Western Power - South Metro Depot - Permanent Full-time

Distribution Program Management Team Leader

The Distribution Program Management Team Leader is responsible for leading and developing a team of professionals, who are accountable for the optimal delivery of a high-volume Distribution/Transmission program of assigned Volumetric work bundles and projects. This leadership role is critical to ensuring clear expectations are set and that the team is held accountable for the required outcomes, quality, delivery, and stakeholder satisfaction.

This role is based at our brand-new state-of-the-art South Metro Depot in Forrestdale, conveniently located next to Tonkin Highway. Spanning across 120,000 square meters. With the latest infrastructure and technology, the depot empowers all employees to create that perfect work-life balance whilst operating in an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Your Role in Action

• Be accountable for managing the delivery implementation of assigned work bundles and/or projects, including responsibility for ensuring that scope, schedule, quality, time, and budget targets are met and for managing the associated risks and issues for a distribution/transmission program of works.
• Provide clear technical advice, expertise and direction to the team and has overall responsibility for organising allocated resources to achieve required delivery outcomes.
• Maintain optimum utilisation of delivery resources to meet stakeholder milestones.
• Lead and influence collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of projects.
• Effectively utilise scheduling tools ensuring capacity, resources, skills, and project requirements are thoroughly understood to ensure over-sight of overall schedule is visible and accessible, with the ability to forecast efficiently.
• Understand the complexity of projects and the impacts they may have on the current environment, as well as reputational impact to Western Power.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Professionally qualified in project or program management (e.g., PgMP, MSP).
• Degree qualified in relevant focus areas (e.g., business administration, project/program management, contract management or engineering.) or Trade qualified coupled with Diploma Frontline Management and significant relevant industry experience.
• Extensive experience in managing teams multi-disciplined professional employees with superior and strong organisational and technical leadership skill and proven program/project management experience as well as a detailed understanding of business issues.
• Extensive program and project management knowledge and experience, preferably within an engineering and/or construction environment, including a high-level understanding of technical concepts that contribute to delivering the desired project outcomes.
• Proven ability to successfully manage health, safety, and environment requirements.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong working relationships within a corporate environment.
• An understanding of risk and compliance management and its application in the business.
• Demonstrated industry knowledge and experience of scoping, scheduling and reporting tools.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, able to produce high quality outputs and present complex concepts.
• At least 10 years Project and Program management technical experience preferably within an electrical or utilities environment.

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:

• Financial Relocation Assistance (if eligible).

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
• 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 is enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.  
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy 3 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.

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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