Transmission Connections Project Control Officer

About the role

Join a team at an exciting time as we work together to unlock Tasmania’s potential for material load and renewable generation growth, shaping the energy system and sustainable future of our state.

TasNetworks is seeking a Project Controls Officer Specialist to join our Transmission Customer and Growth team and play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of Tasmania’s growing and complex transmission connection portfolio.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complexity and turning data into meaningful insights. You’ll work closely with Connections Managers and teams across Finance, Engineering, Procurement and Delivery to establish and maintain robust project baselines, budgets, forecasts, performance measures and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

Working alongside the Program Control Specialist, you’ll also help uplift digital systems, data and processes, ensuring our project controls are practical, consistent and aligned with customer needs, regulatory requirements, governance standards and industry best practice.

You’ll build strong stakeholder relationships, understand business requirements and translate them into effective controls, reporting and ways of working. Your analysis will provide greater visibility of project performance, pipeline health, risks, opportunities and emerging issues, supporting better decision-making across the portfolio.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintaining and improving project control systems, processes and data across the portfolio.
• Establishing project baselines, budgets, forecasts, work-breakdown structures and financial reporting frameworks.
• Partnering with Connections Managers to develop customer-facing financial and progress reporting.
• Analysing budgets, commitments, actual expenditure, forecasts, variances, risks and opportunities.
• Supporting project change and variation control, including assessing scope, cost and schedule impacts.
• Developing and improving dashboards and reporting to support project governance and portfolio performance.
• Eliciting, documenting and validating system, process and reporting requirements with stakeholders.
• Improving data quality, systems, templates and processes to enable consistent, data-driven decision-making.

About you

You’ll be a curious, analytical and collaborative professional who enjoys solving problems, improving processes and working across organisational boundaries. You’ll be confident working with data and systems while building trusted relationships with stakeholders.

We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• TasNetworks’ core behaviours and a strong commitment to collaboration.
• A continuous improvement mindset and confidence to ask questions and challenge existing approaches.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, requirements elicitation and documentation skills.
• Practical project controls experience, ideally including project reporting.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and the ability to turn raw data into useful insights.
• Digital proficiency, ideally including SAP, SharePoint and Microsoft Office.
• Understanding of cost estimating, risk, scheduling and reporting techniques would be advantageous.
• The ability to manage change and variation processes in complex, fast-moving environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A self-directed, solutions-focused approach with strong time management and prioritisation skills.
• The ability to build trust and meaningful relationships across a business.
• Professional experience in business, technology, project management or a related discipline.
• Awareness of the National Electricity Rules and Tasmania’s evolving renewable energy market would be advantageous but is not essential.

At TasNetworks, we recognise that great candidates don’t always bring every capability from day one. This role offers a genuine opportunity to develop and grow, with support to build your skills and capability over time.

As the role contributes to the growth and capability of the broader team, we’re committed to supporting your development journey and helping you build the confidence and experience needed to succeed.

What's on offer

This is a permanent full-time opportunity based out of Hobart, offering an attractive remuneration and benefits package.

At TasNetworks we want to power a bright future for our people, our community and our customers. We offer a supportive work environment where safety is at the heart of everything we do.

As an “employer of choice” we offer excellent employee benefits including:

• Free onsite car parking
• 20 days of annual leave per year + an additional 3 days of leave between Christmas and New Year
• Electricity discount of 16.66%
• 17.5% leave loading (paid annually)
• Career development - we have our own RTO and can create personalised career pathways in both trade and leadership
• Onsite gyms (plus an annual health and wellbeing rebate) 
• All the tools and equipment you'll need to be successful

We are proud to be work180 accredited, check us out here. 

How to apply

Please ensure you attach a cover letter outlining how your skills and experience are aligned with this role, and a current resume. For more information about this opportunity and to acquire a position description, please click here.

Applications close 11:59pm Wednesday 16 September 2026, however, we will be reviewing applications upon receipt and may commence our recruitment process prior to the closing date.

For further information about the role, please contact Mandy Fish, Leader Transmission Connections – mandy.fish@tasnetworks.com.au

TasNetworks is committed to equal opportunity and values a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, people with disability, neurodivergent individuals and those of all ages.

To be eligible for this position, you are required to have Australian citizenship, permanent residence or a current valid visa that allows you to fulfil the requirements of this role. Successful applicants will undergo necessary pre-employment checks.

About Us

TasNetworks is Powering a Bright Future by delivering safe and sustainable essential services while maximising value for all of Lutruwita/Tasmania.

As Tasmania’s provider of electricity transmission and distribution services, we are committed to providing our customers with affordable and reliable electricity, while helping Australia transition to cleaner energy sources. We have 300,000 residential, business, commercial, and industrial customers, and are committed to working with our community to make a meaningful difference to the lives of Tasmanians – through and beyond the delivery of electricity and telecommunication services.

By joining TasNetworks, you will experience the difference of a company that puts customers first, values safety above all, unifies in the face of challenges, and embraces diversity and forward thinking.

Together, we are powering a bright future for Lutruwita/Tasmania.