FPA Specialist -Expressions of Interest - Ballarat

About the role

You'll manage electrical and civil projects from conception to completion, ensuring work meets standards, stays within budget, and is on schedule while minimizing project disruptions. You'll oversee overall project performance, including scope, quality, schedule, and innovation, especially for complex, high-risk projects. Maximize productivity, safety, quality, and cost savings. You'll serve as the primary communicator between project management, work groups, and key stakeholders on project issues. You'll lead job site walk-downs and coordinate meetings with engineering, construction, and contract management teams. You'll monitor project safety by conducting weekly safety audits, verifying job briefings, and performing safety tailgates. Assist with Root Cause Investigations, Apparent Case Evaluations, or other incident reviews as required. You'll possess a strong knowledge of electrical schematics and apply this expertise to ensure project success. You'll foster a positive working relationship between the project manager, line managers, and project team members. You'll ensure project costs are effectively managed, including developing recovery plans to stay within budget. You'll support team members by ensuring they understand their respective responsibilities, providing clear direction and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Manage electrical and civil projects from conception to completion
• Oversee project performance: scope, quality, schedule, and innovation for complex, high-risk projects
• Maximize productivity, safety, quality, and cost savings
• Serve as primary communicator between project management, work groups, and key stakeholders
• Lead job site walk-downs and coordinate meetings with engineering, construction, and contract management teams
• Monitor project safety via weekly safety audits, job briefing verification, and safety tailgates
• Assist with Root Cause Investigations, Apparent Case Evaluations, and incident reviews
• Apply strong knowledge of electrical schematics to ensure project success
• Foster positive working relationships among project manager, line managers, and team members
• Manage project costs effectively, including developing budget recovery plans
• Support team members with clear direction, guidance, and responsibility clarity

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Construction Management, or high school diploma with 10+ years equivalent work experience in substation construction management for an electric utility
• Minimum 10 years of substation construction experience in the electric power industry

Preferred qualifications

• Expertise in transmission rebuilds and substation installations with proven supervisory experience in substation construction and electric utility environments
• OSHA 30 certification (or willingness to obtain)
• Skilled in coordinating work scope during outage windows and managing multiple work groups and contractors
• In-depth understanding of OSHA safety policies, including Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) procedures, clearance holder responsibilities, and electrical safety tags for primary and secondary distribution equipment
• Demonstrated experience in construction project management
• Extensive background in the electrical utility industry

Pay

$60 - $70 an hour. Compensation varies depending on factors including office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range for roles that may be hired in Illinois, Minnesota, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, or Washington.

Schedule

Onsite at client site. The work location for this role is onsite with clients and partners to enable delivery and cultivate client relationships.

Benefits

Benefits vary by country and role. Check with your recruiter for details.