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Within our consult business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.
The Project
The operator of a major international airport is considering a further update to expand the main terminal, reconfigure concourses and phase out legacy passenger transport systems.
Shared with airline stakeholders earlier this year, the proposed programme is estimated at c.$22 billion, with completion targeted in the mid-2030s, forming part of a wider transformation to support significant long-term passenger growth.
By comparison, the existing master plan approved in 2025 outlined c.$7 billion of phased capital investment, aligned to projections of up to 90 million annual passengers by the end of the century.
The role: The Project Manager is responsible for the leadership, coordination, and delivery of complex infrastructure or multidisciplinary projects. The role provides day-to-day management of delivery activities and ensures that project objectives are achieved in accordance with scope, schedule, cost, quality, and governance requirements.
Our Values Shape The Way We Consult, And Define The People We Want To Join Us On Our Journey, They Are
- Safety first – Going home safe and well
- Ensure that analytical outputs consider safety-related data, trends, and performance indicators.
- Support identification of risks or trends that may impact safe delivery outcomes.
- Promote the use of data to inform proactive safety decision-making.
- Client focus – Deliver on our promise
- Provide structured analytical support to inform client decision-making and programme performance.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and analysis that provide clear visibility into delivery status.
- Support alignment between programme performance and strategic objectives.
- Translate complex data into clear, concise, and actionable insights for stakeholders.
- Integrity – Always do the right thing
- Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across all analytical outputs.
- Conduct structured business analysis, including performance reviews, gap analysis, and trend identification.
- Support development of management-level reporting, including KPIs and performance metrics.
- Provide transparent, auditable analysis to support governance and decision-making processes.
- Identify risks, issues, and opportunities through structured analytical techniques.
- Create opportunity for our people to excel
- Promote a data-driven culture across teams and stakeholders.
- Support capability development in analytics, reporting, and business intelligence.
- Encourage innovation in analytical tools, methods, and reporting approaches.
- Share insights and best practices across the programme and organisation.
You’ll Be Responsible For
- Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of project activities.
- Manage scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, and resources to achieve project objectives. [Project Ma...101 - 2026 | PowerPoint]
- Establish and maintain project governance, reporting, and control frameworks.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, consultants, contractors, and stakeholders.
- Monitor progress and performance against programme milestones and targets.
- Manage project risks, issues, and change processes.
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement, meetings, and decision-making processes.
- Provide regular reporting to the client and senior stakeholders.
- Ensure effective integration with programme controls (planning, cost, risk, and commercial).
- Support compliance with regulatory and contractual requirements.
You’ll Need To Have
- Demonstrated experience managing complex infrastructure or multidisciplinary projects.
- Strong understanding of project management principles, governance, and controls.
- Experience delivering projects within regulated or public-sector environments.
- Proven ability to manage stakeholders, interfaces, and delivery teams.
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of delivery risk.
- Ability to manage competing priorities within complex environments.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strategic and solutions-oriented mindset.
- Experience working within complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
- Collaborative approach across multidisciplinary teams.
- Professional accreditation (APM, PMP, or equivalent) desirable.
- Programme and project delivery, governance and reporting, and risk, change, and stakeholder management, with capability in managing scope, cost, and performance, and supporting decisions through analysis.
Note: The estimated starting salary for this position is $170k. Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills and qualifications.
Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organization.
We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable with-in the role.