of approximately $8M–$15M per annum, with responsibility for a team of 3–4 direct and 6–10 indirect reports, 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.

The role may require travel across manufacturing sites and engagement with customer-facing projects.

Key Responsibilities

This is a hands-on Senior Project Manager role, responsible for delivering a portfolio of capital projects across our Botany site.

You’ll be

• 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
• Developing and executing project plans including scope, cost estimates, schedules and delivery strategies aligned to business and site requirements
• Providing leadership and resource management across project managers, engineers and contractors, building capability, succession depth and high-performing teams
• Managing commercial and procurement activities, including contractor selection, contract strategy, and performance management to protect project and business outcomes
• 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
• 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
• Leading project risk management, ensuring risks are identified, mitigated and managed in line with corporate frameworks
• Contributing to capital planning and drive continuous improvement, enhancing project systems, tools, governance processes, engineering standards and lessons learned integration

Who are we looking for?

• Degree-qualified Engineer (Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical)
• 10+ years’ experience delivering CAPEX projects in heavy industrial or continuous manufacturing environments
• Strong technical capability across engineering design, construction and commissioning in live operational environments
• Proven leadership and team management experience, with the ability to lead contractors and multidisciplinary teams and build high-performing project teams
• Strong understanding of regulatory, safety and risk management frameworks in high-hazard environments
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across operations, maintenance, commercial teams and external partners
• Practical, delivery-focused leader, able to balance hands-on execution with governance and team leadership

Highly regarded

• Experience in hazardous chemical or Major Hazard Facility (MHF) environments
• Exposure to hazard studies / HAZOP / risk assessments
• Experience contributing to long-term capital planning
• Chartered Engineer status (CPEng / NPER)

What’s on offer

• Competitive salary package
• Lead a meaningful CAPEX portfolio in a complex manufacturing environment
• End-to-end ownership across project delivery, governance and team leadership
• Site-based role where you’re close to the action and can see tangible outcomes
• Opportunity to lead and develop a team of project professionals and contractors
• Exposure to both site-based and broader manufacturing / customer-facing projects
• Long-term career opportunity with succession potential within the broader projects and manufacturing function

To Apply

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Our Process

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.

You will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical assessment to ensure you can safely perform the inherent requirements of the role.