Work that matters. People who know you. Room to grow. Viscount is a proudly Australian circular-economy business with a bold vision: a world without single use. We pool, design and manufacture reusable supply chain solutions for leading retailers and supply chain partners across Australia and New Zealand. Our work keeps resources in circulation and waste out of landfill.
With 15 operating sites across Australia and New Zealand and more than 7 million reusable crates in circulation, we're big enough to matter and small enough for your contribution to be seen. We are set for significant growth, with new customers, new categories and new products ahead.
About this opportunity
Due to an internal promotion, we need a brilliant Project Manager to come with us on our growth journey. The Project Manager is responsible for delivering approved capital projects across Viscount's manufacturing and pooling operations, managing projects from planning and procurement through installation, commissioning, and handover. Working closely with cross-functional teams, the role ensures projects are executed safely, efficiently, and in line with business objectives while driving improvements in operational performance, reliability, quality, and asset utilisation.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- Assess project readiness by identifying risks, scope gaps, resource needs, schedules, and execution requirements before delivery begins.
- Develop and manage project plans, budgets, timelines, governance processes, risk registers, and stakeholder communications.
- Coordinate engineering, design, technical reviews, and integration of new equipment and infrastructure into existing operations.
- Manage procurement, tendering, contracts, suppliers, and contractors to ensure cost-effective and high-quality delivery.
- Oversee safe project execution in live operating environments, minimizing disruption while maintaining compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
- Lead commissioning, testing, training, operational readiness, and formal project handover to site teams.
- Drive continuous improvement through structured problem-solving, lessons learned, and standardisation of project delivery practices.
Your skills and experience
To be successful in this role, you’ll have:
- Strong project ownership with the ability to take accountability and drive projects to completion.
- Action-oriented mindset with excellent follow-through and execution skills.
- Proficiency in IT systems, particularly Excel and the ability to learn and optimise systems such as MEX.
- Strong communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent problem-solving ability, using logical, data-driven, and collaborative approaches.
- Strong numerical and analytical capability.
- Ability to influence stakeholders, manage competing priorities, and build commitment across teams.
- Strong focus on safety, compliance, and risk management throughout project delivery.
- Project management experience within a manufacturing or similar industrial environment.
- Working knowledge of industrial equipment installation, utilities, civil works, site infrastructure, and contractor-managed capital projects.
- Ability to travel regularly to sites and support shutdowns or commissioning activities when require
- Tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Project Management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) or equivalent practical project delivery training (desirable).
Why you'll love working at Viscount
This is a chance to deliver real projects with real sustainability impact. Here's what you can expect:
- Work that matters: Your projects will directly shape how we grow, expanding capacity across our manufacturing and pooling network as the business scales.
- Wellbeing and reward: A competitive salary, a focus on development, flexible work, and strong internal recognition program.
- Visibility and impact: A genuine seat at the table, where your decisions are seen and count.
- Real development: Growth you can see, through hands-on project exposure, individual development plans, practical training built on our Judgement, Drive and Influence leadership competencies, and new opportunities as the business grows.
- Safety first: A Culture of Care where safety comes before production and deadlines, and everyone is backed to "Stop and Ask".
- A strong culture: Values our people actually live (Safety, Customer, Simplicity, Humility and Innovation) and a one team, one dream mindset.
- Wellbeing and reward: A competitive salary and strong internal recognition program.
If you're ambitious for growth, in the business and in yourself, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now and help us build a world without single use.
