Project Control Officer

Peoplebank; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Peoplebank is seeking a highly organized Project Control Officer to keep major resource projects on track in a fast-paced environment. You’ll support project teams by ensuring consistency in methodology, tools, and templates while maintaining tight control over schedules, reporting, and financial tracking.

Working across cross-functional teams, you’ll help manage timelines, forecast deliverables, and provide accurate status updates from proposal through to completion.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Project Coordinator or similar delivery support role.
• Strong scheduling skills with experience in project planning tools (e.g. MS Project).
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Confident communication skills with the ability to engage across multiple teams.
• Experience supporting large-scale projects, ideally within mining or resources.

Responsibilities

• Support project delivery through methodology, tools, templates, and QA of deliverables.
• Develop and maintain project schedules with dependencies, critical path, and resource planning.
• Track milestones, risks, issues, and ensure timely delivery with appropriate escalation.
• Manage project financials including forecasting, budgeting, and variance tracking.
• Provide reporting, status updates, and work closely with stakeholders to support delivery success.

Skills

Project coordination

Scheduling

Stakeholder communication

Financial tracking

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

MS Project

Job description

• Keep projects on track in a fast-paced role
• Work across teams on major resource projects
  

Project Control Officer

• Permanent role with a global client
• Keep projects on track in a fast-paced role
• Work across teams on major resource projects
  

We are looking for a highly organised Project Control Officer who thrives on keeping projects running smoothly behind the scenes. In this delivery-focused role, you’ll support project teams by ensuring consistency in methodology, tools, and templates while maintaining tight control over schedules, reporting, and financial tracking. You’ll play a key role across the full project lifecycle from proposal through to completion helping to manage timelines, track deliverables, and provide accurate forecasting. Working closely with cross-functional teams, your ability to communicate clearly and coordinate effectively will be critical to success.

Key Responsibilities

• Support project delivery through methodology, tools, templates, and QA of deliverables
• Develop and maintain project schedules with dependencies, critical path, and resource planning
• Track milestones, risks, issues, and ensure timely delivery with appropriate escalation
• Manage project financials including forecasting, budgeting, and variance tracking
• Provide reporting, status updates, and work closely with stakeholders to support delivery success
  

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a Project Coordinator or similar delivery support role
• Strong scheduling skills with experience in project planning tools (e.g. MS Project)
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail
• Confident communication skills with the ability to engage across multiple teams
• Experience supporting large-scale projects, ideally within mining or resources
  

Desirable / Bonus Skills

• Experience in delivery operations or project controls environments
• Understanding of risk management frameworks and processes
• Stakeholder engagement across cross-functional teams
• Exposure to change management methodologies
• Ability to work in fast-paced, complex project environments
  

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