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Senior Project Officer (Capital Works)
Mount Isa
Senior Project Officer – Drive Impact Across Health Infrastructure!
Lead the delivery of capital works projects that directly support patient care. Bring your expertise in project management, stakeholder engagement, and leadership to drive high-quality outcomes across complex health infrastructure programs.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Project Management |
| Classification | AO6 |
| Workplace Location | North West Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MI683819 |
| Closing date | 16-Jun-2026 |
| Job duration | Permanent, Full-time |
| Contact person | Scott Lithgow |
| Contact details | (07) 4744 4443 Access the National Relay Service |
About the role
Play a key role in delivering capital works projects across the North West HHS, ensuring successful outcomes aligned to time, cost, and quality.
- Lead and manage complex capital works projects from initiation through to delivery, ensuring alignment with Queensland Health frameworks and standards
- Drive stakeholder engagement, providing high-level advice and maintaining strong relationships across internal teams, contractors, and external partners
- Oversee project governance, including planning, reporting, risk management, and financial performance
Working with us
- Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
- In your downtime, we offer 4 weeks p.a. recreational leave with a 17.5% loading/bonus.
- Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.
Requirements
- C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
- Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
- This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
- A period of probation may apply.
About North West Hospital and Health Service
The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.
- Unique locations
- Friendly communities
- Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives
The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay.
Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!
Interested?
Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.
Contact: Scott Lithgow on (07) 4744 4443.
Applications close: Tuesday, 16 June 2026.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Our vision is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Documents
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