Total 85 procurement manager job vacancies in Australia

Turner & Townsend will give you the opportunity to work with world class clients on cutting edge projects and to build a successful career with a company that will offer the highest levels of support at every stage.

We work on projects of all sizes from one-off developments to mega-programmes, from planning the future development of international airports to site based construction of individual buildings, or the largest rail infrastructure projects in the country. We cover everything from leading teams, planning works, tracking progress and business case delivery to bringing assets into use. 

The main purpose of the Assistant Project Manager is to optimise project success by delivering against agreed project objectives. Our project managers see the value in agreeing from the outset ‘what good looks like’ and take pride in ensuring alignment to this as the project progresses. Some of the key specifications we attribute to the purpose include:

• Project reporting – Forward planning for the project governance reporting cycle, interface management with client’s project leads, collation of information, presentation in report format, seek approval.
• Progress meetings – Arrange, attend, chair in some case, and minute meetings with client’s project leads and support team to assist progression of the project scope of works.
• Stakeholder coordination – Identification of stakeholders, liaison with all parties to capture all relevant issues, inputs and restrictions that may affect project outcomes.   
• Procurement Coordination - Including contract drafting, tender preparations and management, bid analysis and contract awards for consultants and contractors
• Approvals & Planning – Working with the wider project team to obtain the necessary building approvals
• Contract Management - Ensuring compliance with contract terms in delivery of the works for consultants and contractors, processing of payments, managing change.  
• Risk and issues management – Ensuring early identification of project risks and applying carefully considered mitigations to minimise occurrence of issues
• Quality management – Through coordination of all parties to ensure adherence to expected quality for both the design and construction of the project
• Capital forecasting – Planning & forecasting project spending

• Managing larger multi-disciplinary teams delivering complex projects and programs
• Developing working relationships, problem solving and driving projects to successful completion
• Proactively managing the design process to achieve the client's requirements and manage expectations
• Responsible for preparation of project management plans, programs, budgets and other key project deliverables
• Reviewing project plans and specifications, scheduling, costs saving measures, discrepancies, potential construction problems, etc.
• Managing project timelines, risks and reporting 
• Managing project budgets and advising on options to keep budget on track
• Chairing project meetings with clients and consultants
• Managing internal project administration including invoicing, variations, subconsultant management and contract risk
• Building the business through engagement, marketing and tendering activities
• Mentoring and supporting junior colleagues to grow and develop professionally 

• Manage commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project. 

• Cost Manager provide support to senior cost manager across all aspects of projects including cost estimates, quantity take-off, value engineering, tendering and evaluation, progress claim and variation assessment, final account close-out.
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan report.
• Measurement of all building elements for cost plan.
• Engage with market to obtain quotations / pricing to support cost estimate.
• Progress claim and variation assessments and valuations.

This role will be working on delivering retail projects in QLD for our Major Retail client in Australia. The project will provide a variety of deliverables from concept design cost planning to agreement of final accounts. 

The role is an end-to-end cost management role within cost planning and delivery team providing accurate and efficient cost management resource capability to the team. The job scope are:

• Pre contract cost planning services during design stages of projects
• Post contract progress claim and variation assessments
• Engage with the local property market to gain market knowledge for use in the delivery of our services
• Assist with the commission management of our commissions to assist in the successful delivery of our services
• Integrate with full cost management and project management teams in Queensland and support when required
• Work independently and take responsibility for deliverables

You will be working in the Retail team overseeing one of the major retail clients in Australia as Feasibility Lead and support to the QLD team. Your job scope will be:

• Producing and reviewing cost plans, ensure consistency and quality is delivered nationally.
• Delivering insights regularly to a national team
• Manage team to deliver Feasibility Cost Planning Nationally.
• Take ownership of templates / processes / ways of working and drive best practise.
• Take lead on benchmarking nationally.
• Ensure quality and consistency is maintained across different geographies.
• Engage with the local property market to gain market knowledge for use in the delivery of our services.
• Integrate with full cost management and project management teams nationally and support when required.
• Work independently and take responsibility for deliverables.

