Manager Projects

Our client is seeking an experienced Manager Projects to lead the delivery of a portfolio of brownfield capital projects within a complex industrial processing environment.
This is a key leadership role responsible for driving plant improvement, debottlenecking, and infrastructure projects from concept through to commissioning, ensuring safe, efficient, and commercially successful outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of multiple capital projects, including studies, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and operational handover.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget and performance across a portfolio of works valued at up to $150M annually.
• Champion health, safety and environmental performance across all project activities.
• Oversee engineering consultants, construction contractors and equipment vendors to ensure successful project execution.
• Ensure project governance, risk management, reporting and compliance requirements are met.
• Work closely with Operations and Engineering teams to identify, prioritise and implement plant improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate project reviews, audits and stage-gate processes.
• Develop strong stakeholder relationships and foster a high-performing project delivery culture.

Key Requirements:

• Degree qualified Engineer.
• 15+ years' experience delivering projects within heavy industrial, processing or resource environments.
• Proven experience leading project teams and managing brownfield capital projects within operating facilities.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent projects and capital budgets.
• Strong commercial, financial and project controls capability.
• Sound knowledge of PMBOK principles and project governance frameworks.
• Experience managing engineering contractors, consultants and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, leadership and communication skills.
• Experience within chemical processing, lithium, mineral processing, refining, energy or similar industrial sectors will be highly regarded.

If you're a proven projects leader with strong brownfield experience and a track record delivering capital projects in complex operating environments, we'd welcome a confidential discussion. Reach out to Alex at [email protected] With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.