Construction Manager

1 month ago


Brisbane, Australia u&u Recruitment Partners Full time

About Powerlink

u&u is proud to partner with Powerlink; a Government Owned Corporation that owns, develops, operates and maintains the high voltage electricity transmission network in Queensland. Their network extends 1,700 kilometres from Cairns to the New South Wales border.

As an organisation, their purpose is to connect over five million Queenslanders to a world-class energy future. Powerlink is guiding the market to help our energy system move to a low carbon future, comprising a diverse array of generation technologies, batteries and storage solutions, new grid technologies and demand management.

About the role

The Construction Manager will play a key role in working alongside tier-1 construction partners in managing the delivery of HV transmission projects. This role will support the project delivery team through the development of a maintenance /construction delivery strategy, that will be implemented throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Simultaneously, the Construction Manager will co-ordinate, manage and direct site delivery activities across multiple work fronts including civil, tower assembly & erection along with stringing work activities.

Additionally, this role will manage site delivery key completion activities throughout project execution, ensuring issues/defects/Non-conformances are managed and resolved ensuring completion requirements are met throughout the project lifecycle.

As these projects are often based in regional Queensland, the Construction Manager will typically be site-based on a roster.

About you

You are an expert in the planning and management of high quality, customer focused, construction delivery across critical HV transmission line infrastructure construction projects.

Ideally you will have tertiary qualifications in a relevant field of Engineering, Construction or Project Management or lesser qualifications supported by significant construction site management experience in a relevant industry, ideally HV transmission or similar;
Be prepared to work from site on a roster to support the on-site project and construction delivery;
Demonstrated time management, planning and organisational skills, prioritising and negotiation a challenging construction schedule;
Tenacity and initiative to work through complex construction activities and issues focussed on optimised and efficient delivery; and

Strong customer service and stakeholder management skills, achieving success through your broad collaboration, consultation, negotiation and influencing skills.

To apply

Please submit your resume in Word format only.

Powerlink are an Equal Opportunity Employer and proudly Work180 Endorsed Employer for Women. To better serve the communities and meet their commitment to Reconciliation they aim to increase their representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Declan Jones.

SENIOR ASSOCIATE, UTILITIES

Get in touch
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