About the Company

SA Water is a successful, modern water utility wholly owned by the Government of South Australia. We employ more than 1,700 people across a broad range of disciplines who operate more than $14 billion worth of infrastructure to deliver essential water and sewerage services to more than 1.8 million South Australians.

We operate in a geographically and climatically diverse service area, with sites and locations from Ceduna through to Port Augusta, the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, across to the Riverland, down to Mount Gambier, and most places in between.

Our strength and expertise have been shaped by our history. For more than 165 years, South Australians have depended on us to innovate and deliver efficient and sustainable water services. With nationally and internationally recognised industry expertise, we’re focused on understanding and meeting our customers’ expectations.

As well as safely delivering smart and reliable services for our customers of today, we innovate to shape the water solutions of the future that will support thriving economies and healthy communities.

We are driven by our values; we value our people, we do work that matters, we keep it real, we know that our work has impact and we are future focussed. Staying true to our values ensures that we consistently deliver positive outcomes for all South Australians.

About the role

In this role you will provide the Sustainability Infrastructure Engineering team with specialist scheduling and cost control support, ideally using P6 scheduling tool. In addition to project and/or program performance analysis and consolidated portfolio reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and implement a collaborative, continuous improvement approach to project controls, ensuring alignment with the Sustainable Infrastructure business objectives.
• Develop and maintain Engineering project schedules in alignment with approved service agreements and the overall project timeline, ensuring coordination with relevant stakeholders.
• Create and update Engineering project schedules in accordance with approved service agreements and ensure alignment with the overarching project schedule and stakeholder expectations.
• Identify critical path dependencies and potential schedule risks, and proactively facilitate the resolution of obstacles and roadblocks between Project Management and the Engineering team.
• Monitor and manage any deviations from the service agreement, ensuring they are accurately tracked in relevant systems and tools, so that cost and schedule baselines and forecasts remain aligned with the approved scope.

About the Person

An ideal candidate will have an engineering background with proven experience using a scheduling tool. Having worked in a project controlling function ensuring the project and scheduling is complete on time.  

To be successful in this role, it is necessary to demonstrate exceptional communication skills, having previous experience in routinely fostering, building, and maintaining effective and meaningful relationships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally.

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, project management and/or relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience in Engineering project scheduling and control.
• Advanced level of proficiency in scheduling software ideally with MS Project Server and P6.
• Proven experience in managing portfolio schedules at an advanced level.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively, build rapport, and convey messages or ideas related to new processes or changes to existing ones.

Our Industry is like no other. Dive into the wonderful world of water and explore the boundless opportunities. Learn more about the water industry at careersinwater.com.au 

To apply, click 'Apply'. Please submit and complete the application form, upload a cover letter and current resume. For enquiries or for a copy of the Position Description, please contact Gregg Forte from the Talent Acquisition team on Gregg.forte@sawater.com.au

Applications close on the 27th of May at 17:00PM.

A great customer experience is best achieved by having a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Please note: We request that recruitment agencies do not submit candidates for this position, as they will not be accepted.