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Transport and Main Roads

Principal Advisor (Project Controls)

Queensland, Australia

Location
Queensland, Australia
Work
Not stated
Employment
Temporary
Level
Lead / staff
Function
Operations
Pay
A$139.9K – A$149.9K a year
Posted
Yesterday

Pay and the market here

The top of this role’s range, A$150K a year, is 12% above the median of A$134K for operations jobs in Queensland (middle half A$104K – A$164K, 48 jobs that state pay).

135 operations jobs open in Queensland: 4% remote, 95 posted in the last 30 days.

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About the role

In the role of Principal Advisor (Project Controls) some of your responsibilities will include:

  • Support the Manager (Project Controls Office) by delivering integrated analysis of schedule, cost, risk, change and quality performance, identifying emerging variances, such as trend and critical path analysis, and recommending targeted corrective actions.
  • Coordinate and quality assure accurate, timely and decision-ready performance reports, forecasts, governance submissions and supporting materials for senior project leaders and governance forums.
  • Deliver project budget management and cost control activities, including budget development, estimating, scheduling, progress measurement, forecasting, earned value analysis and end-of-month reporting.
  • Demonstrated experience in project budget management and cost control, conducting budget variance analysis and preparing high‑quality reports for senior project leaders and governance forums.
  • Lead the development, implementation and continual improvement of project controls management plans, processes and tools, ensuring alignment across governance, reporting, schedule, cost, risk and change management functions.
  • Maintain and improve project controls systems, processes and data, working with delivery teams to validate information, track agreed actions and ensure performance reporting is reliable, traceable and aligned with TMR requirements.
  • Work closely with RIDO Finance and commercial teams to coordinate project budget, financial, procurement and commercial activities, supporting seamless delivery and effective project controls.
  • Encourage and actively promote a proactive, performance focused culture within the team. Actively participate in performance conversations to build and support an environment of continual improvement.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Source

Posted by Transport and Main Roads on their own hiring page, smartjobs.qld.gov.au. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 10:24 UTC; the original is the reference.

Contains information from SmartJobs, © State of Queensland, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0)

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