Project Delivery and Return

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We work as a team and we’re proud of the difference we make to customers, to local communities, and towards a sustainable future for the world.

We’re looking for a Project Delivery and Return (PDR) Lead based in Braeside, Victoria.

Having recently been announced as the Rental Company of the Year in the HRIA Hire Industry Excellence Awards (HIEA) 2021, Aggreko is the world’s largest provider of mobile, modular refrigeration and temperature control systems. Applications extend from simple commercial comfort control through to large multi-Megawatt cooling systems. A typical season provides solutions to wineries, major events, underground mine cooling, industrial and commercial clients. Aggreko designs and build high quality, leading edge equipment specifically to serve its customers through design, project delivery, operations and project return.

The Role

The core expectation from this critical management position is to ensure that all the deliveries and return all over regional business are strongly executed using the project delivery methodology and completed with a high level of efficiency, agility and commitment to the agreed deadlines.

The role is expected to provide strong focus and traction on the creation, the development and the management of the core functional expertise and capability within the regional team in order to meet the short
- and long-term requirements for project delivery and return across the regional business.

Job Accountabilities/Key Responsibilities:

- Lead the regional project delivery Team with strong alignment with central function ensuring required level of governance is implemented - Establish, lead and motivate the regional project team ensuring project management capability continually develops to meet the needs of the projects across the region and our customers resource from project managers, Installation and Commissioning leads to work stream leads; where necessary, manage individual projects as PM.
- Communication
- Identify all project/ Programme stakeholders, including executive management, ensuring that an appropriate communication plan is in place and executed to keep all stakeholders informed of status, risks and opportunities.
- Project Management Methodology
- Represent the custodian of the business project management methodology applied in the region and will be involved with the PMO function for development of efficiency and agility.
- Governance & Quality
- lead the governance and quality assurance across the region in full alignment with Central to ensure appropriate levels of capability are assigned to manage the project based on its complexity and that the process is being applied as documented. Engage and participate in QHSE audits as agreed by the Head of QHSE and Director of Operations
- Monitoring Using Aggreko PM knowledge references & Control - Attend all key project gate reviews (Kick off, mobilization, close out) to ensure the required level of management control is in place, facilitate decision making and ensure that experience and lessons learnt are being applied to each project.
- Scope Management Liaise with the commercial, bid/proposal teams and sales departments to ensure the project scope is well defined, review and ensure the project delivery and return cost estimates are in place, with the required level of consistency and accuracy and that the project team has the tools on hand to manage the project to deliver the documented benefits.
- Risk Management
- Own the Projects risk management procedure ensuring that risks are identified and costed adequately during the pricing stage. Ensure that lesson learned are implemented, liaise with Project Owner and support functions (Sales/Engineering/Logistic, etc.) for better identification and response risk approach.
- Resource Management: Lead the projects planning process with bid managers & project team (including manpower management functions) to establish a forecast for resource demand. Manage project resources to ensure the business has the right resources available at the right time.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for improvement through structured project reviews and actively work within the global project design & management team to improve process, quality and safety standards. Actively participate in building the global capability of the project design & management team through coaching and mentoring.
- Cost Management: Own the Project Delivery & Return cost estimation and performance ensuring that the work breakdown structure reflects accurately the projects delivered and the units costs are accurately forecasted and reported. Regularly review project cost performance with the project teams.
- Time Management / Scheduling: Gather information and develop a reliable forecast execution schedule, cooperating with Sales team from the preliminary phase until defin