Project Controls

David the Company; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

David the Company in Brisbane seeks a Project Controls Lead to oversee scheduling and cost control across multiple live projects. You will own scheduling using Primavera P6 or MS Project, manage budgets and forecasts, and provide one clear view of schedule and cost performance to PMs and clients.

This role requires working directly with project managers in a founder-led team and delivering accountable results.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in project controls.
• Expert level with Primavera P6.
• Comfortable running scheduling and cost control yourself.
• Ability to work directly with project managers and clients.

Responsibilities

• Own scheduling across projects using Primavera P6 or MS Project.
• Run cost control: budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting.
• Provide one clear line of sight on schedule and cost performance for every project and client.
• Work directly with project managers and clients, with minimal approvals.
• Set the systems and standards that the function will run on going forward.

Skills

Project controls leadership

Accountability

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Project Controls Lead | Brisbane

A rare opportunity for a driven Project Controls professional to join a unique team setting.

Take on the Project Controls function for a "huge small business" working with a founder's team.

What it's not:

you won't be a cog, part of the machinations of a faceless corporation, where despite the rhetoric, ultimately, you're still just a number.

Would you rather work with a founder's team than a faceless head office, or even worse, a finance team headed up on the other side of the world?

What it will look like

You'll be able to leave your poker face and the art of playing office politics behind.

No layers. No committees deciding what a committee should decide.

Just a founder-led outfit that's been quietly getting on with the business of doing great work, year on year for decades.

No fuss, no frills. Just a great team, delivering great outcomes for their client base.

This lean team has been winning on a combination of talent and grit. Each player carries a full load and gives it 100%. Until now, each Project Manager has had full accountability for Project Controls.

It's time to hand part of the function over to an expert.

Could it be you?

The role

This is a newly created position: the first time anyone has sat across the business in this capacity. You'll have overarching accountability for project controls across multiple live projects and clients

Based out of the Brisbane office.

You will:

• Own scheduling across projects using Primavera P6 or MS Project


• Run cost control: budgeting, forecasting, variance, the lot


• Give the business one clear, accurate line of sight on schedule and cost performance across every project and client


• Work directly with project managers and clients, not through three layers of approval


• Set the systems and standards that this function will run on going forward

About you

• 8+ years in project controls, ideally within civil, construction or infrastructure delivery


• Comfortable running scheduling and cost control yourself, not just overseeing someone else doing it


• Expert level with Primavera P6


• You like building something rather than maintaining something someone else built


• You'd rather have real accountability at a smaller outfit than a title at a big one


• You don't need a framework for every decision, and you enjoy a setting where you are trusted to deliver your best work


• Must have the legal right to live and work in Australia