Project Manager- Development | Located in our newly built Oak Flats office, with travel to all Warrigal sites

Join a 2024 award-winning Illawarra-based organisation celebrated for Excellence in Workplace Culture, Large Business, and Business of the Year. If you’re driven to lead meaningful projects that truly impact the future of aged care, and you bring strong project management and strategic skills, we want you on our team.

About Warrigal

At Warrigal, our values – Integrity, Respect, Innovation and Compassion - guide our approach and our vision is simple yet profound: to create a world where older people feel known, loved, and connected. Guided by our purpose—Enabling older people live their best lives on their terms—we’re dedicated to providing dignity, community, and belonging.

We believe in creating joyful experiences, lasting memories, and a society that celebrates aging. Every team member at Warrigal contributes to this legacy, ensuring it continues to inspire generations to come.

The opportunity

In this role, you’ll be a client-side Project Manager, leading the delivery of key projects that support Warrigal’s Growth Plan. You’ll be responsible for bringing together the right people and resources to make sure each project is completed on time, within budget, and to a high standard of quality, efficiency, and financial performance.

Your focus will be on delivering outcomes that not only meet project goals but also reflect the needs of our customers and align with Warrigal’s values and design standards. Wherever possible, you’ll collaborate with customers, residents, staff, and other stakeholders to ensure their voices are part of the process—incorporating co-design principles to create solutions that are practical, inclusive, and widely supported.

The benefits | Recognising your value

• Competitive Remuneration- up to $135k plus super and Not For Profit salary packaging including up to $15,900 in pre-tax earnings plus $2,650 to contribute towards entertainment benefits each FBT year
• Career break schemes, purchased leave and fitness passport, Access to your local gym/facility as well as over 200 more throughout the country
• Opportunity for professional and career development
• Participation in the Warrigal On-boarding program upon commencement
• Work in an intentional workplace culture, working with inspiring people who have passion and heart
• Support via EAP and access to 24/7 support via the LifeWorks App

The requirements | What it takes to do this work

• Relevant qualifications in Project Management, Construction Management or related fields.
• Substantial experience managing diverse development projects across different locations
• Experience managing multiple projects using best practices in project procurement and management. This includes effective budget control and risk monitoring to ensure successful outcomes
• Proficiency in budget planning and monitoring, with decision making and accountability within approved budgets.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and with minimum supervision or as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Comprehensive knowledge required to use a computer and other forms of technology on a regular basis. Competence using MS office suite
• Experience liaising with consultants, contractors, service providers and multiple project stakeholders.
• A positive, professional attitude and ability to promote Warrigal in keeping with the Organisation’s vision, purpose and values.
• Current NSW drivers licence.

Additional desirable requirements:

• Knowledge of the Aged Care Quality Standards (Accreditation Standards) & Retirement Villages Act.
• Knowledge of National Aged Care Design Principles and Guidelines
• Knowledge and understanding of local and state planning controls and their relevance to residential and aged care developments.

What our people love about working here:

A belief in never standing still: This fast-growing industry is going through the highest level of reform, and offers great job security. We’ve never been one to back down from a challenge; always looking for ways to move forward and do better across every program and service we offer. Growth – yours and ours – is something we take seriously. Here, you’ll never run out of opportunities to specialise, upskill, lead or add more strings to your professional bow.

A supportive, passionate culture: It’s a community filled with inspiring, big-hearted people. We back each other, listen without judgement and lead with kindness, respect and unwavering support - for our customers, residents and each other. This is encouraged from the top down and worked hard at – every day.

Leaders who value you: It’s important you feel valued. To us, this is not a one-off task. But a commitment to creating an environment where you feel seen, heard and valued – every day. Leaders and managers go out of their way to understand you, respect your opinions and hear what you have to say. This creates greater unity and collaboration with each other.

Who we are | A community who cares

Warrigal has firmly established itself in the aged care community for over 60 years. We’re proud of the diverse range of retirement living and aged care services we’ve built up in that time, but we still have the same appetite to grow and innovate. Meaning, you’ll have the chance to move around, get promoted or explore different areas across our expanding business in Illawarra, Southern Highlands, Queanbeyan, and Canberra – if that’s what you want.

Do work that matters to you

This is your chance to do work that matters, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australia’s older community – now and in the future.

JOIN US AND BE THE DIFFERENCE

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people, workers of all abilities, ages and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply and join our community.

Are you keen? Then don’t delay applying. We review applications as we get them and will close the vacancy once we find the right person.

Got questions? You can contact [email protected] but please don’t send applications through email – we can’t accept them.

If successful, you may be asked to do a medical, National Criminal History Check or NDIS Worker Screening Check, and provide references.