Programme Manager

**Description**:
BMT is a leading global consultancy in **design, engineering, science, and risk management** in the maritime sector, known for excellence and innovation.

With **1,300+ experts across the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas**, we help clients make informed decisions by delivering practical solutions, with the environment and sustainability at their core. As an **employee-owned company**, we reinvest profits into technology, strategic growth, and profit sharing, driving a safer, more efficient future.

BMT are looking for a Programme Manager within our Environment arm, specifically supporting our Coastal and Maritime teams. This team spans our APAC business and therefore this role can be located anywhere BMT have an office in Australia. **Brisbane** or **Perth** is preferred due to current team location.
The Environment arm of BMT provides integrated water, science and engineering consulting services, with a focus on marine, coastal, floodplain and waterway environments. Areas of specialisation include numerical modelling, engineering design and advice, data collection and monitoring, and scientific analysis. We assist clients with planning, design, approvals, compliance, design, emergency response and decommissioning works.

**Key Responsibilities**:
In this role you will:

- Be responsible for all elements of project delivery within the Coastal and Maritime Programme for APAC.
- Ensure projects are delivered professionally and efficiently to expected outcomes and benefits, within the project time, cost, and quality constraints.
- Provide leadership and direction to Group Project Managers
- Play a key role in stakeholder engagement, risk management, and supporting client relationships and business development across the programme.

**About you**:
To be successful in this role, you should have:

- A minimum of 10 years’ experience in coastal and maritime engineering or programme management, with at least 5 years in a leadership or senior delivery role overseeing complex, multidisciplinary projects.
- Tertiary qualifications in coastal engineering, maritime engineering, civil engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience working within a technical consultancy with high level understanding of coastal processes, maritime infrastructure and environmental systems including dredging, erosion control, metocean and marine studies, with expert level knowledge in one relevant area.
- Demonstrated ability to identify, pursue, and secure new work through strong client relationships, strategic positioning, and the development of compelling proposals and bids.
- Excellent knowledge of programme lifecycle management, including bidding, planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of complex, multidisciplinary projects.
- Familiarity with Australian and international environmental legislation, permitting processes, and compliance standards relevant to coastal and maritime works.
- Good commercial acumen including solid understanding of budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance metrics.

**Why Work with Us?**:
At BMT, we value flexibility, career growth, and an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives thrive.
- We offer **remote, hybrid, and part-time work options**, with offices across Australia. We’re proudly ‘flexified’ with Flexa
- Our industry **competitive benefits** include a competitive salary offering, performance bonuses, and companywide bonuses as part of being an employee benefits trust
- **Defence Reserve Leave** enabling defence reservist employees to undertake ADF obligations without financial disadvantage.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- We invest in **learning and development** to help you grow.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at our core. We foster a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported, promoting innovation, collaboration, and respect.

Our values—**Trust, Innovation, Passion, Respect, and Collaboration**—define who we are and how we work.**About BMT**:
BMT is a maritime-orientated high-end design house and technical consulting firm driven by a passion for solving complex, real-world problems

Our core business comprises distinctive and sustainable capabilities, which we leverage to address the needs of our customers and markets and are the primary focus of future capability development.

We exist to navigate the most important and impactful engineering challenges of our time. We create environments where people with outstanding technical knowledge deliver meaningful, practical solutions. We are driven by a commitment to a safer, more efficient, effective and sustainable future.