- Provide technical and project management support to the Project Development and Business Development groups
- Develop commercial relationships with external clients and provide solutions to those clients.
- Prepare and document deliverables as well as identify technical risks for new and existing projects
- Review and develop proposals for new capital projects utilising input from Operations Managers and their teams, ensuring accurate capital funds allocations and deliverables schedules are submitted
- Liaison with and provision of engineering support for interfacing between outsourced engineering contractors.
- Lead with the provision of external support environmental permitting, operational licensing, development applications and statutory approvals for projects as required
- Be involved in the budget development and review process for new and existing projects
- Be actively involved in the delivery of projects, monitoring of budgets and schedule, and reporting of budget and schedule departures
- Actively ensuring own health and safety and the safety of others through understanding and awareness of workplace health and safety obligations
- Support and comply with Company Policies and procedures as advised and documented in the Company’s employment policies as amended from time to time and as directed by Managers/Supervisors
- Any other duties appropriate to the level and responsibility of the position as required
Person Specification
- Proven ability to effectively communicate with the construction, purchasing, operations, and accounting groups within the project organisation
- Strong understanding on financial returns on investment and environmental footprints
- Ability to undertake scenario option analysis to meet the clients needs
- Computer literacy using Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and other computer based engineering packages
- Ability to work within diverse team
- Approachable
- Ability to develop effective relationships internally and externally
- Ability to travel interstate
- Versatile attitude to changes in scope
- Commitment to working flexible and sometimes long hours
- Lead by example
Qualifications and Experience
- Tertiary qualified Engineer (Mechanical) is essential
- Thermal generation expertise (diesel and gas gensets), ideally remote power station applications is essential
- Power industry/utilities background preferred
- Previous experience on projects preferred
- Strong commercial drive essential
- Demonstrated teamwork skills
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in similar roles