Project Controller

Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3000

**About us**
- At **CitiPower and Powercor,** we’re proud to deliver electricity to 1.3 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all - and none of this happens without our people.
- We believe in an inclusive, welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, valued and respected. From offering great benefits to creating real opportunities for growth, we’re committed to supporting you, your career and wellbeing. It’s why our people stick around, whether you live in the city or across regional and rural Victoria, we’re doing the work where it matters most - right in your own community. As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand.
- If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

**About the role**
- Drive the **Project Control** function to ensure optimal, transparent, and risk-managed delivery of our works program—aligned with business needs and expectations. This role plays a critical part in enabling successful outcomes across major network and customer projects.
- You’ll lead core Project Control activities including cost control, scheduling, contract management, quality assurance, data integrity, and issue tracking. These functions are essential to maintaining delivery performance and accountability across complex initiatives.
- Experience in transmission projects is highly valued, as you'll be supporting large-scale infrastructure programs that demand deep technical understanding and precision in execution.
- At the program and portfolio level, you’ll oversee monitoring, reporting, and governance across standard projects and the broader annual capex program. Your insights and leadership will help shape how we manage resources, risks, and results across the business.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Working with the Project Manager, develop forecast expenditure baseline and undertake monthly review and updates for full project lifecycle and budget life cycle.
- Monitor and manage financial risks and any allocated financial contingencies (e.g. ‘bring forwards’) for programs and projects from an overall portfolio perspective.
- Analyse and maintain schedule integrity and logical consistencies, including tracking schedule baselines and milestones, and having a valid and current critical path.
- Report and constructively influence the advancement and development of projects through the gated approvals process
- Monitoring and reporting on all Capex projects and programs in relation to project status, expenditure against budget and forecast (monthly, annual and total) and progress against milestones (gates) to ensure effective co-ordination of resources to meet business priorities.
- Manage the various project registers (e.g. variations, document versions, materials, drawings) and portfolio level registers (e.g. Value Improvement register)
- Supporting project manager with preparation of documentation for Tenders and Contracts
- Support project manager in monitoring performance of contractors to contract
- Project office activities for newly initiated projects including SAP applicant, SAP project attachments, maintain and update gate milestone dates and project approval values
- Establish and maintain a good working relationship with all key stakeholders, Electricity Networks, Finance, Network Services and others to enable successful delivery of annual Capex portfolio and synergies across multiple years

**To be successful in this role, you will ideally possess**
- Tertiary education in Engineering, Accounting, Finance or Contract Management
- Working knowledge of Project Management methodologies, tools, systems and technologies, specifically PMBOK.
- An understanding of the Electricity Distribution industry
- Skills in project scheduling, cost control and issues tracking
- Previous experience and understanding of project management and project control principles
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues at different levels across the business
- Experience in SAP financial reports and project planning tools (e.g. MS Project) is desirable

**Key Benefits**
- We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability. We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.
- With an embedded Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities fo