• Lead the delivery of 4-5 project (retail) roll-outs simultaneously.
• Complete key cost management reports in a timely manner as dictated by the PM/ CM.
• Communicate any potential risks or opportunities with the Client on specific projects.
• Manage Client expectations through excellent communication.
• Always maintain the highest standards of Governance and Quality Assurance.
• Contribute to the overall improvement of service offering to the client
• Apply commercial acumen to projects and support the client through the decision-making process to deliver a project that not only provides value for money but also delivers a sound commercial outcome.
• Setting budgets for Client.
• Managing our existing key client relationships.
• Take responsibility for your own deliverables and ensure all commitments are completed.
• Working closely with our wider Woolworths team and providing support where required. the development of the business plan and take ownership for the delivery of the P&L targets.
• Demonstrate our Purpose, Vision & Values in your everyday activities, setting an example for excellence.
• Contributing to innovations and potential improved approaches with our service

• Ability to work autonomously and within varied and complex team working arrangements.
• Very high-quality writing ability, and proven history of bid writing and development for government clients.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Contribute to and develop a great team culture.
• High quality reporting and deliverables in relation to work status, project deliverables and requirements.
• Be organised and effective in the provision of support services to the wider team. Always seeking new work opportunities.
• Be confident and able to work within an embedded client role delivering projects on their behalf using their systems.
• Ability to work across multiple projects and/or clients simultaneously, managing priorities and deliverables.

• Pre contract cost planning services during design stages of projects
• Post contract progress claim and variation assessments
• Engage with the local property market to gain market knowledge for use in the delivery of our services
• Commission management to assist in the successful delivery of our services
• Integrate with full cost management and project management teams in Queensland and support when required
• Work independently and take responsibility for deliverables

The Risk Managers primary focus is on the management and coordination of the risk management function, ensuring that all elements of risk to the project are identified, analysed, reported and solutions/mitigations developed and implemented.

The main duties of a Risk Manager is:

• Management and coordination of risk management to ensure effective project delivery to and to the highest industry standards, on time and within allocated budgets.
• Undertaking both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment to support informed and evidence based decision-making within the project.
• Perform QRA for cost and prolongation risk related to time activities.
• Building and promoting a risk-aware culture across the project which includes increase levels of awareness, understanding and commitment to risk management issues, facilitating risk workshops as required.
• Ensuring a program of individual and small group risk reviews and reports are completed to facilitate an accurate understanding of actual and potential risk exposures across the project and assisting in providing solutions and mitigations, including any required controls and actions.
• Completing risk reporting associated with monitoring project contingency and potential scope modifications made during the project.
• Updating the risk register to facilitate the management of the project risk profile.
• Providing subject matter expert advice to the project management team in relation to risk management.
• Coordinating and reviewing project status reporting and assisting with arrangements for key governance meetings.
• Supporting the project controls and contract management functions as required.

• An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Cost Manager / Associate Director - Mechanical & Electrical, to join our team in our Caberra office. Supporting our clients to deliver projects and programs for Defence projects.
• The position will be to lead on the Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) specific deliverables within a larger project or leading direct M&E commissions, such as asset upgrade works.
• 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, tendering and procurement and post contract duties.
• The role will also include management of other Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the M&E.
• A good knowledge of M&E systems and supply chain is fundamental with the ability to work collaboratively.

• An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Cost Manager / Associate Director - Mechanical & Electrical, to join our team in our Caberra office. Supporting our clients to deliver projects and programs for Defence projects.
• The position will be to lead on the Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) specific deliverables within a larger project or leading direct M&E commissions, such as asset upgrade works.
• 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, tendering and procurement and post contract duties.
• The role will also include management of other Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the M&E.
• A good knowledge of M&E systems and supply chain is fundamental with the ability to work collaboratively.

• Pre contract cost planning services during design stages of projects
• Post contract progress claim and variation assessments
• Engage with the local property market to gain market knowledge for use in the delivery of our services
• Assist with the commission management of our commissions to assist in the successful delivery of our services
• Integrate with full cost management and project management teams in Queensland and support when required
• Work independently and take responsibility for deliverables

Turner & Townsend will give you the opportunity to work with world class clients on cutting edge projects and to build a successful career with a company that will offer the highest levels of support at every stage.

We work on projects of all sizes from one-off developments to mega-programmes, from planning the future development of international airports to site based construction of individual buildings, or the largest rail infrastructure projects in the country. We cover everything from leading teams, planning works, tracking progress and business case delivery to bringing assets into use. 

