Project Officer

Saab Australia; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab Australia is seeking a Project Officer to support the Project Manager with day-to-day project tasks and administrative functions, ensuring efficient achievement of goals.

You will manage performance analysis tasks, track KPIs, and provide data-driven insights using Excel, Tableau and Power BI, working with functional leaders to close performance gaps and drive improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting project managers or PMO.
• Ability to analyse performance data and report insights.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver performance analysis tasks within scope, cost, schedule, and quality.
• Track and report progress of KPIs and flag issues or delays.
• Analyse operational performance using Excel/Tableau/Power BI.
• Collaborate with functional leaders to provide data-driven insights.
• Identify performance gaps and support corrective actions.
• Gather lessons learned and contribute to process improvements.

Skills

Performance analysis

Data interpretation

Administrative support

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

The opportunity

Saab Australia is an industry participant in the Combat Systems Integration – Integrated Project Team (CSI-IPT) Collaboration Agreement (CSI-IPT CCA). The CSI-IPT CCA forms a collaborative enterprise organisation to execute scopes of work across Hobart Class Destroyer (SEA4000 Phase 6 and other related Destroyer Capability Enhancement (DCE) upgrades) and the Hunter Class Frigates (HCFs - SEA5000 Phase 1). This will see independently executed programs such as SEA4000 Phase 6 and SEA5000 Phase 1 brought under one umbrella enterprise organisation, the CSI-IPT.

The opportunity

Saab Australia is an industry participant in the Combat Systems Integration – Integrated Project Team (CSI-IPT) Collaboration Agreement (CSI-IPT CCA). The CSI-IPT CCA forms a collaborative enterprise organisation to execute scopes of work across Hobart Class Destroyer (SEA4000 Phase 6 and other related Destroyer Capability Enhancement (DCE) upgrades) and the Hunter Class Frigates (HCFs - SEA5000 Phase 1). This will see independently executed programs such as SEA4000 Phase 6 and SEA5000 Phase 1 brought under one umbrella enterprise organisation, the CSI-IPT.
The CSI-IPT will be built up with personnel from three industry participants and the Commonwealth of Australia (CoA) to form a collaborative team working across multiple programs to leverage synergies between platforms.

The role

The Project Officer will support and collaborate the Project Manager with day-to-day project tasks and administrative functions to ensure efficient achievement of project and operational goals.

Further, the successful candidate will:

• Managing the delivery of performance analysis tasks, ensuring adherence to scope, cost, schedule, and quality requirements, while recommending and supporting the implementation of improvement strategies.
• Track and report on the progress of key performance metrics, identifying trends and highlighting any issues or delays.
• Analyse operational performance using the tools and methods provided (e.g., Excel, Tableau, Power BI).
• Work closely with functional leaders to understand performance influences and provide detailed insights based on data analysis.
• Assist in identifying performance gaps and support the development and implementation of corrective actions.
• Gather lessons learned and participate in feedback sessions to contribute ideas for process improvement, tools and enhance project performance.