Project Controller

About us

At CitiPower and Powercor, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 1.3 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people. As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand. If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

About the role

Join our Major Projects team as a Project Controller, where you’ll play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of complex capital projects. Working closely with the Project Manager, you will provide end-to-end project controls support, ensuring effective management of cost, schedule, risk, and reporting across the full project lifecycle. Your work will enable informed decision-making and help keep projects on track against approved baselines.

You’ll be hands-on across core project control activities including cost forecasting, schedule development and monitoring, performance reporting, and contract support. This role goes beyond reporting—you’ll provide meaningful insights, identify risks and trends early, and help drive actions to achieve project outcomes.

You’ll contribute to maintaining strong project discipline through accurate data, structured reporting, and alignment across cost, schedule, and scope, working closely with delivery teams, finance, and procurement stakeholders. Experience in infrastructure, utilities, or engineering projects will be highly regarded, particularly in environments with complex delivery requirements and multiple stakeholders. This is an opportunity to be embedded within project teams and make a direct impact on delivery performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project budgets, forecasts, and cost tracking.
• Establish and manage cost and schedule baselines with the Project Manager.
• Perform monthly forecasting, variance analysis, and estimate-to-complete updates.
• Support the development and maintenance of integrated project schedules and monitor critical path.
• Track project performance and provide insightful reporting on cost, schedule, and risks.
• Identify and communicate risks, trends, and opportunities, with recommended actions.
• Support contract administration, including progress claims and variations.
• Maintain alignment and integrity across cost, schedule, and scope data.
• Establish and maintain good working relations with all stakeholders across the organisation to enable successful project.

For more information on the role’s responsibilities, please click here to download the position description.

To be successful in this role, you will ideally possess:

• Tertiary education in Engineering, Accounting, Finance or Contract Management
• Working knowledge of Project Management methodologies, tools, systems and technologies, specifically PMBOK.
• An understanding of the Electricity Distribution industry.
• Experience supporting delivery of infrastructure or capital projects (utilities, construction, engineering or similar).
• Skills in cost control, project scheduling and issues tracking.
• Previous experience and understanding of project management and project control principles.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues at different levels across the business.
• Experience in SAP financial reports and project planning tools (e.g. MS Project) is desirable.

If you believe you have what it takes but don’t meet every requirement—or if you’d like to discuss flexible working arrangements to meet the key responsibilities —we encourage you to get in touch.

Key benefits

We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow. Some of our benefits include hybrid work options, purchased leave, 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave, health and wellbeing subsidiary, career development and planning opportunities, and exclusive discounts. Visit our company website to learn more.

Diversity, equity & inclusion to support a fair workplace for all

We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we’re working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. Explore our partnership with Work180.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise how people from marginalised groups can face extra barriers and self-select out of recruitment processes.  With this in mind, we’re committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.

What’s next

Submit your application via our careers’ website by 31 May 2026. To make a confidential reasonable adjustment query, please contact Nadya Kartika from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to succeed. By making sure our workplace is physically and mentally safe, so that our people can be their authentic selves, share their unique perspectives and can thrive.