Lead Project Controller

BMT is a leading global consultancy in design, engineering, science, and risk management in the maritime sector, known for excellence and innovation.

With 1,300+ experts across the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, we help clients make informed decisions by delivering practical solutions, with the environment and sustainability at their core. As an employee-owned company, we reinvest profits into technology, strategic growth, and profit sharing, driving a safer, more efficient future.

We are currently seeking a Lead Project Controller who will be responsible for maintaining an overview of allocated Projects, ensuring business processes and procedures are followed, generating accurate management information as required and providing essential services, advice, and expertise to Bid Managers and Project Managers to ensure the successful delivery of allocated Projects.

Within the overall remit, the Lead Project Controller will take on the more complex projects of the portfolio. Additionally, the Lead will have line management responsibilities where appropriate including; supporting, guiding, coaching, and training existing Project Controller colleagues. This role can be based out of either Adelaide or Perth and we are also opened to other locations where we have offices for the right candidate.

Key Responsibilities

In this role you will:

• Ensure budgets and schedules are updated to reflect actual contract content. Ensure these updates are recorded and recognised as the Project Baseline.
• Lead the Set-up and record project details within management information systems.
• Ensure bid-stage project information and feedback is properly recorded in management information systems.
• Provide lead level support to bidding teams with clear work breakdown structures, budgeting and scheduling services relating to bid-stage budgeting and scheduling of project activities.
• Ensure that all developments and evolutions of the project are properly documented and reflected in prompt updates to management information systems.
• Lead & Mentor the project delivery team’s performance against schedule and log milestone achievements.
• Monitor delivery against contract and ensure that areas of potential (and actual) contract variation are identified and managed in accordance with the provisions of the contract and the PMO’s processes.
• Archiving of project-control related materials
• Recording and assessment of project-related learning for feedback.

About you

To be successful in this role, you should:

• Show Influence, assertiveness, tact
• Be detail orientated and diligent. Proactive and tenacious
• Have a proven ability to be analytical and insightful
• Have confidence with data manipulation, management information systems and MS-Excel
• Have a developmental mindset, striving for continuous improvement in all endeavours
• Be experienced and qualification as a Project Manager
• Ability to run organisational training in project management.
• Have experience and ability to manage and mentor a team, as a lead.
• Have unrestricted working rights here in Australia.
  
  

Why Work with Us?

At BMT, we value flexibility, career growth, and an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives thrive.

• We offer remote, hybrid, and part-time work options, with offices across Australia. We’re proudly ‘flexified’ with Flexa!
• Our industry competitive benefits include a competitive salary offering, performance bonuses, and companywide bonuses as part of being an employee benefits trust
• Defence Reserve Leave enabling defence reservist employees to undertake ADF obligations without financial disadvantage.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• We invest in learning and development to help you grow.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at our core. We foster a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported, promoting innovation, collaboration, and respect.

Our values—Trust, Innovation, Passion, Respect, and Collaboration—define who we are and how we work.

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