Project Officer

2 weeks ago


Newcastle, Australia NGH Pty Ltd Full time

**Introduction**:

- Due to continued growth, we have multiple new opportunities to join the PM team.
- Excellent employee benefits including flexible working to keep your work life balance healthy.
- Ideally Newcastle or Townsville based role.

**Note**: Will consider other locations across the Eastern seaboard in travel distance to an NGH office. NGH have offices in city centres and regionally across Sydney, Wagga, Newcastle, Bega, Wodonga, Melbourne, Brisbane, Townsville and Gold Coast.

**What’s on offer**:

- A front row seat in Australia’s energy transition.
- Flexible work arrangements including WFH.
- Attractive salary plus excellent benefits.
- Opportunities for growth and development with a generous training budget.
- Part of a successful and growing business.
- Paid parental and partner leave.
- Energetic and friendly team culture.
- Well-being program and EAP.
- Diverse work environment.
- Ethical client base.

**Note**: NGH have offices in city centres and regionally across Sydney, Wagga, Newcastle, Bega, Wodonga, Canberra, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Townsville and Melbourne.

**Description**:
**The role**:
The project management team wear multiple hats, they’re seen as true advisors and thought partners of the business. Reporting into the Operations Manager, you will provide integral support to your area of expertise that may include EIA, EM, biodiversity and/or heritage. NGH Project Officers striving to continually improve NGH projects including NGH customer service, data and report quality, productivity and efficiency and profitability. At NGH we encourage professional development and internal movement. This position could be the start of successful career in Project Management or bridging role at NGH.

**Responsibilities**:

- Support the PMO to ensure projects are planned and executed in line with NGH principles, procedures and project management best practice
- Deliver excellent customer service and consistently exceed client expectations through proactive project management
- Coordinate project resourcing and reduce resourcing conflicts and double handling
- Undertake project management training and develop excellent project management skills to grow into an autonomous project manager.
- Set up and administer projects in our project management systems including subcontractor management, resourcing, invoicing, reporting.
- Continually strive to improve project performance with respect to:

- Quality of data and reports.
- Profitability of projects (i.e., effective management of variations and reduction of scope creep).
- Management of risks and opportunities.
- Transparency and accountability of project performance (e.g. actual versus budgeted hours).
- Achieving deadlines.
- Workplace Health and Safety.
- Arrange logistics for field surveys (accommodation and car hire), manage equipment, and data entry.
- Assist with client and subconsultant contract requirements.

**Skills and Experiences**:
About you

We are open to different backgrounds, perhaps yours could be as an experienced Project Officer/ Manager, Environmental Consultant or you might work in the environmental management field and are looking to move into a Project Management role. You will have:

- Excellent time management, planning and administrative skills.
- Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal skills and client relationship skills.
- Experience with budgets and invoicing.
- Leadership/coaching and mentoring.
- Excellent understanding of QA

**About NGH**:
Drawing on diverse and innovative experience of 30 years, NGH provides sustainable knowledge-based solutions to a variety of private and public sector clients. The breadth of our experience is as diverse as the Australian landscape. Founded in regional NSW, NGH is considered an industry leader in renewable energy, having worked in this sector for around 20 years. Our key strength is our people and as an employer we provide flexibility in the workplace, generous professional development budgets and work hard to create a positive and supportive work culture.

Please note we do not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies.


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