Portfolio Management Office Manager

As a Project Manager, you will play a key role in providing leadership and oversight across Western Power’s Clean Energy Link (CEL) Program and other critical Transmission expansion projects. You will be accountable for delivering multiple projects within a program and portfolio of works, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. Your strategic leadership will drive the success of these projects, from initial planning through to execution, ensuring alignment with Western Power's overall objectives.

Your Role in Action  

• Lead the development and operation of the Portfolio Management Office (PMO), ensuring efficient delivery across a portfolio of projects.
• Oversee supply chain management, long lead commitments, and coordinate key activities like land acquisitions and planned network outages.
• Provide strategic direction to ensure all projects meet their goals for time, budget, resourcing, and stakeholder expectations.
• Manage both internal teams and external vendors to enhance the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) capabilities and ensure its successful establishment.

 What Makes You a Great Fit 

• A degree in Engineering, Business Management, Project Management, or related fields.
• Extensive experience managing large-scale, complex programs with multiple projects and workstreams.
• Proven track record of delivering successful projects within tight deadlines.
• Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills across all organisational levels.
• Expertise in planning, monitoring, and controlling project performance.
• Leadership skills with the ability to drive outcomes and influence stakeholders.

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including: 

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.  
• Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements. 
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. 
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. 
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. 
• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.   
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy two wellness leave days each year.
• Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Perth office and South Metro Depot, perfect for cyclists.

• On-site café available for convenient meals and refreshments throughout the day.

Applications close on 30th October 2024

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Find out more about our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. 

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