Major Projects

Position No: 00033369, 00033480

Salary/Level: Level 8, $151,827 - $164,428 pa, PSCSAA 2024

• 2x Full-Time, Fixed Term positions available

Join an innovative agency that values collaboration, growth and flexibility and improves the lives of Western Australians.

At Finance we are committed to delivering the best results for our customers. We provide strategic advice to government, build infrastructure projects, such as schools and hospitals, buy goods and services for government, collect the State’s revenue and support the Western Australian economy through administering grants and rebates.

Our values of clarity, empathy, growth and collaboration guide everything we do. We value diversity and encourage different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. We are committed to making Finance the best place to work for everyone.

We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, youth, people of diverse sexualities and genders, and culturally and linguistically diverse people.

We are committed to ensuring our hiring processes are inclusive. If you are an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person, young person or person with disability seeking assistance with your application, please contact Jobs and Skills WA on 13 64 64. If you are a person living with disability and require any adjustments or accommodations, please contact Aleesha Vella on 0406 755 386 or via email at [email protected]. You can also reach us through the National Relay Service.

When you join us, you can enjoy a variety of benefits, including:

• flexible work options, including working from home up to 2 days per week.
• professional development, training, and on-the-job learning to advance your career.
• generous leave entitlements, which include 4 weeks annual leave, 3 public service holidays each year, accrued long service leave every 7 years and an option to purchase additional leave each year. Access to cultural leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• modern workspaces, where you choose your workspace that assists you to do your best work.
• access to activity-based work hubs in the CBD, Fremantle and Joondalup for ad hoc flexible work.
• corporate discounts with selected health insurance providers and access to wellness programs.
• Opportunity to support our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), Disability Access and Inclusion Plan, Finance Indigenous Network (FIN), Gender Equity Champions Group, and Youth Working Group.

About The Role:

The Principal Project Manager implements, manages and coordinates the implementation of Major Projects within the State’s program of works. It provides strategic leadership and direction in specifying and ensuring needs are met in relation to the design and construction of these major projects.

About You:

Principal Project Manager

You will possess strong technical project management skills across the full project life cycle, including delivery, and the ability to work in a dynamic team environment. You will have significant experience in leading project teams, and skills in commercial contract management and the ability to perform in accordance with the program. Good communication skills are required for cross agency project delivery. You will be someone who provides forward thinking and clearly articulated strategic direction and promotes a work environment that empowers, motivates, and develops a highly skilled team capable of delivering key outcomes for government. You will be a solution focussed leader with excellent stakeholder management skills necessary to operate within a complex infrastructure project environment and ability to make decisions and recommendations on significant commercial matters. You will be passionate and committed to deliver value for money outcomes for the State and the community of WA as a whole.

Principal Project Manager (Time, Risk and Issues)

You will play a key role in ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of the project. You will be able to interpret, assess, and report on the projects program across various project stages including evaluating progress and providing advice on potential delays. You will be able to develop a monthly report to identify project progress, an overview of the critical path and delay impacts on the program. You will also be able to manage risk / opportunities and issues registers including development of and reporting on treatment action plans and other mitigation measures. You will be a solution focussed leader with excellent stakeholder management skills necessary to operate within a complex infrastructure project environment with the ability to make decisions and recommendations. You will apply your expertise in project scheduling and resource management to drive on-time project completion, identify and manage project risks, issues, and opportunities, ensuring effective mitigation of potential delays or budget impacts.

These positions operate in the context of Leading Others. This means that you will motivate and enable others to deliver high quality work. You will balance time between doing the work and coaching, guiding and developing others. This requires a significant shift in thinking from ‘doing’ to supporting others to ‘do good work’; and consideration of present and future needs when allocating time to the team and projects you lead. You will articulate how work is to be done, providing clear direction and feedback.

How to Apply:

If you think you have what it takes to be a part of our dynamic and forward thinking team, please click the “APPLY FOR THIS JOB” button and you will be redirected to WA Government Jobs and follow the advertising instructions. If not directed straight to the position, please key the position number into the web search box.

Please ensure you apply before the closing deadline as we won’t accept late and incomplete applications.

Further Job-Related Information:

For further information about the position please contact Stewart Greensmith on 0439 695 573 (not to be contacted for Applicant Information Packs or assistance with lodging your application).

Currently there are two (2) full-time, fixed-term appointment available for filling until 30 June 2030, with the possibility of further extension(s). Whilst this selection process will initially be used to appoint to this advertised vacancies, it may also be used to appoint to similar positions that may arise in the Agency within the next twenty-four (24) months on a full-time, part-time, permanent or fixed-term basis with the possibility of further extension(s) and/or permanency.

Closing Date: Monday, 28 April 2025 at 12:00pm (AWST)

The Department may conduct an Executive Search to supplement the field of applicants.