The main purpose of the Program Controls Cost Lead is to optimise project success by delivering against agreed program objectives. Some of the key specifications we attribute to the purpose include:

• Assuring that the cost management of the program is governed by controlled processes, procedures and tools.
• Integrating program level data and producing the program level cost reporting including productivity and performance data production and analysis.
• Providing program-level aspects of budget management, change management, forecasting, reporting, managing and controlling of all the costs, assets and liabilities associated with and arising from the planning, design, procurement, commercial, construction and commissioning process.
• Change management including review of project and program trends.
• Providing support to the financial management and accounting procedures.
• Capturing and sharing lessons learned and implementing continuous improvement on cost initiatives, cost management processes and controls.
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes.

• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan to the Client
• Inputting into value engineering
• Manage project profitability
• Externalise within the local property market to raise company profile
• Assist with bid writing and negotiation of our contracts
• Work independently and take responsibility for deliverables.
• Being responsible for project deliverables and ensuring governance is followed.
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Managing Assistant Cost Managers and Cost Managers within the Occupier team.

As a Project Manager at Turner & Townsend, you will have a commercial focus and experience working across a number of sectors often with regard to large or complex projects.

Job Description

• Collaboratively supporting larger multi-disciplinary teams in managing complex projects and programs
• Developing working relationships, problem solving and driving projects to successful completion
• Managing the design process to achieve the client's requirements and manage expectations
• Responsible for preparation of project management plans, programs, budgets and other key project deliverables
• Reviewing project plans and specifications, scheduling, costs saving measures, discrepancies, potential construction problems, etc.
• Managing project timelines, risks and reporting
• Managing project budgets and advising on options to keep budget on track
• Chairing project meetings with clients and consultants
• Managing internal project administration including invoicing, variations, subconsultant management and contract risk
• Building the business through engagement, marketing and tendering activities.

As a Senior Project Manager with Turner & Townsend you must be capable to lead projects, have a commercial focus and balance working across multiple projects and industry sectors. 

• Leading and managing projects and programs as the key client interface
• Managing complex and diverse stakeholder relationships
• Developing working relationships, problem solving and driving projects to successful completion
• Managing multiple project budgets and advising on options to keep budget on track
• Managing the project delivery process across multiple projects and programmes to achieve the client's requirements and manage expectations
• Reviewing project plans and specifications, scheduling, costs saving measures, discrepancies, potential construction problems, etc.
• Managing project timelines, risks and reporting
• Chairing project meetings with clients and consultants
• Analysing and defining future programme and portfolio strategies
• Being engaged with marketing and business development initiatives
• Driving business outcomes alongside project outcomes

• Work with and support the team to deliver cost management services to government/health team.
• Pre contract cost planning services during design stages of projects
• Post contract progress claim and variation assessments
• Engage with the local property market to gain market knowledge for use in the delivery of our services
• Assist with the commission management of our commissions to assist in the successful delivery of our services
• Integrate with full cost management and project management teams in Queensland and support when required
• Work independently and take responsibility for deliverables

• Pre contract cost planning services during design stages of projects
• Post contract progress claim and variation assessments
• Engage with the local property market to gain market knowledge for use in the delivery of our services
• Commission management to assist in the successful delivery of our services
• Integrate with full cost management and project management teams in Queensland and support when required
• Work independently and take responsibility for deliverables

• Lead and manage complex projects and programs as the key client interface.
• To help in the establishment and optimisation of the client’s strategic program.
• Develop working relationships, problem solving and driving projects to successful completion.
• Managing the design process to achieve the client's requirements and manage expectations.
• Reviewing project plans and specifications, scheduling, costs saving measures, discrepancies, potential construction problems, etc.
• Managing project timelines, risks and reporting.
• Managing project budgets and advising on options to keep budget on track.
• Chairing project meetings with clients and consultants.
• Being engaged with marketing and business development initiatives.

As an Associate Director in our Procurement Advisory team, you will be client-facing to build and maintain high-quality relationships with key clients in our target markets. You will play a key role in building our team’s capability and culture. A significant amount of your time will be spent leading consulting/advisory assignments for clients. You will excel in your role as a key contributor and leader in multi-disciplinary advisory teams. Your deep knowledge and experience in procurement, transaction management and contract management will be critical to the success of our work for clients.  

