Coordinator Projects

**Closing date**: 24/11/2024 11:59 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time

**Location**: Desailly Street - Sale

**Department**: Assets and Projects

**Compensation**: Yearly AUD $114,170.00 - $127,929.00

**Employment type**: Full Time Permanent

**Position No. 321**

**Permanent Full-Time**

**Band 8 - $114,170 - $127,929* yearly, plus 11.5% statutory superannuation**
- As part of your total remuneration package, you’ll receive a **vehicle for full private use**. This valuable benefit ensures convenience and flexibility in both your professional and personal life, helping you manage your time and responsibilities with ease.

**About the Role**:
We're looking for a highly skilled Coordinator Projects to take on a leadership role in delivering high-impact capital and special projects for our organisation. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to projects that benefit the community while driving economic, environmental, and social outcomes.

**Key Responsibilities**:

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Project Coordination & Delivery**: Lead the implementation of capital projects, ensuring efficient execution from design through to completion, in line with statutory and Council requirements.
- ** Stakeholder Management**: Collaborate with internal teams and external contractors to meet project goals, deadlines, and budgets.
- ** Financial Oversight**: Manage a multi-million-dollar capital works program, monitor project finances, and ensure compliance with cost and quality targets.
- ** Leadership & Mentorship**: Provide guidance to project staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, development, and high performance.
- ** Problem Solving & Decision Making**: Tackle complex challenges, identify solutions, and make well-informed decisions to keep projects on track.

**About You**:
To succeed in this role, you will be a Civil Engineer with several years of experience in municipal works, project management, team leadership and have extensive hands-on experience in civil engineering and contract management.

**Essential Skills & Qualifications**:

- Degree in Civil Engineering (required)
- Postgraduate qualifications in Project Management (desirable)
- Strong experience in managing contracts and budgets
- High-level communication and negotiation skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management software
- A valid driver’s license and ability to obtain further certifications as required
- Professional Engineering Registration Victoria (RPEV)

**Why work with us?**
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Work-Life Balance**: Enjoy the convenience of a vehicle for private use as part of your total remuneration package.
- ** Professional Growth**: We offer a supportive environment where you can develop your leadership and technical skills.
- ** Impact**: Your work will directly contribute to the betterment of the community and environment through impactful projects.
- ** Team Culture**: Join a collaborative, dynamic team that values efficiency, innovation, and a commitment to excellence.

If you’re ready to take on a leadership role in coordinating and delivering critical infrastructure projects, we want to hear from you

**Why Wellington?**

Here at Wellington Shire Council, we have a strong commitment to create a workplace culture that is collaborative, provides work-life flexibility and encourages opportunities for growth and development. We take pride in providing a supportive workplace with great career opportunities for our employees.

Every person at Wellington Shire Council brings their own unique experiences, perspectives and talents to help contribute to our vision of “Happy people, healthy environment and thriving communities”. As one of the largest employers in the region we have a diverse workforce of more than 500 staff who are based throughout the municipality, and we all work together as a team to make a positive impact in our community.

We use award-winning technologies to seek and implement innovative improvements across the organisation. We work hard to position ourselves as a leader in local government, continuously improving our diverse range of services for the betterment of our community.

We offer a rewarding culture of innovation, flexibility and continued learning in a collaborative, supportive environment.

Wellington Shire Council is committed to upholding the Child Safe Standards and associated legislative requirements.

**About Wellington**

Wellington Shire Council is located in the Gippsland region of the state of Victoria, Australia and is approximately two hours east of Melbourne by road or rail. Many of us dream of a simpler lifestyle, with wide open spaces and no traffic jams. In The Middle of Everywhere, we live that enviable lifestyle every day.

In Wellington Shire you will find a wide range of beautiful environments to explore, with our pristine beaches, picturesque mountain ranges, temperate rainforests, wetlands and plenty of diverse, contrasting spaces to take your breath away