Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Location: Lucas Heights Work Type: Full-time Work Setting: Onsite

Position Overview This is an ongoing, full-time position based in Lucas Heights, offering a salary range of $138,000 to $154,000 per annum, plus 15.4% superannuation. Benefits include health and wellbeing programs and generous leave provisions.

About the Opportunity The Senior Project Manager role is responsible for delivering large, complex projects end-to-end and driving high-impact outcomes in a senior leadership capacity. This position provides a high standard of project management for the delivery of a number of related ANSTO projects and/or large and complex multi-disciplinary projects from conception to completion.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and continuously review and maintain a comprehensive and effective strategy for the delivery of infrastructure projects at ANSTO. This includes campus infrastructure such as buildings, roads, and services, and/or nuclear infrastructure such as nuclear particle accelerators, cyclotrons, reactor upgrades, beam-lines, hot cells, and radio-isotope production and laboratory facilities.
• Engage and gain support for the delivery of infrastructure from key stakeholders, including ANSTO Executive and Top Management, project teams, and affected staff.
• Develop and implement detailed project plans for infrastructure projects. This includes preparation and control of budgets, scheduling, management of resources, and tendering activities in accordance with procurement guidelines.
• Deliver stakeholder-focused solutions with the ability to influence, negotiate, and liaise with senior staff. This includes developing quality verbal and written reports and presenting to senior stakeholders.
• Provide quality project management and technically sound engineering services to satisfy client requirements and all associated safety, quality assurance, commercial, technical, and regulatory requirements.

About Us ANSTO leverages science to deliver significant outcomes, partnering with scientists and engineers and applying new technologies to provide real-world benefits. Our work contributes to improving human health, saving lives, building industries, and protecting the environment. ANSTO is home to Australia's most significant landmark and national infrastructure for research, providing access to state-of-the-art instruments for thousands of scientists from industry and academia annually.

Benefits of Working with Us ANSTO offers training and development opportunities, performance-based salary increases, and an extensive range of leave provisions to support work-life balance. These include:

• 18 days personal/carers leave for each year of service.
• 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year.
• Generous parental leave provisions: 18 weeks for the primary caregiver and 14 weeks for the secondary caregiver (with an incremental increase to a maximum of 18 weeks effective 01/03/2027).
• Annual flu vaccinations.
• Cultural, NAIDOC, and First Nations ceremonial leave.

How to Apply For further technical information relating to this position, please refer to the Position Description or contact Alec Kimber on (02) •••• •850. For all other queries, please contact Talent Acquisition on +61 (••) •••• •740.

To be eligible for appointment, applicants will require a security and pre-employment medical assessment.

Application Closing Date: 15th July 2026 at 11:59pm.

All applicants must be Australian citizens.

ANSTO values diverse teams and the merit a diverse perspective can bring. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, primary carers, individuals with a disability, and women in STEM. ANSTO is a charter member of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) initiative and is committed to creating a gender-inclusive workforce.