Northern Territory Government

Job Title Project Delivery Planning Manager

Classification Senior Technical Coordinator (STC) Position No. 47590

Job Type Full Time Duration Ongoing

Business Unit Core Operations - Project Delivery Location Darwin

Management

Reports to Senior Manager Project Operations Reports to P/No. 45864

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

Lead the development, integration, governance and maintenance of planning and scheduling across PDM projects and programs. Provide reliable visibility of delivery sequencing, dependencies, constraints, milestones and resource demand to optimise resource allocation and support informed operational and strategic decision making.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES The “WHAT” to be delivered

Leadership and Management

- Create and maintain a high performing team by providing strong leadership on staff development, succession planning and mentor programs.
- Manage staff selection, recruitment, training, development, mentoring, and succession planning of employees.
- Review future workforce requirements based on analysis and recommend appropriate actions.
- Support, promote and performance manage employees to achieve business plan initiatives and organisational performance standards.
- Participate in the Project Deliverability Oversight Committee (PDOC) to ensure robust project baselines are established prior to delivery.
- Oversee development and integration of safety cultural change, safety development and training programs.
- Develop the capabilities of our employees to deliver the Power and Water Customer Experience.
- Lead and support change initiatives that improve planning and scheduling capability, processes and culture.

Planning and Scheduling

- Develop, maintain and govern the integrated PDM master schedule by consolidating individual project and program schedules and providing visibility of dependencies, sequencing, milestones, constraints and resource alignment.

- Monitor and report on workflow, dependencies and resource levelling, identify cross-project risks and prioritise delivery tasks, including forward

resource and prerequisite planning for contracts, internal and external labour,



land tenure and delivery models.
- Work closely with project and program managers and other PDM staff to optimise resource allocation across multiple competing initiatives,

ensuring constraints are identified and addressed.
- Monitor and identify schedule issues across PDM projects and programs and assess their impacts on budget, resources and scope, ensuring

timely updates to project, program and integrated schedules.
- Monitor and manage project and program schedule risks, assess cross project impacts and develop coordinated mitigation strategies with

relevant PDM project controls functions.
- Support project and program managers to establish and monitor defensible schedule baselines and milestones, identifying and addressing

variances early to maintain delivery performance.
- Determine schedule and contract bundling opportunities across the PDM program of work to minimise disruption and improve cost efficiency.

LAST UPDATED: 29/07/2026 EMPLOYEE SIGNATURE: __________________________ DATE: ____________

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Northern Territory Government

Collaboration and Communication:

- Seek out and define channels for capturing stakeholder feedback to strengthen relationships, improve scheduling processes, and contribute to

the project reporting suite.
- Coordinate communication between support and PDM functions. Provide integrated PDM schedule, resource, dependency and delivery

information to the Enterprise Portfolio Manager and Enterprise Project Management Office to support enterprise prioritisation, governance and reporting.
- Collaborate with Estimating and Cost Assurance teams during early project scoping and planning stages.
- Provide accurate and timely planning and scheduling reports, dashboards and visualisations that communicate schedule performance,

milestones, dependencies, constraints, resource requirements and delivery risks to management and stakeholders.
- Conduct regular meetings with project teams to review delivery status, identify bottlenecks, recommend solutions and communicate the

integrated PDM delivery plan, schedule performance and key milestones through written updates, reports and participation in key forums.

COMPETENCY PROFILE

“HOW” to do it (Manager of Team profile - refer to Power and Water’s Behavioural Competency Guide)

Builds effective teams Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.

Courage Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said

Cultivates innovation Creating new and better ways for the organisation to be successful.

Customer focus Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions

Directs work Providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done.

Interpersonal acumen Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people

Plans and aligns Planning and prioritising work to meet commitments aligned with organisational goals.





Resourcefulness Securing and deploying resources effectively and efficiently.

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

No. of Direct Reports 0 No. of Indirect Reports 0

Key Interactions: Senior Management, External Stakeholders, Executive Leadership Team, PDM Team, Project Managers and

Program Managers, Enterprise Portfolio Manager and Enterprise Project Management Office.

COMPLIANCE

We expect you to

- Actively align, support and promote Power and Water’s Values and support building a constructive workplace culture that celebrates

achievement through its people

- Carry out duties in accordance with Power and Water’s Safety and Environmental policies and procedures, working towards our goal of Zero

Harm

- Ensure all activities undertaken as a Power and Water employee comply with Power and Water’s Code of Conduct, Management Standards

and Procedures, relevant Acts, legal demands and that you manage all of your activities and responsibilities within the Power and Water risk management framework
- Pass a job-specific pre-employment medical (if applicable)

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SELECTION CRITERIA

Qualification & Skills Experience

Essential • An AQF Certificate III or equivalent competencies in electrical, • Over 5 years demonstrated experience in integrated construction or a related trade, with relevant planning, planning, master scheduling, schedule integration,

scheduling, project controls or capital works experience. resource planning and dependency management.

- Ability to use schedule data to inform resource levelling, risk and • Experience working with delivery, estimating and delivery sequencing decisions. operations to establish defensible schedule baselines.
- Senior level leadership, technical, analytical and collaborative • Comprehensive knowledge of project and program skills, with the ability to interpret the project and organisational lifecycles, planning, scheduling and reporting setting strategically. requirements.
- Understanding of project scoping and scheduling, with the ability • Experience in schedule variance and critical path to lead the integrated PDM master schedule and identify analysis.

improvement opportunities. • Demonstrated experience leading a team to achieve
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. business outcomes.

• Demonstrated ability to lead teams delivering quality planning, • Experience using Oracle Primavera, Microsoft Project or scheduling and reporting services. similar scheduling software. Desirable • Tertiary qualification in engineering, construction, project • Relevant experience in a regulated utility or commercial management, project controls, business or a related discipline. environment, or Government owned Corporation.
- Relevant certification and knowledge of PMBOK or PRINCE2.

FURTHER INFORMATION
1. Contact Ali Dbouk on 0483 200 554 for further information about the position
2. Information about Power and Water Corporation may be viewed at powerwater.com.au
3. The total remuneration package amounts published for this position include base salary, superannuation and annual leave loading and the

value of an extra week’s annual leave. Apply Online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=359664 Approved 18/11/2024

Vacancy Closes 23/11/2026 Ahmad Mazloum

General Manager - Project Delivery Management

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📌 Project Delivery Planning Manager (Darwin)
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