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Job No: 495546

Work type:Full Time

Location:Melbourne

Categories:Civil Engineering, Construction Management

Advertised:12 Dec 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

Applications close:17 Jan 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

**About BMD**:
BMD is Australia’s leading integrated engineering, construction and urban development business. As the largest privately owned civil contractor in Australia, BMD is at the forefront of excellence and its footprint expands globally to the Philippines and United Kingdom. With a commitment to long-term relationships and collaborative contracting setting us apart and through a team of over 2000 skilled professionals, BMD specialises in transformative infrastructure across diverse sectors.

**About the role**:
This is a varied role working in precontracts and also supporting projects in implementation while based in a Hawthorn East office location with some site deployment. In order to deliver optimal programme solutions, you will collaborate with management, tender and project teams. You will be involved with determining construction methodologies to produce programs and reports for inclusion in tender submissions and project control updates. Your ability to communicate planning information and concepts will be highly valued and essential to your success.
- Provide considered and practical programming advice to BMD tender & project teams, clients and Joint Venture partners.
- Review tender documents for scope of works, contract requirements, and any other factors which may affect the timing of the project.
- Interact within a pre-contracts team to offer optimised and understood tender and pre-contract submissions that ensure confidence and positive outcomes for the business unit.
- Produce programs that meet the needs of the submission documents, with the flexibility to operate within different programming software packages.
- Produce programs that are fully resourced and costed.
- Participate in post tender negotiations
- Work with operational teams to facilitate the kick off and then hand over of a project following a successful tender bid
- Understand and measure program/project performance based on physical progress and report on milestones, KPI's and earned value.
- Understand risks and opportunities within a project and how they are managed through the program.
- Assist in the analysis and preparation of contractual claims.
- Assist and mentor other BMD team members in programming principles and facilitate internal training courses.
- Be aware of new development and products in the programming and planning market and their benefits to BMD.

**Skills & Experience**:

- Well-developed communication skills (oral, written and interpersonal).
- Proven knowledge of construction and engineering techniques and sequences
- Advanced knowledge of programming principles and the skills to adapt those principles across a range of programming software packages including Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and Excel.
- Ability to prioritise commitments, outcomes and deadlines across multiple projects and teams.
- Be a team player
- Exposure to various sectors including civil, water, defence and renewables.
- Bachelor of Engineering preferred not essential.

**Benefits**

We offer a rewarding long-term career, opportunities to develop, and a culture that values your contribution. BMD recognises that we are strengthened by diversity and we embrace differences as an equal opportunity employer, providing a flexible and inclusive workplace that rewards excellence and promotes a healthy work-life balance. We offer unique benefits which includes specialised learning and development programs, a good health and wellbeing program, paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers and flexible work, novated leasing and discounts with hundreds of retailers.

**No agency submissions will be accepted.