Mine Project Controls Lead – SA Growth & Delivery

WSP; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working arraneg''s

Career development

Safety-focused culture

Job summary

WSP's Mine Advisory team in Adelaide is seeking a Project Controls Team Lead to guide and grow our project controls capability across South Australia. You’ll lead a team, mentor staff, and collaborate with Project Managers, Finance, and GCC to improve forecasting, budgeting and governance.

Join a global engineering consultancy delivering major mining and resources projects. The role emphasizes leadership, technical expertise in project controls, and building strong client relationships in a

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring project controls, project services or project management professionals.
• Strong background in project controls, cost control, planning, forecasting and project governance.
• Experience managing project performance across multiple concurrent projects or programs.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and project teams.
• Commercial acumen and the ability to translate project data into meaningful business insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the South Australian Project Controls team through coaching, mentoring and capability building.
• Act as the regional focal point for Project Controls across Mine Advisory projects in South Australia.
• Partner with Project Managers and Team Executives to improve project delivery, financial performance and client outcomes.
• Establish and champion project controls best practice, governance and reporting standards across the region.
• Provide oversight of project forecasting, budgeting, cost control, earned value management and portfolio reporting.
• Support resource planning, utilisation and workload management across the Project Controls team.
• Review project portfolios to identify emerging risks, commercial issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead project performance reviews and provide actionable insights to senior leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across systems, reporting processes and GCC integration.
• Build strong relationships with clients and contribute to business development and project pursuits where required.
• Champion a culture of collaboration, accountability, safety and continuous learning.

Skills

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Project controls

Cost control

Planning

Forecasting

Governance

Multi-project experience

Primavera P6

Reporting tools

Project management systems

People development

Team leadership

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Office

Project reporting software

Job description

WSP's Mine Advisory team in Adelaide is seeking a Project Controls Team Lead to guide and grow our project controls capability across South Australia. You’ll lead a team, mentor staff, and collaborate with Project Managers, Finance, and GCC to improve forecasting, budgeting and governance.

Join a global engineering consultancy delivering major mining and resources projects. The role emphasizes leadership, technical expertise in project controls, and building strong client relationships in a