Project Lead

The Department of Transport & Planning brings together all transport modes to design, plan, build and operate Victoria's transport system. Our job is to further integrate the transport network and improve the delivery of services to Victorians for simpler, quicker and safer journeys that connect people and places and support Victoria's prosperity and liveability.
We're focused on outcomes that deliver more choice, connections and confidence in our travel, ensuring the whole transport network works as one to deliver better services and outcomes.
The department is committed to building a culture where we say 'yes' to flexible work arrangements, provide personal and professional development programs and support ways of working that help employees balance work and life.
The department is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds, including veterans, people who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, have a disability, are from varied cultural backgrounds and those who identify as LGBTIQ+. The department provides workplace adjustments for applicants with disabilities.

Transport Services is a Group within the Department of Transport & Planning and is responsible for delivering safe, reliable and accessible transport infrastructure and services to all Victorians.
Regional Transport is a Division within Transport Services Group and is responsible for providing better transport experience through a range of professional services and support for connecting regional communities, businesses and visitors.
About the Role
The role of Project Lead sits in Regional Capital DeliveryBranch. Operating under limited direction, this role plays a key role ensuring the Department of Transport delivers critical road projects. The role leads various activities to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and achieve strict quality and safety standards. Reporting to the Project Manager, the Project Lead is responsible for providing expertise for project planning, design, procurement, contract development and execution of works, surveillance; complex stakeholder engagement; coupled with effective financial management.
The Project Lead contributes to developing and delivering project activities, supporting the strategic direction of the Department and building effective stakeholder relationships. To succeed, the incumbent must drive collaborative relationships with municipalities, utility agencies, contractors and other Victorian State Government Departments.

Key Requirements

It is of great importance to possess strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate with different levels of stakeholders whether it be verbal or written; tailoring communication to suit different groups.

Personal Requirements

Position Outcomes
- Effective Delivery of Projects - Has effectively delivered projects ensuring that budget, schedule, environmental, safety and quality outcomes are achieved.
- Stakeholder Management and Community Engagement - The incumbent has actively engaged with key stakeholders and the community.
- Supplier Engagement - With support of Commercial Team engages suppliers to ensure the timely completion of commercial and project deliverables.
- Quality and Risk Management - The incumbent ensures that projects meet and are delivered in accordance with project management, financial, risk, quality, safety procedures and policy and complies with regulations.
- Promote and support safe, inclusive and flexible team operations

Qualifications and Experience
Mandatory
- Experience at managing infrastructure projects

Desirable
- A relevant tertiary degree in engineering, project management or at significant and equivalent experience.

Role Specific Requirements
- Driver's License

Cultural Values

At DTP, we are commited to building a safe,inclusive and high performance culture through shared actions and behaviours - aligned to our strategy and direction, that empowers our people to deliver on our goals in a constructive way.
To do this we engaged our people in a co-design process to create our own meaningful and fit-for
- purpose values. Our Cultural Values are a true reflection of what values and behaviours our people told us matter to them in the workplace and within our strategy and unique mission. We are commited to living Our Cultural Values - and these are reflected in our internal processes and all people focused programs. As part of the VPS, we also uphold the VPS values, which are reflected in the VPS Code of Conduct.
How to Apply
This position requires the successful employee to provide evidence of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or medical evidence which confirms the individual is unable to receive a dose, or a further dose, of a COVID-19 vaccine due to a medical contraindication or an acute medical illness. To be considered up to date vaccinated, you must have been administered COVID-19 vaccines as determined by the Australian T