About Us
Mornington Peninsula Shire is Victoria's destination municipality, characterised by unique townships, highly productive agriculture, world renowned landscapes, tourist regions, and areas of national and international conservation significance within a vital Green Wedge.
The Shire is responsible for a broad range of infrastructure and community services that support the wellbeing and prosperity of our diverse community. With approximately 1,000 employees, it is a busy and vibrant workplace.
What's on Offer
• Job Satisfaction – Have a meaningful impact on the community by contributing to achieve positive outcomes across the Mornington Peninsula Shire
• Work Life Balance –We offer a hybrid working model, flexible working arrangements and generous leave provisions.
• Security– Permanent full-time based in the Rosebud office. Band 6 - $97,323.48 per annum (excl. super)
• Career – Opportunity to grow and develop with excellent learning and development opportunities.
About the Role
We are looking for a project manager to help deliver a wide range of community focussed infrastructure projects. The role will join other project managers within our Projects & Engineering Services unit who are instrumental in delivering Council's $100M+ capital works program.
Reporting to the Team Leader – Building and Structural Projects, the core responsibilities include:
• Delivering Council infrastructure by managing an agreed annual portfolio of projects that meet community needs and expectations
• Engaging and supervising external consultants in line with the Shire's delivery framework, design guidelines, procedures, and relevant industry standards
• Assuring quality and satisfaction of the relevant objectives/stakeholder needs/legislated requirements
About You
• A tertiary qualification in civil engineering, project management, or a similar discipline.
• Relevant experience based on position banding
• A demonstrated ability to weigh up competing demands and risks and make informed decisions.
• A continuous improvement mindset and an appreciation for having efficient systems of work that ensure consistency of output.
How to Apply
If this role sounds like you, click 'Apply'.
The Mornington Peninsula Shire is committed to creating a diverse and safe environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and Child Safe employer. We encourage applications from First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities and age groups.
Mornington Peninsula Shire undertakes a variety of employment screening checks. This includes employment references, Working with Children Checks and Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC).
Applicants must have valid Australian work rights.
For further information about the role, you can download the Position Description by clicking 'Apply' '. For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact Sam Polatidis, Team Leader Building and Structural Projects, on 0407 863 ***.
Applications Close: Wednesday 6pm, 4th of March 2026