Development Project Strategist

**At Powerlink, every possibility starts with you**:
We believe life’s about possibilities. And so is the future.

That’s why we need your optimism and influencing abilities to drive strategic project delivery solutions involving our communities and project stakeholders.

We’re working at the heart of Queensland’s energy transformation. Now more than ever, we need people who want to help us deliver a world-class energy future and ensure we continue to navigate through this once in a generation energy challenge. Join us and make it happen.

**A career that matters and lasts**:
As our **Development Project Strategist** you’ll help us connect a more sustainable energy future for more than five million Queenslanders and 253,000 businesses. Your work with us is about every light turned on, every community connected, and every future made possible.
- Competitive Salary starting from $216,000 base plus 14.75% Super
- Develop and implement our project development strategies supporting our community and project stakeholders.
- Optimize the delivery of our multi-faceted major projects outcomes.

We believe every employee deserves the opportunity to enjoy a work-life balance that enhances their overall wellbeing and performance through inclusive and supportive benefits.

**Ask us about**:

- Flexible & hybrid working options
- Career development
- Health & wellbeing programs
- Leave offerings (including 14 weeks paid parental leave - at full or half pay, plus additional leave purchasing)
- Inclusive workplace facilities

**The Opportunity**:
As our **Development Project Strategist** you will see the solution to our project development challenges. You will lead the development and the pragmatic implementation of strategies that will support our project delivery functions in the engagement of community-, government-, stakeholders and land holders.

Here’s how:
You will proactively mitigate significant project delivery risks by influencing and shaping State and Commonwealth policy, legislative reform, procedures, strategies, and frameworks.

You will create strategic connections and frameworks that will enhance our project delivery through development of complex and robust strategies, project delivery systems, procedures and policies.

This role will focus on continuous improvement at all levels of project delivery across the organisation to ensure world class outcomes are realised across Powerlink’s portfolio of project delivery.

**The people you'll join**:
Based in our corporate Major Projects Delivery office in Bowen Hills you will report to the Project Delivery Director and will join a high performing Project Development team in our Major Projects division. This team proactively engages with developers, land holders, government and other key community stakeholders to ensure we can continue to safely and reliably operate and maintain our network. You will help provide strategic advice and project delivery solutions as you grow your skills every day. And you’ll do it with a Project Development team who you’re proud to work with.

**What you'll bring**:
You have been a strategic partner to complex, specialised project delivery teams providing strategic advice and guidance relating to the optimisation of project planning and delivery.

As a proven collaborator you are able to drive a combined purpose and effort across multiple specialised functions and with external partners to ensure alignment of business and project-specific objectives.

You have demonstrated success in influencing and effectively engaging with Senior Leaders, external stakeholders, government departments, regulators and organisations to develop, support and implement project planning and delivery strategies.
- Degree level qualification in Management, Business, Property, Legal or a related discipline
- Extensive relevant experience in strategy development, project planning and prioritisation for the planning and delivery of linear infrastructure

**Find your possibility today**:
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