Team Leader Project Management Team

Are you a highly motivated and experienced individual with a strong background in project management and team leadership? Thismight be your chance to rewrite the future with us.

• Permanent Full Time role - Wyong location
• Lead a dynamic team in delivering impactful projects on time and within budget.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability
• Hybrid work conditions - 2 days work from home and 3 days on site
• Attractive remuneration package with market loading

About the role

The Team Leader Project Team is responsible for overseeing project execution, ensuring that objectives are met efficiently and effectively. This role requires strong leadership skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

In this role, you will manage a high-performing team of project managers and support staff, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high standard.

You'll lead day-to-day operations, coordinate service delivery, and collaborate across teams to achieve strategic outcomes. Your ability to manage priorities, provide clear direction, and inspire performance will be key to success.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, a strategic mindset, and a proven track record in project delivery and stakeholder engagement.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or related field OR equivalent qualifications with demonstrated solid contemporary experience, combined with ongoing professional development
• Current Class C Drivers Licence and SafeWork NSW General Induction for Construction Work (White Card) or willingness to obtain
• Extensive project management experience
• Successful delivery of complex infrastructure projects
• Strong leadership across multi-disciplinary teams
• Knowledge of Local Government operations and legislation and skilled in navigating political environments
• Expertise in performance improvement and consultation with proven leadership in communication and stakeholder engagement
• Ability to influence outcomes and build credible relationships
• Strong analytical and advisory skills

To view our position description which provides more information for you to learn more about this role please click the Apply button.

Other important information

• The commencing salary for this position is up to $110.9K. Central Coast Council also provides progression opportunities for employees to progress up to the maximum salary of $128.5K on completion of assessment of skills and performance plus 12% superannuation and 3.5% Civil Liability Allowance. This role offers market loading for the right candidate
• Private Use Leaseback - Passenger Car Medium or Quarterly Vehicle Allowance
• We have a permanent full-time role available
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role - 2 days from home and 3 days onsite
• This role is located at the Wyong Administration Building

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships.

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Want to know more?

The contact person for this role is Rachael McWilliam - Section Manager Project Management .You can contact Rachael on

This position will close for applications at midnight on Sunday, 2 November 2025.