IT Project Manager
- Join the leading home building group in NSW
- Employee discounts including Fitness Passport, vehicles, appliances and more!
- Newcastle or Norwest office location (travel required) | 5 days in the office
The NEX Building Group is a diverse and expanding organisation with over 1,200 passionate employees. Our brand's purpose is to build beautiful homes for Australians. Established in 1987 and continuing to evolve both organically and through acquisition, we are well positioned for growth and committed to achieving our vision of being Australia’s leading home building group. Our iconic brands include McDonald Jones, MOJO Homes, Weeks Homes, Wilson Homes, Arden Homes Brighton Homes and Supaloc Steel Frames.
From architecturally designed first homes and multi-residential projects to luxurious residences and investment properties, our brands strive to set the benchmark in the new home building industry while ensuring that our people, both customers and staff, are at the centre of everything we do along the way.
Building new homes and better futures for Australians is a true honour and so rewarding. Here are some other rewards and benefits we offer our employees.
Our perks and benefits
We believe that our employee community is a key strength of our organisation, and we aim to attract the best talent to achieve our strategic goal of being Australia’s leading residential builder and employer of choice in our sector. We are committed to taking care of our employees, that’s why we offer a bundle of benefits:
- Discount on building a home with any of our building brands (after qualifying period)
- Income protection insurance– 100% funded by NEX. Covers up to 2 years at 75% of base salary in case of illness or injury
- Purchased leave – opportunity to apply for up to 2 weeks extra leave each year
- Paid Parental leave - 12 weeks for the primary carer and 4 weeks for secondary carer (we’re proud to be industry leading with this benefit!)
- Employee discounts on gym memberships (Fitness Passport), motor vehicles (Mitsubishi), home appliances, energy, health insurance and more
- AIA Vitality health and wellbeing program
- A genuine focus on diversity and inclusion (we’re proud of our Women in Construction Program and annual Building Inclusivity Awards)
- Employee assistance program to support your mental, financial and physical wellbeing
- A huge catalogue of online learning and ongoing professional development programs
- NAWIC and HIA corporate membership
- Attractive remuneration
- And so much more!
About the opportunity
The IT Project Manager leads the end-to-end delivery of technology initiatives that drive real business outcomes across NEX Building Group. Working with business stakeholders and technical teams, the role ensures projects are delivered to agreed scope, schedule, budget and quality standards. More specifically, you will:
- Lead full lifecycle delivery of IT projects from initiation to completion
- Work closely with stakeholders to define scope, requirements and outcomes
- Develop and maintain robust project plans, forecasts, schedules, budgets and reports
- Manage project governance, including steering committees and decision forums
- Proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies and change to delivery outcomes
- Coordinate internal teams and external vendors to achieve timely, high‑quality solutions
- Drive go‑live readiness, cutover, training and operational handover, capturing lessons learned
About you
You will share a passion for our purpose and be aligned to our core values. In addition, you will demonstrate:
- Experience with end-to-end project management in large organisations – ideally in IT function
- Strong ability to translate business needs into clear technical deliverables and roadmaps
- Demonstrated experience managing budgets, vendors, contracts and procurement processes
- Confident communicator with strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
- Solid understanding of project governance, risk management and change control practices
- Highly organised with excellent documentation, planning and reporting capability
- Demonstrated experience delivering business application and enterprise systems projects, translating business requirements into technology solutions that drive operational outcomes
We are committed to building a more inclusive workplace by improving representation of women and other marginalised groups. If this role appeals to you but you don’t feel you tick every box, we encourage you to still apply. We’d love to have a chat with you about your career goals.
Interested?
The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening and depending on the inherent requirements of the role, may involve the completion of a National Police Check and a pre-employment medical.
Apply today!
If you are determined to make a difference and want to join an innovative and inclusive organisation committed to building better futures, click on the APPLY button (you may be directed to our careers portal which we have kept very quick and simple. Be sure to click submit once you have completed your application). To find out more about NEX Building Group go to NEX Building Group or follow us on LinkedIn
Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. NEX Building Group and its brands are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
