An exciting opportunity has arisen for an MEP Senior Cost Manager, to join our busy Real Estate team in our Melbourne office. Supporting our Developer, Occupier, Governmental, Health, Education and Tech clients to deliver complicated projects. 

The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing (both internal & external) with the ability to manage multiple projects and clients. This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, managing a design team to the budget, tendering and procurement (single and two stage) and post contract reporting to the Client. 

A good knowledge of MEP systems and supply chain is fundamental with the ability to work both collaboratively but robustly with any main contractor and their MEP supply chain.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Commission Management, to include the following, either as part of a larger project or leading an MEP direct commission:

• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan to internal & external clients
• Tendering (single and two stage) and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Inputting into value engineering
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities

Are you an innovative product manager with a passion for incubating new ideas and driving them to market? Shift is looking for a Product Manager to spearhead the launch of new products and manage their growth until they reach scale. As part of our dynamic team, you'll have the opportunity to bring fresh products to life, test market hypotheses, and help shape the future of our product offerings.

What you'll do: 

• Manage 2-3 new products simultaneously, overseeing all stages of the product lifecycle from market research to scaling.
• Identify and define new target markets and serviceable segments for product opportunities.
• Develop a strong market thesis, clearly articulating what Shift can offer SMEs that current solutions don’t.
• Design initial product concepts and organisational structures to maximize the chances of success while managing acceptable levels of risk.
• Translate product ideas into detailed, actionable requirements, ensuring smooth execution from concept to market launch.
• Coordinate necessary organisational changes (e.g., hiring, team expansion, systems updates) to support product launches and ensure the right resources are in place.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to execute on the product vision, driving alignment between product, design, development, and operations.
• Iterate quickly on product features and design to achieve Product-Market Fit, testing and refining the product based on customer feedback.
• Continuously improve the product, incorporating insights from customer usage, market trends, and competitor analysis to optimize the market fit.
• Make data-driven decisions on whether to scale the product as a core offering or exit the market if the product fails to gain traction.
• Ensure regular communication with stakeholders to provide updates on progress, iterations, and strategic decisions.

In this role you will be responsible for the credit performance of Shift’s Trade product against predefined KPIs.  The role encompasses owning credit decisioning models, portfolio management and monitoring the end-to-end operational performance of the business for factors that influence the credit performance of the product portfolio. 

• Own the credit performance of Shift’s Trade product from origination through to recovery ensuring the portfolio grows in line with Shift’s expectations of credit loss. This will involve taking ownership of origination models, customer account monitoring and analysis for of platform and processes for factors that are influencing credit performance. 

• Provide recommendations for changes to the models, credit policy and underwriting guidelines.  

• Serve as a member of the Trade management team, responsible for reporting on the credit performance and its influencing factors to the broader group  

• Ensure portfolio is optimised by ensuring exposure to low risk grade customers is increase whilst reduced to those that deteriorate . 

• Provide performance reporting to 2nd Line Risk responding appropriately to any queries 

This is a field service engineering position, primarily based at Sydney Airport, responsible for maintaining and repairing Smiths Detection’s X-ray and trace detection equipment using hand and power tools, as part of Smiths Detection’s 24/7 rotating shift roster. This position requires face-to-face customer-interaction and a high level of team orientation, with a proactive approach to seeking and sharing technical knowledge. The ability to work autonomously and across all of the allocated shift rotations/times are also essential requirements.

Duties And Responsibilities: 

• Troubleshooting, servicing and repairing X-ray and trace detection equipment
• Proactively completing preventative maintenance tasks according to service contracts and schedules Responding to equipment faults and other corrective maintenance requirements according to service contracts and key performance indicators
• Testing components and circuitry of X-ray equipment using a multimeter, computer/laptop and the inbuilt equipmentsoftware
• Diagnosing the root cause of mechanical, electrical and electronics related equipment faults (involving 24 volts or less) 
• Replacing belts, rollers, motors and other mechanical components within X-ray equipment
• Replacing and manoeuvring X-ray sources (ie. generators) and other heavy parts using lifting aides
• Opening machines to inspect, vacuum, clean, de-grease, repair and replace internal parts 
• Installing new equipment, independently and alongside Smiths Detection’s programs and installations teams and various subcontractors and customer-stakeholders • Completing field service related documentation and reports
• Completing technical, safety, compliance and other job related trainings, online and in-person
• Maintaining a clean/tidy work station and work environment
• Responding to queries from customers, vendors, subcontractors and internal stakeholders, verbally and in writing, in a timely and professional manner, independently
• Consuming spare parts from the warehouse/storage area and promptly updating the associated records in the IT software tracking system
• Joining regular internal team meetings and safety briefings
• Ensuring that tools and testing equipment is maintained and calibrated
• Analysing field service data trends and recommending process and equipment improvements
• Contributing to continuous improvement projects and initiatives 
• Providing training and support to new joiners and junior-level field service team members
• Leading safe-work practices and ensuring the safety of junior-level field service team members
• Reporting and escalating day-to-day issues to more senior field service team members or management in a timely manner
• Other duties as required