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SalaryAbout Us
APA is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business. We own and/or manage and operate a diverse, $22 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets. Consistent with our purpose to strengthen communities through responsible energy, we deliver approximately half of the nation's gas usage and connect Victoria with South Australia, Tasmania with Victoria and New South Wales with Queensland through our investments in electricity transmission assets. We are also one of the largest owners and operators of renewable power generation assets in Australia, with wind and solar projects across the country.
We employ more than 2,200 people across Australia and know that they are the key to our success. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture, where all our people feel safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.
The Opportunity
We now have an exciting opportunity available for a Portfolio Coordinator to join our Operations Business Improvement Projects team in Melbourne or Brisbane Australia on a Fixed Term Fulltime basis.
Reporting to the Manager Business Improvement Projects you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of our Operations Business Improvement and Asset Integration Portfolios in APA.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish Portfolio, Program and Project schedules for specific Asset Integration & Business Improvement Projects
- Work with Project Managers and PMOs to identify potential issues or roadblocks with milestones.
- Monitor earned value and cost performance of active projects.
- Provide quality assurance of scheduling data in the project database aligned to the project framework.
- Review resource and cost forecast against available resources and budgets and propose adjustments to suit business priorities.
- Consolidate, analyse and track project milestones, analyse change, dependencies and overall business impact and provide recommendations.
- Assist with identifying, logging and tracking project risks and issues.
- Assist in the production of monthly project status reports.
- Assist with financial reporting of projects to the PMO.
- Develop dashboard style reporting.
- Diploma in Project Management or other PM Training (preferred)
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in the Energy Infrastructure industry or similar environment in Business Improvement projects.
- Proven skills in project planning, budgeting, estimating and cost control to meet customer expectations and project deadline.
- Experience in resource planning and capacity management skills
- Experience in analysing, interpreting and translating a variety of financial and performance data and information into clear and succinct reporting.
- Excellent analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills, as well as excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills, especially in working with distributed teams at all levels
- Competence in the suite of Microsoft Office products and PPM tools.
- PowerBI dashboard development skills (preferred)
This opportunity will see you join the Business Improvement Projects team within the Operations Development and Integration group, which has been established to support our growth strategy. The Business Improvement Projects team leads the scoping, prioritisation, delivery and governance of cross functional business improvement projects for the Operations Division.
Working at APA
APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety and sustainability of our people, community and environment is our focus. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.
APA provides you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, work-life balance and wellbeing programs. APA also have an inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents throughout their parenting journey.
Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.
Sound like your kind of career? We'd love to hear from you.
Role closes Sunday 24th March 2024. Role Reference number 5834.
PD is available on request by emailing quoting reference number above.
