Project Manager - PPSP - Papua New Guinea

Short Description

We’re seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead an upcoming major project in PNG, ensuring safe, on-time, and profitable delivery with strong client relationships.

Bullet Points

• Key leadership role on a landmark project in Papua New Guinea
• Drive safe, efficient, and profitable project delivery
• Join a collaborative McConnell Dowell team with long-term opportunities

Full Job Description

About the role

McConnell Dowell is looking for a skilled Project Manager to lead an upcoming major project in Papua New Guinea. This is a pivotal role where you will oversee all aspects of project delivery, ensuring work is completed safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

As Project Manager, you will provide strong leadership to a diverse project team, manage client relationships, and maintain effective control over construction, scheduling, costs, safety, and environmental performance. This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of a high-value infrastructure project in one of the Pacific’s most dynamic markets.

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About Us

McConnell Dowell – Creative Construction

Our purpose is Providing a Better Life. We do that through delivering projects that connect, support and sustain communities, and through providing career opportunities that challenge, reward and grow our people.

From remote major resources and energy projects to city-shaping transport and water infrastructure, we have constructed thousands of high-quality, complex projects for our customers and communities over more than 60 years, in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.

Why join us?

The work you’ll do will have a tangible positive impact on people’s lives, including yours. The diversity of our projects, roles and locations means greater development opportunities. We invest in our people to set and reach personal and professional goals and we have some of the best mentoring minds in the business to help you do that. Because when you grow, we all grow.

McConnell Dowell actively seeks and celebrates diversity, inclusion, and individuality. In a culture low on ego and high on support, we encourage everyone to make an impact. We're big enough to take on community-shaping projects, but agile enough for you to have an influence on how we do things.

So, join us, be you, and help us create better together.  Apply now!

We are an equal opportunity employer. People of all ages, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identities & cultures.

Please note all successful applicants must hold valid work rights for New Zealand and / or Pacific Islands and pass a satisfactory pre-employment medical which includes drug and alcohol checks.

This role is being sourced through McConnell Dowell directly and not accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.

Don’t tick all the boxes but you’re still excited about this opportunity?

We’re dedicated to building a diverse workplace, so we also look at applicants with great transferable skills from similar industries.

If that's you, we encourage you to still apply as you may just be the right candidate for this role or one of our other opportunities.