Project Manager
Lead and manage large, multi-disciplinary projects that meet customer requirements from concept to completion, ensuring conformance with processes and regulatory procedures.
About the Opportunity
The primary objective is to lead and manage large, multi-disciplinary projects that meet customer requirements from concept through to development, manufacturing, testing, commissioning, and completion, ensuring conformance with processes and regulatory procedures.
This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a world-class neutron beam facility delivering capital projects which enable research into areas of national importance including health, food, materials engineering, quantum materials, energy, cultural heritage and environmental science, among other fields. We are looking for an engaging and dynamic individual to join the ACNS team.
Your Duties and Responsibilities
1. Manage multi-disciplinary projects from conception to completion, including scope management, supervision, cost control, time management, quality/safety/environmental control, and contract management, ensuring work is delivered on time and budget.
2. Initiate projects including consulting with clients, stakeholders and management to gain acceptance of business cases. This includes developing cost benefit analyses of proposed options, seeking new solutions, and developing new techniques and methods.
3. Manage multi-disciplinary project teams including frequent communication, conflict resolution and negotiation.
4. Provide quality verbal and written reports and presentations to stakeholders including the ANSTO executives.
5. Undertake detailed project planning including developing a project plan to deliver the project either based on approved funding or in order to attain funding.
6. Manage project risk by proactively tracking cost forecasting, task scheduling, contract administration and resolving critical issues.
7. Manage customer relationships and ensure customers are informed of progress of project.
About Us
ANSTO leverages great science to deliver big outcomes. We partner with scientists and engineers and apply new technologies to provide real-world benefits. Our work improves human health, saves lives, builds our industries and protects the environment. ANSTO is the home of Australia's most significant landmark and national infrastructure for research.
The Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering (ACNS) operates neutron and X-ray scattering instruments with specialised sample environment equipment utilising ANSTO's modern high flux OPAL reactor and its cold neutron source. ACNS conducts structural and functional scientific investigations for industry, health, environment, biotechnology, nanotechnology, energy, advanced materials, engineering, food and heritage/ archaeology sectors.
Benefits of Working with Us
ANSTO employees are passionate about what they do. We enjoy being part of an organisation making a difference in the lives of Australians.
We support and reward our employees through eligibility for:
* Training, development and mentoring opportunities
* Performance-based salary increases
* Work-life balance with generous leave entitlements and flexible conditions