Senior Transmission Sponsor

Senior Transmission Sponsor – Permanent Full Time – Perth CBD

Play a critical role in shaping Western Australia’s transmission network of the future. As Senior Transmission Sponsor, you’ll provide senior oversight and sponsorship across Western Power’s Transmission investment portfolios, ensuring capital is delivered efficiently, governance is robust, and programs are delivered in line with asset condition, regulatory requirements and delivery realities.

Your Role in Action  

As Senior Transmission Sponsor, you are accountable for monitoring the efficient and effective execution of Transmission OPEX, Discrete CAPEX and Volumetric CAPEX programs. Operating on a rolling mid‑term (approximately two‑year) planning horizon, you will ensure investment decisions and works programs remain accurate, defensible and reflective of current asset condition, funding constraints and delivery performance.

This role plays a critical governance and sponsorship function, bridging Asset Planning, Finance and delivery teams to ensure strong project controls, reliable forecasting, and disciplined investment management across the transmission asset base.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide senior sponsorship and strategic oversight of Transmission OPEX, Discrete CAPEX and Volumetric CAPEX programs to ensure the efficient and effective use of capital.
• Ensure projects deliver the value approved in Business Cases through strong sponsorship practices, including performance tracking, validation of outcomes, and management of scope, cost and schedule changes.
• Manage and maintain the rolling biannual Transmission asset plan, ensuring rebuild, refurbishment and ancillary works accurately reflect asset condition, remnant life forecasts and delivery status.
• Oversee monthly WIP, spend and volume tracking, ensuring forecasts and reporting are current, reliable and reflective of actual program performance, with regular and on‑demand reporting as required.
• Maintain oversight of key investment and delivery data within enterprise systems (including P6, OPPM and Ellipse), supporting data accuracy, auditability and a single source of truth.
• Coordinate project governance and change control across Gateway stages (G3–G6), working closely with Asset Planning, Finance and delivery functions.
• Establish and manage project controls to monitor and reconcile variances in scope, timing and cost across the project lifecycle, including supporting funding reallocation where required.
• Lead the planning and completion of ancillary works under the Transmission Discrete CAPEX portfolio.
• Participate in routine forecasting processes and support informed decision‑making across Transmission portfolios.
• Ensure benefits realisation reporting, investment proposals and governance documentation are high quality, evidence‑based and capable of withstanding regulatory and commercial scrutiny.
• Contribute to and lead cross‑functional planning and governance forums, demonstrating a collaborative and disciplined approach to resolving investment, funding and delivery challenges.
• Support continuous improvement of investment governance frameworks, systems and processes to strengthen transparency, assurance and delivery confidence.

What Makes You a Great Fit 

• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Finance or Project Management
• Minimum of 8-10 years' experience with broad and extensive knowledge and expertise in electrical utility network asset knowledge
• Demonstrated experience in operational sponsorship, network renewals, or technical project delivery
• Previous experience in managing projects (development and delivery through gateways)
• Ability to assess risk in investment proposals and can draw on technical experience and judgement to identify areas of weakness in investment proposals and develop strategies to counter these risks
• Strong understanding of Transmission equipment, the issues they are faced with and the environment that they work in. A strong understanding of risk as it applies to a transmission framework
• High competency in report writing and/or business cases
• A comprehensive and broad understanding of risk, commercial and compliance management
• A good understanding of operating within a regulatory framework
• Ability to communicate and build relationships with stakeholders
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills to ensure sound business decision guidance
• Strong business acumen, analytical and problem-solving skills and exposure to finance processes
• Highly developed analytical skills required to be applied to organisational challenges and opportunities

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

Applications close on 1 May 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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