Team Leader, Cost Estimation

Permanent Full-Time | Hybrid
- From $165k package
- Footscray Location

**About Greater Western Water**

We're waterand more.

GWW is a Victorian government-owned water corporation that provides an essential service to some of the fastest-growing communities in Australia, stretching from Melbourne's CBD to Lancefield in the north and Bacchus Marsh in the west. Click here to learn more

**Benefits**
- We embrace flexibility and connection with a balance of on-site and WFH
- Gender neutral, 16-week parental leave
- Monthly work life balance day off to treat yourself (if full-time)
- Free income protection and salary continuance insurance
- Access to corporate health insurance deals with major providers
- Wellbeing, prayer, and sensory rooms in the Footscray and Sunbury office

**The opportunity**

The Team Leader PMO, Cost Estimation & Risk at Greater Western Water (GWW) focuses on delivering exceptional service within a complex capital delivery portfolio, primarily related to infrastructure projects. It involves leading the Cost Estimation and Risk team and supporting Program and Project Managers in maintaining project costs and schedules across large initiatives. The role is vital for prioritising and managing the capital portfolio through effective reporting and frameworks, and it aims to enhance employee capabilities in cost and risk management. Additionally, it fosters a customer-centric culture while addressing the challenges of growth and post-merger integration, ensuring that infrastructure services remain reliable, affordable, and environmentally compliant.

**Responsibilities**
- Exemplify leadership behaviours to foster a diverse and high-performing workplace, champion safety and customer-centricity, create a safe environment, drive team performance to meet business goals, communicate strategies from senior leadership, and manage employee performance effectively.
- Deliver Cost & Risk services to projects and programs of work, take responsibility for the end-to-end process for Infrastructure delivery.
- Provide advice at a strategic level at the project conception stage, including providing advice on the different approaches that can be adopted to achieve overall objectives successfully.
- Establish the project's success criteria related to time, cost, technical, and performance parameters, while providing Line of Defence 2 (LOD2) for the cost and risk plan.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners to streamline cost and risk management processes, and ensure seamless integration with planning and reporting, while actively gathering feedback to enhance effectiveness.

**Skills & Experience**
- Experienced in mentoring and developing junior team members to encourage training and professional growth.
- Skilled in managing large-scale projects, effectively navigating complex initiatives.
- Expertise in leading teams focused on risk and cost management to support project success and financial health.
- Strong collaborative skills, with a history of working well across business operations to build high-performing teams.
- Knowledgeable about risk management, change control, and reporting in complex project environments, including integration processes.
- Familiarity with cost management systems like Prism or Unifier is a plus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to engage with stakeholders at all levels, including executives and boards.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and BI reporting tools, with attention to detail.
- Experienced in building and maintaining long-term relationships both internally and externally.
- Solid background in implementing project management tools to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Understands financial and budget management principles to support project viability and success.

**See yourself thrive**

Our vision for GWW is Thriving People and Country. We aim to be as diverse as the communities we serve and are deeply committed to building a workplace where everybody thrives. We're supportive, inclusive, and friendly, and value everyone for who they are and what they can bring.

We're seeking applicants across all cultural backgrounds, genders, and abilities, and will make reasonable adjustments as required, so please talk to us about what you need.

Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.