About the role
The Manager Capital Delivery plays a pivotal leadership role in shaping and delivering the City’s infrastructure capital works program. This includes overseeing strategic planning, budgeting, phasing, prioritisation, and execution to ensure transparent governance. The role ensures alignment with community needs, Councillor priorities, and the City's strategic direction, all within financial parameters. Accountable for performance, risk, and return on investment across a diverse portfolio—including new initiatives, government-funded projects, DCP projects, renewals, design, and community grants—the Manager provides strategic oversight and drives a culture of project delivery excellence. This role works in close partnership with the Corporate PMO to ensure adherence to standardised governance and foster a high-performing, consistent project management approach across the organisation.

Work type: 5-year contract, Full Time Opportunity
Classification: SPL - $198,683 pa plus super

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide strategic leadership of the Capital Delivery department, setting a clear vision and ensuring alignment with the City's strategic goals and long-term infrastructure roadmap.
• Lead the development, prioritisation and governance of the capital works program, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to community satisfaction.
• Build and lead a high-performing, customer-focused team by coaching, mentoring and fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
• Collaborate with internal leaders, Councillors and stakeholders to guide infrastructure planning, delivery, and decision-making, balancing community needs and strategic priorities.
• Work closely with the Corporate PMO to implement and uphold consistent project management and governance frameworks across the capital works portfolio.
• Ensure financial sustainability by managing departmental budgets, tracking performance, and overseeing benefits realisation and risk management across all projects.
• Drive innovation in infrastructure delivery through data-driven decision making, process improvement, and leveraging technology to enhance project outcomes.
• Represent the City in engagements with Councillors, community members, funding bodies, contractors, and external partners, maintaining strong relationships and clear communication.

About you
To be successful in the role, you will have a relevant tertiary qualification and bring extensive senior leadership experience in delivering major infrastructure programs, ideally within the public or local government sector. You are a proven leader of high-performing project teams with deep expertise in managing complex capital works from strategy through to execution.

Essential Experience:

• Demonstrated ability to lead, influence and motivate multi-disciplinary teams while fostering a positive, high-performance culture.
• Strong strategic thinking and innovative problem-solving skills, with a proven track record of delivering outcomes in complex environments.
• Skilled in leading change and driving business improvements with adaptability and resilience.
• Extensive experience in planning, managing and delivering major building and/or civil infrastructure projects.
• Expert knowledge of relevant regulations, standards, policies and legislation, with the ability to ensure compliance and provide accurate, practical advice to stakeholders.
• Proven ability in strategic planning, budgeting, resource management and reporting aligned to organisational goals and KPIs.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including negotiation, presenting and building strong industry partnerships.
• Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check and a pre-employment medical assessment as part of the recruitment process (funded by the City).

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Diversity and Inclusion  
At the City we want a workforce that reflects the community we live in. We welcome and embrace everyone, all people with their own unique experiences, and support and encourage all our employees to do their best work, have equal access to opportunities and a just working environment. For this reason, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from First Nations people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, from the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability and people of all genders, ages and diverse experience.  

We are the City
From parks to offices, childcare centres to works depots, leisure facilities to the Wool Museum and waterfront, our team plays a vital role in shaping our vibrant and growing community. Our community counts on us to get the essentials right while looking for ways to go beyond. By listening, collaborating, and focusing on sustainability, we strive to do the basics brilliantly and create a lasting impact. If you’re ready to be part of something bigger, join us in shaping the future of Geelong.

We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process.

Applications and Enquiries

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Enquiries: Sonia Cheema | Coordinator, Talent Acquisition | Sonia.Cheema@geelongcity.vic.gov.au

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