The Project Support Engineer / Officer is a position that sits within the Maintenance Delivery Team. The role is responsible for providing project support ensuring deliverables, outcomes and plans are coordinated effectively, working in consultation with the delivery team and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

About Us

The Department of Transport and Planning oversees key planning, transport and land use policy decisions and management across the State. A life-cycle approach to planning, building, connecting and sustaining communities means our people can come together to; improve services, deliver sustainable projects, focus on customer engagement, streamline regulatory approval pathways, facilitate community consultation and better realise local economic opportunities for more liveable communities across Victoria.

Network Operations is a Group within the Department of Transport and Planning, and is responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient and reliable operation of Victoria's Transport Network. We continuously strive for better transport outcomes for all Victorians, every day.

About the team

SprayLine Road Services is an internal delivery team within the Department of Transport and Planning providing road maintenance services, construction and associated civil works, bituminous spray sealing and line marking to DTP, other state road authorities, municipal councils, and private industry. SprayLine Road Services delivers services locally within the communities and are committed to ensuring quality, innovative and sustainable outcomes.

About the Role

The Project Support Engineer / Officer is a position that sits within the Maintenance Delivery Team. The role is responsible for providing project support ensuring deliverables, outcomes and plans are coordinated effectively, working in consultation with the delivery team and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders

Position Outcomes

• Project Delivery Support – Has provided specialist project support to the delivery teams including coordination of project and stakeholder meetings, risk and issues maintenance, reports, briefings, presentations, procurement and administration of contracts & services used in projects and programs and ensure high-quality records management structures and processes are established and maintained for the project team.
• Project Control and Monitor – Has provided support to the delivery teams with the management of project artefacts, prepare project scopes and briefs and contribute project expertise to complex projects with limited supervision. Has independently performed project work, within specific areas of expertise, including researching, analysing project data and developing recommendations to ensure project deliverables are met.
• Stakeholder Relationships – Has provided specialist project support to the delivery teams in the development, maintain and influence of effective internal and external stakeholder relationships including with senior management teams and key project stakeholders.
• Processes Compliance – Has assisted with the compliance of the financial and procurement processes for the project team ensuring they are managed and maintained in a timely and accurate manner, including providing advice and assistance, in line with DoT frameworks, guidelines and budgets.
• Promote and support safe, inclusive and flexible team operations.

Qualifications and Experience

Mandatory

• Proven experience in project delivery support role in a large organisation, ideally in a Government department.
• Experience and proficient in MS Office packages, Confluence, MS Planner, MS Project, Zycus, Oracle, MS Teams, Sharepoint and other project delivery related tool.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Proven ability to be flexible and adaptive in a fast-paced delivery environment
• Driver's License
• Ability and willingness to travel and work across metropolitan and regional Victoria and outside normal working hours as reasonably required.

Desirable

• Formal qualification (or working towards) Project Management, Business Administration or similar.

Cultural Values

At DTP, we are commited to building a safe,inclusive and high performance culture through shared actions and behaviours - aligned to our strategy and direction, that empowers our people to deliver on our goals in a constructive way.

To do this we engaged our people in a co-design process to create our own meaningful and fit-for- purpose values. Our Cultural Values are a true reflection of what values and behaviours our people told us matter to them in the workplace and within our strategy and unique mission. We are commited to living Our Cultural Values – and these are reflected in our internal processes and all people focused programs. As part of the VPS, we also uphold the VPS values, which are reflected in the VPS Code of Conduct.

How to Apply

Applications should include a resume and a covering letter.  Applications close 11.59pm on 31/03/2023.

For further information about the role please contact Tanya Kalin via Tanya.Kalin@roads.vic.gov.au

information pertaining to the role can be found within the attached Position Description.

This position requires the successful employee to provide evidence of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or medical evidence which confirms the individual is unable to receive a dose, or a further dose, of a COVID-19 vaccine due to a medical contraindication or an acute medical illness. To be considered up to date vaccinated, you must have been administered COVID-19 vaccines as determined by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). DoT is requiring all staff to be Vaccinated and to have had Booster Vaccination (Triple vaccinated as a minimum).

Failure to comply with this condition of employment will impact your eligibility for employment in this position with DTP.

Preferred applicants may be subject to pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Transport will be treated in the strictest confidence