Date:
16 Jun 2026
Location:
Adelaide, SA, AU
Sydney, NSW, AU
Melbourne, VIC, AU
Department:
Strategy, Risk & Transactions
Description:
Job Requisition ID: 41117
Are you energised by shaping complex commercial builds from the ground up and keeping fast-moving projects on track? Step into a role where you’ll guide the vital early stages of planning and design, ensuring every detail aligns to an established blueprint. As a Commercial Project Manager, you’ll track and manage design changes, feed accurate data into schedules and cost reports, and uphold rigorous quality controls. You’ll also work closely with internal teams and external consultants to drive clarity, momentum, and seamless project execution in a highly dynamic environment. If you thrive on structure, problem-solving, and bringing order to ambitious builds, this is where you’ll make a real impact.
What will your typical day look like?
Design Management & Coordination:
Support the tender process with technical inputs reviews and subsequent appointment of the Lead Design Consultant
Manage the design process utilising the blueprint design documentation as a key working document from detailed design to IFC (Issue For Construction), ensuring alignment with project brief, incorporating localisation and regulatory requirements plus tracking all design changes.
Facilitate kick off meeting then oversee weekly design meetings, ad hoc workshops, design page turns at 50%, 65% and 95% design documentation with relevant internal and external stakeholders
Review and critically assess design for constructability, cost efficiency and compliance with the multiple requests from the various stakeholders
Support cost funding approvals by coordinating inputs from Lead Design Consultants, the Cost Manager and the Scheduler to identify costs, schedules, risks, mitigations and localisation considerations that substantiate the chosen strategy.
Stakeholder & Consultant Management:
Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with all project stakeholders.
Facilitate effective communication and information flow between all parties involved in the design, cost, schedule, quality and planning stages
Ensure all necessary IFC drawings, specifications (including localisations) are submitted for inclusion in the General Contractor tender packages.
Support the procurement team on RFI management, technical analysis of the General Contractor capabilities, attend General Contractor interviews and provide input into Contract negotiations to drive outcomes.
Provide ongoing support and clarification during the construction phases as required by the construction project manager.
About the team
Deloitte’s Infrastructure and Industrials team has partnered with a global client contributing to their strategic and rapid growth across the APAC region, unlocking new commercial opportunities along the way. We help clients create value by accelerating proven systems and processes while staying agile to support dynamic, ambitious goals and shifting priorities. The initial opportunity focuses on the commercial sector, leveraging the team's knowledge and expertise during the planning stages of the program and its projects to establish a strong foundation.
It is an exciting, growing and highly visible area within Deloitte that has the most innovative, bright, and disruptive minds – applying new thinking, new ideas, and new solutions to new problems.
Enough about us, let’s talk about you.
Minimum of 8 years of demonstrable project management experience with a focus on the design and planning stages for a Construct Only Contract.
Proven track record of successfully navigating for commercial or mixed-use projects.
Experience managing multi-disciplinary design teams and consultants.
Design Acumen: Ability to critically review architectural and engineering design, understanding its impact on project design, schedule, cost and quality.
Project Management Expertise: Strong skills in project planning, scheduling, risk management, and budget control for early-stage development.
Exceptional Communication & Negotiation: Ability to articulate complex design and planning concepts, negotiate with consultants and manage diverse stakeholder expectations.
Problem-Solving & Strategic Thinking: Proactive approach to identifying challenges and devising effective, commercially driven solutions.
Software Proficiency: To be adaptable to use Google software (Meet, Calendar, Drive, Mail, Slides, Docs, Sheets, Forms)
Bachelor’s degree in project management, Architecture, Urban Planning, Property Development, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
Postgraduate qualifications in Property, Project Management, or a related discipline are highly regarded.
Additional Desired Attributes:
Highly analytical with a strong attention to detail in documentation.
Proactive, self-motivated, and capable of working autonomously and as part of a team.
Resilient and able to manage pressure to deliver workflow with minimal instruction and minimal time.
Committed to delivering high-quality and commercially successful Hub Program.
Excellent interpersonal skills with a strong client-facing capability and the ability to foster a culture that makes serious work fun.
Why Deloitte?
At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.
We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.
We support flexibility and choice. We encourage you to find the right balance between connecting in person with your clients and teams and meeting your own personal needs.
We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits , including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.
