Project Manager

Hobart or Launceston · 3–4 days per week · 12-month engagement

About Bluetier

Bluetier is a strategy, advisory and project delivery firm working across infrastructure and capital works.  We act as the trusted delivery partner on complex, multi-stakeholder engagements — bringing structure, governance and commercial discipline to projects that matter to Tasmanian communities.  Our work sits across the capital lifecycle, where good advice has the greatest influence on project outcomes.

About the role

We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the development of a substantial detailed business case.  The output will underpin Board approval and a subsequent funding application to Infrastructure Australia, so rigour, structure and evidentiary standard are central to the role.

You'll act as lead advisor and delivery manager — the management and advisory "backbone" of the business case — holding overall accountability for program delivery while coordinating technical, financial and stakeholder inputs into a single, decision-grade document.  The business case will be developed in accordance with an established framework, working alongside specialist subcontracted authorship support.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys bringing order to complexity and steering a program confidently toward a defined approval milestone.  The role forms part of a broader Bluetier team and is fully supported by Bluetier and the client organisation.

What you'll do

• Own the program: in coordination with the client, establish and manage the governance structure, program plan and decision-gate schedule to a fixed Board approval date.

• Coordinate and project-manage all inputs to the business case — engineering, cost planning, demand and benefits analysis, financial, economic, environment, and social assessment, procurement and risk.

• Manage specialist subcontracted advisers on the writing of the business case.

• Facilitate stakeholder engagement across client business units, executive sponsors, Board and sub-committees, and other stakeholders.

• Draft, compile and quality-assure the business case in line with the framework (Strategic Context, Considerations and Analysis, Delivery).

• Maintain a live risk and issues register and apply structured quality assurance at each decision gate, keeping the evidence base audit-ready.

• Report regularly to the project sponsor and governance committee.

What you'll bring

• Around 10 years' project or program management experience, ideally in capital infrastructure.

• Demonstrated understanding of the complexities of developing and managing a substantial business case — coordinating multiple technical and financial contributors into a coherent, evidence-based document.

• Strong governance, commercial and stakeholder-management judgement, with the ability to lead through ambiguity and keep a program on track to a hard milestone.

• Familiarity with government assurance or business case frameworks — highly regarded.

• Excellent written communication and a sharp eye for detail and document integrity.

• Experience in the water, utilities or public infrastructure sectors — advantageous.

The details

• Location: Hobart or Launceston (with travel between sites and to stakeholders as required).

• Commitment: 3–4 days per week for approximately 12 months.