Principal Upgrade Manager

Division: Homes NSW- Location: Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150- Req ID: 69165**Principal Upgrade Manager**

**Location: 4 Parramatta Square (agile working environment)**

**Employment type: Ongoing, Fulltime (1 vacancy)**

**Salary: Clerk Grade 11/12, $139,787 to $161,663 p.a. plus employers’ contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading**

**Your role**

The Principal Upgrade Manager will be responsible for leading and project managing the capital upgrade works funded through the assets capital upgrade budget to ensure standards and expectations are met. Upgrade works primarily involve major common area and infrastructure upgrades, heritage and lift upgrades, fire restoration works and any other similar miscellaneous major upgrade and demolition projects.

**What you’ll do**

Reporting to the Director, Major & Specialised Projects, the Principal Upgrade Manager is responsible for making recommendations, decisions and solutions related to the successful strategic direction, approach, plans, implementation, and maintenance related to upgrade program(s) within the Division in collaboration with the Director. This will involve managing a panel of external consultants and providers within the Major & Specialised Projects unit.

**What we’re looking for**

Essential requirements include:

- Qualifications in Engineering, Architectural, Project/Business Management or related construction discipline.
- Adequate relevant experience including stakeholder management and leadership.
- Current and valid NSW driver’s licence.
- Willingness to travel to sites across NSW.

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**What We Offer**

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

While the Department of Communities and Justice offers a flexible or hybrid working arrangement, regular office and site based work will be required and therefore to be considered for this role you would need to live in NSW or be relocating to NSW.

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**We do work that really matters**

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

**Are you ready to join us?**

Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:

- Outline skills and experience you would bring managing delivery of complex program of works using the project management principles including mitigation of risks that may be necessary.
- Outline your experience implementing quality assurance systems and the budget management of large-scale project or program.

**Applications close **Sunday 15 September 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

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We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

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**Other Information**

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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