Study Manager

About this role

Our client is seeking an experienced Study Manager to join their team on an initial three-month contract. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled infrastructure, engineering, or project development professional to lead the delivery of complex, multidisciplinary studies that support strategic investment decisions and long-term organisational objectives. About the Role As the Study Manager, you will be responsible for leading the end-to-end study development process across a portfolio of strategic projects. Working closely with technical, commercial, planning, environmental, and stakeholder teams, you will ensure studies are delivered with rigour, accuracy, and strategic alignment. This role plays a key part in shaping future infrastructure and investment decisions through the development of robust business cases, options assessments, and evidence-based recommendations. Key Responsibilities • Lead the full study lifecycle from initiation through to final recommendations. • Coordinate and integrate technical, commercial, planning, environmental, and stakeholder workstreams. • Provide strategic leadership across multiple studies to ensure successful delivery, feasibility, and accuracy. • Establish and maintain best-practice front-end engineering development (FEED) and study management processes. • Develop and oversee study scopes, schedules, cost estimates, resource plans, constructability reviews, and technical specifications. • Guide the development of investment logic mapping and business case frameworks. • Lead scenario modelling, forecasting activities, options assessments, and analytical studies. • Support high-quality investment decision-making through robust analysis and strategic recommendations. • Contribute to organisational objectives by fostering a high-performance, results-driven culture. • Identify opportunities for value optimisation, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement. About You To be successful in this role, you will possess: • Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Project Management, Planning, Commerce, Economics, or a related discipline. • Postgraduate qualifications such as an MBA, Systems Engineering, or Infrastructure Planning (highly regarded). • Significant experience (typically 10+ years) in study management, front-end engineering development, feasibility studies, or major infrastructure planning. • Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary studies involving technical, commercial, environmental, planning, and stakeholder workstreams. • Proven capability in developing: • Investment Logic Maps (ILMs) • Business cases • Options assessments • Scenario modelling • Demand forecasting frameworks • Expertise in: • Scope definition • Cost estimation • Scheduling • Resource planning • Constructability reviews • Technical specifications • Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to assess risk, optimise value, and support complex investment decisions. • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across diverse teams and senior leadership levels. If you have extensive experience in infrastructure studies, feasibility development, front-end engineering, and strategic investment planning, we would love to hear from you. Apply now for a confidential discussion about this opportunity. Applicants new to DFP may be asked to provide additional information including work rights status via a survey link – if requested, we ask that you provide this information in order to expedite your application. DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise via adjustments@dfp.com.au or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs. By clicking 'apply', you give consent that DFP may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you for future employment opportunities. For further information on how DFP process your personal information please review the DFP Information Collection and Privacy Policy via https://www.dfp.com.au/about-us-1/policies. Do not submit any sensitive personal information in your resume.