Project Manager

Project Manager – Perth CBD – 12 Month Max Term Contract

Accountable for the end‑to‑end delivery of major distribution projects to commercially competitive standards across safety, cost, schedule, quality, and scope. This role leads the delivery of complex, high‑value, and high‑visibility projects that carry significant strategic and reputational importance for Western Power, ensuring outcomes meet the expectations of customers, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies.

Your role in action

• Deliver projects to the agreed scope, schedule, and cost, ensuring no compromise on safety or quality.
• Perform budgeting, cost control, and forecasting to maintain financial accuracy and accountability, manage both Capex and Opex budgets.
• Track financial performance and address variances early.
• Review, update, and monitor project schedules, including contractor schedules, analyse discrepancies or delays, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Prepare and present Project Status Reports to stakeholders and the Team Leader.
• Coordinate and manage work across multiple internal teams and external contractors, conduct stakeholder analysis and develop effective stakeholder engagement and communication plans.
• Identify and actively manage assumptions, risks, issues, and dependencies throughout the project, develop and implement mitigation strategies and monitor their effectiveness and escalate critical risks or issues when required.
• Navigate projects with high levels of technological, reputational, safety, environmental, or contractual risk.

What Makes You a Great Fit 

• Trade / Tertiary Qualifications in Engineering, Construction, Project Management or extensive demonstrable industry experience.
• Industry accreditation in project management, RegPM / PMI.
• In addition to having at least 3 to 4 years’ demonstrated experience managing and delivering projects, a further 5 years extensive expertise in delivering complex programs / projects utilising industry standard project methodology such as PMBOK or Prince 2.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with project stakeholders and Senior leaders through superior communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated and the ability to manage time and prioritise effort.
• Interaction with others is primarily concerned with influencing, developing, motivating and changing behaviour.
• Extensive financial acumen including the ability to interpret financial data and reports. Utilise project knowledge to accurately budget and forecast expenditure and productivity.
• Highly developed negotiation and conflict management skills.

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 three 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.
• 22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave to support family and cultural connections.

Applications close on 20 March 2026.

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. As a WORK180-endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. 

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