Project Development Manager

Pacific Partnerships, as a member of CIMIC Group, develops, invests in and manages infrastructure concession assets, supporting clients’ infrastructure investments through financing solutions, technical innovations and life-cycle value, building smarter cities and stronger regions. 

Pacific’s role spans the origination, finance, design, construction and long-term operations and maintenance of critical infrastructure including under public private partnership (PPP) model, and renewable energy projects. 

Pacific Partnerships is a proactive, collaborative partner to clients, infrastructure users, investors and lenders, building on corporate history responsible for delivering more than 30 nationally significant PPP projects valued at over $70bn over the past 25 years. 

Join the team 

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing team, as we look for a Project Development Manager (Infrastructure) to project manage large infrastructure projects delivered through project financed contract models through to financial close. 

This opportunity will draw on your experience in developing large scale infrastructure projects, to both lead a multidisciplinary team to successfully acquire target assets and to ensure that the asset’s development through to ready to build stage is efficient and maximizes value to the Group. 

The Project Development Manager (Infrastructure) located in Sydney is a role in which you will: 

• Identify and develop PPP and other project financed opportunities 

• Support business development opportunities (e.g. market research, competition analysis, new sectors feasibility assessment), including client engagement through market interactive processes, industry briefings and unsolicited proposals) 

• Develop and manage relationships with CIMIC operating companies (including CPB and UGL) to ensure coordinated alignment on project and business development, identification of pipeline opportunities and consortium formation 

• Lead and work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team of development, technical, legal, commercial, finance and submission personnel along with external advisers to efficiently develop project finance opportunities from early-stage identification through bidding and ultimately to financial close through management of key workstreams: 

• Prepare and manage acquisition and development budgets, resourcing plans and schedules 

• Offer submission and document writing, review and editing as required 

• Identify resource and skill gaps within the development workstream and develop strategies to bridge the gaps 

• Assist with the development of commercial and technical solutions for project finance proposals 

• Management of client interactions including both verbal and written communications 

About You: 

• Relevant tertiary qualification in engineering, commerce, finance or other related discipline 

• Relevant and demonstrated 10+ years experience and proven track record of managing complex projects, including exposure to all phases within a project lifecycle 

• 5+ years’ experience in private financed greenfield infrastructure in Australia 

• Experience in leading, managing, reviewing and understanding multi-disciplinary teams and related output reports / documents and ability to summaries and communicate key outcomes and takeaways. 

• Strong analytical and communication skills, specifically; distilling, synthesizing and translating multiple sources of information into strategic direction and recommended course of action 

• Strong project management and project controls skills 

• Demonstrated ability to negotiate successful project development outcomes with key government and/or non-government stakeholders 

• Proven relationship building, people management and stakeholder management skills 

What we offer 

At Pacific Partnerships we are committed to employing individuals who are aligned with our mission and principles (integrity, accountability, innovation, delivery and safety) and meet the requirements of the role.  

We are committed to workplace diversity and social inclusion, recognizing that diverse perspectives create strength for the business, it makes us better learners, thinkers and collaborators. We encourage applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island People, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, people with disability and from culturally diverse backgrounds. 

At CIMIC Group we offer rewarding careers for our people, that’s one of the benefits of having 7 brands and a global operating footprint. 

If you join us, as part of a high performing team, some of our benefits include competitive remuneration packages, a focus of promoting from within, salary continuance insurance, discounted private health insurance, One Rewards consumer discount and saving platform, dedicated health & wellness programs and supportive people policies.