Senior Project Manager | Centre of Excellence

Are you a Senior Project Manager seeking your next opportunity with a global mining producer, to utilise your extensive (brownfields) project management and engineering expertise balanced with your driven and outstanding stakeholder engagement skills?

Who are we?
Chandler Macleod is a leading global provider of workforce solutions, offering recruitment, consulting, and outsourcing services to clients across various industries: #wegetpeople. One of our valued clients has tasked us with sourcing 2 x Senior Project Managers to lead individual projects within the Operations Excellence CoE, spanning both mining and refining segments, ensuring strategic execution and measurable outcomes.

About the role
Reporting into the Global Implementation Manager, your key responsibilities will include:

• Reporting to the Drives excellence in project delivery by maintaining adherence to scope, budget, and timelines throughout the entire lifecycle—from front-end loading and execution to final closeout.
• Establishes clear alignment between project objectives and the expectations of internal and external stakeholders, creating robust boundary conditions that support success.
• Ensures strict compliance with governance processes, engineering standards, and statutory requirements, reinforcing best practices and operational integrity.
• Provide expert Technical, Operational, and Maintenance input into the Project Execution Plan, prioritizing safety, environmental sustainability, operability, maintainability, and ergonomic considerations.
• Ensure best-practice design and implementation by delivering practical, cost-effective solutions that minimize capital intensity while maintaining operational excellence.

If successful, you will be rewarded with:
• Very competitive industry rates
• Initial 12-month temp assignment with Chandler Macleod with strong probability of extension
• Monday to Friday 40 hours per week on-site with flex on start and finishing times
• Superannuation Contribution on ALL hours worked
• Dedicated Senior Consultant for Candidate Care
• Weekly Pay + Access to Chandler Macleod’s EAP Programme
• Huge focus on safety and welfare of all contractors

What Qualifications Do I Require?
• 10 years of project management experience at least 5 years of which should be brownfields projects
• 4 year Degree in Mechanical, Electrical (preferential) or any other engineering stream with a design | technical background
• Experience in technology delivery would be a bonus
• Alumina experience is preferred
• A dynamic, driven persona who exhibits outstanding stakeholder engagement skills
• A confidence in your technical know-how and a strong engineering skill set to be able communicate your recommendations respectfully with the internal client base
• Must be a self-starter, be able to lead projects in a brownfield environment and work independently.


At Chandler Macleod, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce where everyone is welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, neurodiverse, people living with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community.

You can read more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion at https://www.chandlermacleod.com/diversity-and-inclusion.