Project Director

AusNet Services Ltd; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 220,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

AusNet Services Ltd in Victoria seeks an experienced Project Director to lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale, high-risk power infrastructure projects. The role focuses on safety, quality, and on-time delivery while managing budget and stakeholder expectations on-site.

You will drive project strategy, manage a team of project managers and engineers, and oversee risk, commercial, and procurement activities to ensure successful project outcomes and ongoing client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Registered CPPD qualifications from AIPM or equivalent from PMP®
• Professional Engineer Registration from Victoria
• 20+ years of proven experience in project management delivering
• Proven delivery of technically and commercially complex projects >$100M
• Portfolio management experience with multiple projects
• Demonstrated safety leadership and people leadership on large teams
• Strong PM discipline: scheduling, forecasting and financial control
• Ability to coordinate with on-site construction and commissioning teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder engagement

Responsibilities

• Fully accountable for end-to-end delivery of large-scale high-risk power infrastructure projects
• Manage project team including project managers and engineers
• Develop delivery strategies and support pre-contract development to win competitive proposals
• Assess and manage project and network risks, ensuring constructability and operability
• Provide value engineering insights and lessons learned for continuous improvement
• Oversee commercial management and project outcomes per agreed parameters
• Manage project risk from delivery to commissioning and network perspective
• Build relationships with key stakeholders internal, client and suppliers
• Document lessons learned and implement tools for smooth transition to operations and maintenance

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Strong communication

Education

CPPD qualifications from AIPM or PMP®

Professional Engineer Registration (Victoria)

Tools

PM tools

Job description

Through purpose and people - not just through the infrastructure we operate, but through the way we show up for each other, our customers’ and our communities. The future of energy is in our hands. Let’s shape it together.

Go beyond keeping the lights on. Solve energy challenges that matter most.

We’re looking for an experienced Project Director to join our team. This role will ensure safe and quality delivery of large-scale complex infrastructure projects to the approved scope considering time and cost metrics while meeting the safety, customer and community, environmental and construction standards, and expectations.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to assist with growing the business portfolio and be part of the force that will shape our industry’s transition to a renewables future.

What you’ll be doing:

Fully accountable for end-to-end delivery of large-scale high-risk power infrastructure projects to achieve expected organizational growth targets while meeting, safety, community, environment, quality, schedule, budget expectations. Total value of projects will be in the range of $50M-$500M

Managing a Project team with Project managers and Project engineers.

Responsible for development of project delivery strategies and actively support pre-contracts project development phase to produce commercially competitive proposals and drive results.

Leads the assessment and management of project and network risks and opportunities, including ensuring project constructability, operability, and maintainability.

Provision of insights into value engineering and lessons assessment workshops in support of the continuous improvement of project management and engineering processes to improve overall service offering to our customers.

Commercial management and outcome of the project considering a key set of parameters which will be agreed at project commencement.

Risk management of the overall project from a project delivery, commissioning, and network perspective.

Develop and maintain collaborative and professional relationships with key internal, client and supplier stakeholders.

Develop and report lessons learnt to ensure continuous improvement in the development and delivery of construction projects.

Develop and implement tools and standards for the smooth transition from construction to operations & maintenance.

Project finance management, procurement management and material management

This role will spend significant amount of time on site managing technical aspect of Construction activities

You don’t need to check every box; however, we’re looking for a good combination of:

Registered CPPD qualifications from AIPM or equivalent from PMP®, Professional Engineer Registration from Business Licensing authority in Victoria,

20+ years of proven experience in project management delivering

Proven successful delivery of technically and commercially complex projects with value more than $100M

Portfolio management experience – ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects and project teams

Safety Leadership

People leadership on managing a project team (direct and indirect team management)

Strong technical skills and sound application of PM tools, processes and best practice

In depth knowledge on Project Schedule, Forecasting and financial control on large scale commercially complex projects

Ability to coordinate with construction and commissioning workforce on site.

Strong communication (written and verbal) and influencing skills to manage project outcomes

Ability to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring understanding of project implications irrespective of technical knowledge of audience

Strong stakeholder engagement and client liaison skills

The AusNet experience is all about…

Growing your impact:

We’ll support you to build your career through real opportunities and strong connections.

Building an energy future to be proud of:

We’re a trusted leader, with deep expertise, driven to do what’s right for our communities and customers.

Being part of a team that cares deeply about each other:

We share in the good times and support in the tough times.

We’re committed to building an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. We believe different perspectives are essential to our success, and we encourage all applicants to apply. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, we’re happy to discuss how we can support you.

At AusNet, we bring the energy. Not just through the infrastructure we operate, but through the way we show up for each, our customers and our communities.

We are Australia’s most diversified energy network business, and we connect communities with reliable, affordable and sustainable energy. With over $13 billion in assets, we operate three core regulated energy networks: electricity distribution, gas distribution and the state-wide Victorian electricity transmission network.

We also have a portfolio of contracted energy infrastructure, and a commercial business; Mondo which provides a range of services and solutions to enable community energy hubs and solar mini grids.