Senior Water Asset & Project Planning Lead

Icon Water; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working arrangements

Employee Assistance Program

Colleague Support Network

Job summary

Icon Water in Canberra is seeking a disciplined Project Manager to drive front-end planning for essential services. You will turn asset insights and forecasts into actionable work programs and help shape a 10-year investment pipeline with robust business cases.

You will work with technical and operational stakeholders to assess risks, prepare clear reports, and ensure lessons learned feed future projects while upholding safety and environmental management standards.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, with Project Management experience preferred.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies in line with the PMBOK.
• Extensive experience (5+ years) in Project Management, technical report writing and business case development roles.
• Site based project experience.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of programs, including Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of program and project initiation documentation to convert high level statements into a preferred project option.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support planning, approvals and delivery outcomes.
• Project manage projects through Envisage and Evaluate stages of the IPaD process with key stakeholders and technical advisors.
• Ensure the quality and appropriateness of solutions proposed to the business by design engineers and consultants.
• Develop project cost estimates and risk assessments with key stakeholders.
• Manage project cost, schedules, risks and issues throughout initiation stages.
• Provide input into designs, reports and advice including options analysis and risk assessments.
• Contribute to the development of the 10-year program of work for efficient delivery.
• Promote health, safety, quality and environmental management within Icon Water.
• Perform other duties within skill and training.

Skills

Project management

Engineering

Stakeholder engagement

Root cause analysis

Report writing

MS Project

Education

Engineering degree

PMBOK knowledge

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Icon Water in Canberra is seeking a disciplined Project Manager to drive front-end planning for essential services. You will turn asset insights and forecasts into actionable work programs and help shape a 10-year investment pipeline with robust business cases.

You will work with technical and operational stakeholders to assess risks, prepare clear reports, and ensure lessons learned feed future projects while upholding safety and environmental management standards.