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How we recruited a Project Manager

About the client

Our client uses sustainable biotechnology to resolve odour and corrosion problems in a highly efficient, environmentally friendly and cost-effective manner. They have installed systems at over 50 locations across Australia.

Location - Landsdale, WA
Industry - biofiltration
Size - 20 employees

We applied our three-phase service delivery model for this recruitment drive.

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Video job advertisement

Social media algorithms favour videos over still content, so we create video advertisements for all vacancies to help source our candidates.

We take full advantage of this unique and highly effective form of candidate sourcing in order to reach the right candidate at the right time.

We post our videos on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. They are posted on these platforms 10-20 times, based on relevance. Our videos typically receive over 1,000 views within the first 24 hours.

Job advertisement

We constantly refresh, rewrite and reformat our job advertisements to optimise the quality of applications received. Our approach is aggressive - we post around 20 advertisements for every permanent job. Advertisements are posted on:

Job boards - Seek, Adzuna, Glassdoor, Indeed and Jora
Social media - LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter
11 Recruitment's website

On average, our advertisements receive over 100 applications and perform well above the market benchmark for Seek, shown in this graph.

Project Manager

Take ownership of a diverse portfolio
Flexible work environment - high level of autonomy
Unmatched business structure with great incentives

ABOUT THE ROLE

The duties for this role will include:

Effective managing internal resources for projects (technicians etc.)
Leading the team to deliver projects within the agreed time frame and budget
Manage project milestone progress payments
Designing and signing off on projects
Participating in tender processing (i.e designing, submitting and reviewing; and provide support to the sales teams in Australia, New Zealand and Asia- Pacific
Building successful working relationships with key clients and stakeholders
Preparing equipment selection and costing for project-specific proposals as well as standard product development and costing database development
Co-ordinating and obtaining quotes from suppliers
Provide technical direction and guidance to the delivery team
Ensure optimal control and compliance of QHSE, Enviro & Quality systems
Ongoing project risk management

ABOUT YOU

The successful candidate will have:

Previous experience as a Project Manager on projects circa $1 million
Tertiary qualifications in Chemical Engineering (Desired)
Proven experience in managing internal and external stakeholders including subcontractors and consultants
Experience in water and wastewater and air treatment equipment and processes
Must be able to do engineering measurements and understand mechanical specifications
Proven project budget control with reasonable variations
Exceptional organisational, communication and computer skills
Strong negotiation and influencing skills
Knowledge of client contract requirements (incl. variations)
Undergo pre-employment medical assessment and drug tests

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client specialises in sustainable biotechnology to resolve odour and corrosion problems in an environment-friendly manner. Their warehouse office is based in Landsdale, with parking available on site.

Assessment Matrix design

Our in-house designed, custom made software generates an Assessment Matrix, which is our blueprint for the recruitment process. Our process consists of screening, interviews, document verification, skills testing, personality profiling and reference checks.

Ticks indicate the point at which each criteria is addressed. More importance criteria are checked multiple times throughout the recruitment process.

Selection criteria	Screen	Interview	Docs.	Profiling	Refs.
Education
Year 12	✓	✓	✓
Degree tertiary qualifications in Chemical / Environmental / Mechanical or Civil Engineering (desired)	✓	✓	✓
Experience
Previous hands on project management experience essential	✓	✓	✓		✓
Knowledge of or experience in water and wastewater and air treatment equipment and processes	✓	✓			✓
Excellent stakeholder engagement	✓	✓			✓
Strong influencing and negotiation skills	✓	✓			✓
Proven experience of successfully completed projects	✓	✓			✓
Ability to do hand sketched drawings and understand engineering drawings (AutoCAD) including mechanical specifications	✓	✓			✓
Experience of QHSE compliance in terms of equipment and workplace practices	✓	✓			✓
Other
Work location – Landsdale	✓	✓
Verify LinkedIn vs CV Submitted	✓	✓			✓
Accept expected salary ($110k plus super)	✓	✓			✓
Previous warning of termination?	✓	✓			✓
Will you pass a drug test?	✓	✓			✓
Behaviour
Dominance - 69%		✓		✓
Influence - 32%		✓		✓
Steadiness - 27%		✓		✓
Compliance - 64%		✓		✓
Forms signed
Health / police check			✓
Signed document - tell the truth			✓
Docs verified
Driver’s licence	✓		✓
Citizen AU / NZ or PR	✓		✓

DISC profiling

Similar to people, jobs have their own behavioural profile that is based on duties, environment and communication. We create a profile for every job vacancy, enabling us to match an applicant's behaviour against that of a specific role.

We use DISC, which examines the following attributes:

Dominance - accomplishing results, the bottom line, confidence
Influence - persuading others, openness, dependability
Steadiness - cooperation, sincerity, dependability
Compliance - quality, accuracy, expertise

DISC profile - Project Manager

Project Manager

Shortlisted candidates

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Behavioural adaptation by candidates to match the job profile:

Candidate A

Candidate B

Candidate C

Results

Our aim is to produce a strong shortlist by sourcing widely. We measure every stage in our recruitment process to ensure we meet this key objective.

Our service comes with an extended 18-month replacement guarantee. This guarantee means our interests are mutually aligned - to recruit high achievers who will excel and stay.

Video views

1,229

Applications received

102

Interviewed by 11 Recruitment

Shortlisted

Interviewed by client

Hired

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