The primary responsibilities of the role are as follows: 

• Developing robust contemporary procurement strategies for our clients’ major projects and programs, helping to assure successful project outcomes and reduce delivery risks.

• Transaction management on major ($300m+) capital projects, setting up projects and programs for success by leading the procurement process.   

• Providing clients with expert contract management skills to support their projects, from initial contract set up through to managing variations and claims. 

• Proactively building networks with other members of the Turner & Townsend team, and with our key clients in the region, becoming a trusted advisor on matters relating to procurement and contract management for capital projects. 

• Contributing to Turner & Townsend’s vision and mission by developing proposals to address client challenges, creating innovative new service offerings, and prudent management of financial performance within your area of the business.   

• Being an active and empathetic leader of integrated advisory teams, taking ownership of commissions from start to finish, and directing and coaching our consulting staff. 

• Making a material contribution to business development and practice development. 

• Creating a collaborative and supportive team environment. 

• Pre contract cost planning services during design stages of projects
• Post contract progress claim and variation assessments
• Engage with the local property market to gain market knowledge for use in the delivery of our services
• Commission management to assist in the successful delivery of our services
• Integrate with full cost management and project management teams in Queensland and support when required
• Work independently and take responsibility for deliverables

Senior Cost Manager undertaking pre and post contract client facing duties for our RE and infrastructure projects typically both in T&T office and in a client offices. Experience with cost planning, cost reporting, procurement, contract and commercial management.

• Commission management experience
• Pre-contract cost management experience
• Post-contract cost management experience
• Tender analysis experience
• Procurement and contract advisory experience
• Commercial reporting experience
• Variation assessment experience
• Team training and best practice

Turner & Townsend will give you the opportunity to work with world class clients on cutting edge projects and to build a successful career with a company that will offer the highest levels of support at every stage.

We work on projects of all sizes from one-off developments to mega-programmes, from planning the future development across large Natural Resource projects to site based construction of individual projects, while helping the largest companies in the world. We cover everything from leading teams, planning works, tracking progress and business case delivery to bringing assets into use. 

To be successful in this role:

• Provide a leading role in a client procurement team responsible for procuring multi million dollars of packages on a construction project.
• Strong contract knowledge from initial set up to managing variations and claims.
• Contract formation, contract administration, contract negotiations and claims support.
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants at all project stages.
• Manage quotes, purchase orders, the tender process delivery and tender analysis.

As an Associate Director in our Procurement Advisory team, you will be client-facing to build and maintain high-quality relationships with key clients in our target markets. You will play a key role in building our team’s capability and culture. A significant amount of your time will be spent leading consulting/advisory assignments for clients. You will excel in your role as a key contributor and leader in multi-disciplinary advisory teams. Your deep knowledge and experience in procurement, transaction management and contract management will be critical to the success of our work for clients.  

The primary responsibilities of the role are as follows: 

• Developing robust contemporary procurement strategies for our clients’ major projects and programs, helping to assure successful project outcomes and reduce delivery risks.

• Transaction management on major ($300m+) capital projects, setting up projects and programs for success by leading the procurement process.   

• Providing clients with expert contract management skills to support their projects, from initial contract set up through to managing variations and claims. 

• Proactively building networks with other members of the Turner & Townsend team, and with our key clients in the region, becoming a trusted advisor on matters relating to procurement and contract management for capital projects. 

• Contributing to Turner & Townsend’s vision and mission by developing proposals to address client challenges, creating innovative new service offerings, and prudent management of financial performance within your area of the business.   

• Being an active and empathetic leader of integrated advisory teams, taking ownership of commissions from start to finish, and directing and coaching our consulting staff. 

• Making a material contribution to business development and practice development. 

• Creating a collaborative and supportive team environment. 

As a Project Manager/ Senior Project Manager at Turner & Townsend, you will have a commercial focus and experience working across a number of large or complex projects.

• Advising at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted in order to successfully achieve the client’s overall objectives.
• Leading the establishment of the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
• Planning for and the ongoing management of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project.
• Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan.
• Advising upon the procurement of resources.
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team.
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques, including the use of KPI’s to improve project performance.
• Managing the change control process.
• Marketing and business development activities  
• Internal management activities including staff management (where appropriate), financial management and quality processes and procedures.