Job Description

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09th September, 2026 n

Project Controls Lead | Brisbane
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n A rare opportunity for a driven Project Controls professional to join a unique team setting.
n Take on the Project Controls function for a "huge small business" working with a founder's team.
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What it's not: you won't be a cog, part of the machinations of a faceless corporation, where despite the rhetoric, ultimately, you're still just a number.
n Would you rather work with a founder's team than a faceless head office, or even worse, a finance team headed up on the other side of the world?
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What it will look like
n You'll be able to leave your poker face and the art of playing office politics behind.
n No layers. No committees deciding what a committee should decide.
n Just a founder-led outfit that's been quietly getting on with the business of doing great work, year on year for decades.
n No fuss, no frills. Just a great team, delivering great outcomes for their client base.
n This lean team has been winning on a combination of talent and grit. Each player carries a full load and gives it 100%. Until now, each Project Manager has had full accountability for Project Controls.
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n It's time to hand part of the function over to an expert.
n Could it be you?
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The role
n This is a newly created position: the first time anyone has sat across the business in this capacity.



You'll have overarching accountability for project controls across multiple live projects and clients
n Based out of the Brisbane office.
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n You will:

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- Own scheduling across projects using Primavera P6 or MS Project
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- Run cost control: budgeting, forecasting, variance, the lot
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- Give the business one explicit, accurate line of sight on schedule and cost performance across every project and client
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- Work directly with project managers and clients, not through three layers of approval
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- Set the systems and standards that this function will run on going forward
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About you n
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- 8+ years in project controls, ideally within civil, construction or infrastructure delivery
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- Comfortable running scheduling and cost control yourself, not just overseeing someone else doing it
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- Expert level with Primavera P6
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- You like building something rather than maintaining something someone else built
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- You'd rather have real accountability at a smaller outfit than a title at a big one
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- You don't need a framework for every decision, and you enjoy a setting where you are trusted to deliver your best work
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- Must have the legal right to live and work in Australia

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📌 Project Controls (Queensland)
🏢 David the
📍 Queensland