Project Controller

J & P Richardson Industries; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development program

Employee assistance program

Share ownership plan

Novated leasing

Income protection insurance

Work-life balance

Job summary

Actemium Water Infrastructure Australia is seeking a Project Controller to support project managers in delivering large-scale water infrastructure projects. You will manage budgets, tracking, procurement forecasts, invoices, and progress reporting to ensure alignment with client expectations and timetables.

The role offers a permanent, full-time position at our Wacol office with a focus on budget control, forecasting, and relationship management across subcontractors and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Tertiary education in Business Management or Finance / Accounting or related technical experience.
• Eligible to obtain Construction Industry White Card.
• Class C Drivers Licence (QLD).
• Project Management Professional (PMP).

Responsibilities

• Assist Project Managers in controlling project performance and achieve objectives.
• Prepare and coordinate project plan, purchasing plan, procurement forecasts.
• Manage project budgets and cash flows, track expenses and forecast variations.
• Review invoices and purchase orders for accuracy.
• Document, track and report progress against schedules and budgets using PM tools.

Skills

Project budgeting

Procurement

Interpersonal skills

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Excel

Education

Business/Finance degree

Construction White Card

Class C Licence (QLD)

PMP Certification

Tools

SAP

Job description

In this pivotal role, you’ll team up with Project Managers to drive the successful delivery of projects within the Actemium Water Infrastructure Business Unit, ensuring projects are delivered within budget, deadlines and in alignment with client expectations. Reporting directly to the Business Unit General Manager, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting Project Managers in effectively controlling project performance and achieving project objectives.
• Preparing and coordinating the project plan, purchasing plan, procurement forecasts
• Managing project budgets and cash flows, tracking expenses, and performing cost analysis to identify potential variations and update forecasts as needed.
• Reviewing and monitoring invoices and purchase orders for accuracy.
• Documenting, tracking and reporting progress against delivery schedules and budgets in a timely manner using project management tools and software.
• Ensuring quality productive targets are met, by using labour monitors and staffing level forecasts.
• Demonstrating excellent interpersonal skills and maintaining productive relationships with subcontractors, clients, customers, and suppliers at all levels to build confidence, credibility and currency to support project related activities.
• There is an accelerated career pathway opportunity to a Business Unit Controllerrole, providing support to the Business Unit’s strategic planning and budgeting processesthrough performance analysisand reporting.

The Person

• Demonstrated ability in managing complex project budgets, including cost control, and procurement.
• Highly motivated, energetic, and personable with exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Comprehensive understanding of current regulatory and industry requirements, as well as the project life cycle.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, coupled with high self-confidence, assertiveness, and decisiveness.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially MS Excel and project management systems such as SAP
• Exceptional time management, prioritisation and multitasking abilities, capable of handling competing and changing priorities.
• Strong attention to detail, along with sound organisational and planning skills.

Essential Qualifications

• Tertiary education in Business Management or Finance / Accounting or related technical experience.
• Eligible to obtain Construction Industry White Card
• Class C Drivers Licence (QLD)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)

About Us

Actemium Water Infrastructure Australia is a highly skilled, experienced, and committed team who provide solutions and services for the industry.

We are an Actemium business of Vinci Energies, a powerful worldwide network of 400 Business Units who are 100% dedicated to improving industrial performance. These companies are located in 40 countries across the world, most work closely with our customers. The brand network is a multi-disciplinary network, able to offer customized multi-technical, multi-site or multi-country services.

Actemium’s 23,000 experts work to deliver a range of safe and sustainable solutions & services across the entire industrial life cycle. In its day-to-day operations, Actemium builds on its powerful networking system expertise in each process to provide turnkey solutions.

Due to our continued success and growth as a business, we have an exciting opportunity for a Project Controller to join our dynamic team.

Why Join Us

By becoming a member of our high performing and diverse team, you will have the chance to work on major infrastructure projects across the Water and Wastewater segments and build relationships with the wider Actemium network. We offer:

• A permanent, full-time position based at our Wacol office
• Training and formalised professional development program to support your career growth.
• Access to our employee assistance program
• Conducive, and inclusive work environment
• Supportive work / life balance
• Attractive benefits including share ownership plan and novated leasing (pre-qualifications conditions apply)
• Income protection insurance

To learn more about Actemium, please visitwww.actemium.com.au

To learn more about Vinci Energies, please visit www.vinci-energies.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer offering competitive rates, terms and conditions.