Department: Infrastructure Capacity and Planning
Department/Agency: Corrective Services NSW
Location:
Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150
#job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; }
Req ID: 85745
Senior Project Officer – Construction
Corrective Services NSW
Location – Windsor or Parramatta
Employment type – Temporary Full time up to 24 months
Salary – $133,348 - $146,945 pa Plus Superannuation and Annual Leave Loading
Your role
Join a team delivering critical infrastructure projects that support Corrective Services NSW. You'll coordinate project delivery from construction through to operational readiness, working with contractors, designers, and operational stakeholders to ensure facilities are completed safely, to quality standards, and ready for handover. This is an excellent opportunity to build your project delivery experience on complex, high-profile projects while contributing to meaningful public sector outcomes.
What you’ll do
As part of the Infrastructure Capacity and Planning team, you'll help keep projects moving from construction to completion. You'll coordinate project schedules, support site inspections and compliance activities, manage stakeholder engagement, and facilitate project handovers to ensure facilities are operationally ready.
Working across a diverse portfolio of projects, you'll collaborate with a range of stakeholders in a dynamic environment that offers variety, challenge, and opportunities for professional growth.
What we’re looking for
We're looking for someone with experience coordinating or supporting infrastructure, construction, or project delivery activities who can build strong stakeholder relationships and keep multiple workstreams moving. You'll bring an understanding of project management principles, the ability to manage competing priorities, and a practical approach to problem-solving.
To be successful in this role, you'll have:
Experience supporting or coordinating projects, with an understanding of project management methodologies and processes.
Knowledge of construction project delivery and site-based environments.
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Experience using business management systems such as Pronto, EDRMS, OTAB, or similar platforms.
Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience.
Essential requirements
Current NSW Driver Licence and willingness and ability to travel across NSW at short notice.
Download the role description.
To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.
We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.
What We Offer
We offer a variety of benefits, including:
A challenging and rewarding career
Flexible, autonomous work environment
Competitive pay and conditions
Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.
We do work that really matters
Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) and Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.
Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!
Are you ready to join us?
Click apply, attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) addressing the 2 targeted questions below with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role:
Describe a construction or infrastructure project you have coordinated or supported. What was your role, and how did you ensure the project remained on schedule and delivered to required standards?
Tell us about a time you had to work with multiple stakeholders with competing priorities. How did you manage relationships, resolve issues, and achieve the required outcome?
Applications close 31 August 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Ken Leung Shing via email on
[email protected]
If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please contact Aeron Santos via email on
[email protected]
Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.
Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit
We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.
To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.
Other Information
A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.
For more information visit Applying for DCJ jobs on the DCJ website.
Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.
To keep up with recruitment opportunities at DCJ, follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CareersatDCJ/
The Welcome Experience
Thinking about moving to regional NSW? Get free, personalised support with housing, schools, jobs, and settling in. Learn more: www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience
The careers site currently promotes this service on the ‘Discover roles with DCJ in regional NSW’ page.
