Project Manager

Lead a Critical Facilities Management Contract Supporting Tasmania’s Water Infrastructure

We are seeking an experienced senior operational leader to take on the role of Project Manager , leading the delivery of a significant facilities maintenance and asset management contract supporting operations across Tasmania.

This is a highly visible leadership position with accountability across operational excellence, contract performance, safety leadership, client engagement, commercial  outcomes, and continuous improvement across a geographically diverse portfolio of assets and water facilities.

This role will suit a commercially and operationally astute leader who has successfully managed major facilities maintenance, utilities, infrastructure, or asset management contracts and can lead geographically dispersed teams while building strong stakeholder relationships.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide strategic and operational leadership across a large facilities maintenance contract.
- Drive contract performance against key service levels, KPIs and customer expectations.
- Lead multi-disciplinary operational teams across maintenance, infrastructure services, workplace services and supporting functions.
- Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with TasWater, key stakeholders and subcontractor partners.
- Champion a strong safety culture through visible leadership, assurance and continuous improvement.
- Maintain effective contract governance, compliance and risk management.
- Take ownership of budget, P&L performance, forecasting and commercial outcomes.
- Identify and deliver opportunities to improve efficiency, service delivery and customer value.
- Lead contract optimisation, innovation and asset management improvement initiatives.
- Develop organisational capability through workforce planning, succession and leadership development.

About You

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

- Significant experience leading complex maintenance, utilities, infrastructure, facilities management or asset management operations.
- Proven success managing large, complex maintenance, utilities, infrastructure or asset management contracts.
- Strong commercial acumen and experience managing contract performance, budgets and financial outcomes.
- A demonstrated ability to build trusted and productive customer relationships.
- Experience leading large geographically dispersed teams.
- Strong understanding of facilities management, asset maintenance, utilities, water, infrastructure or related sectors.
- Strong safety leadership and a track record of driving safe and consistent operational practices.
- The ability to engage and influence senior business and customer stakeholders.
- Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Asset Management, Project Management, Business or a related discipline (preferred).

About Ventia
As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.

Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Māori and Pasifika peoples and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.

How to apply 
Click the Apply Now button to start the journey to find your further with Ventia.

Ventia has an ongoing commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through our Reconciliation Action Plan committed to Indigenous Participation.

The Role is targeted for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander candidates and is an equal opportunity measure under Section 105 of the Discrimination Act 1991.

Position Reference Number: 169202