Project Controls Engineer

bout Slattery

Slattery is a property and construction advisory firm specialising in early phase advisory, carbon planning quantity surveying, risk, and project controls. 

Founded in 1976 and fully Australian-owned, Slattery’s reputation is built on a commitment to excellence and innovation, which has seen the delivery of over 16,000 unique public and private sector projects. As an industry leading company, we have a strong focus on sustainability and thought leadership. 

Our people are our greatest asset. We emphasise hiring the right people for the right roles to create a collaborative and dynamic environment that helps you carve a fulfilling career path and thrive.  With a focus on continuous learning and development, you would join a highly diverse and inclusive environment with flexible work opportunities and a commitment to supporting our communities.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a Project Controls Engineer to join our Melbourne team. You will bring demonstrated experience in project controls within infrastructure, rail, energy, construction or other major project environments.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in delivering planning, scheduling, cost, risk, and performance management services to support informed project decision-making.

The role offers exposure across all project controls disciplines, including schedule and cost management, earned value analysis, project assurance, governance, change control, claims support, and forensic analysis.  You will also contribute to the development of automated reporting solutions and digital project controls environment.‍

Key aspects of this role include:

• Developing and managing project schedules

• Performing schedule analysis, critical path reviews, schedule optimisation and performance reporting

• Supporting quantitative schedule and cost risk analysis (QSRA/QCRA) and project forecasting activities.

• Monitoring project performance through Earned Value Management, KPI tracking and trend analysis.

• Preparation of project controls reports, dashboards, and executive-level presentations.

• Supporting project assurance reviews, governance processes, and stakeholder reporting and assisting with Extension of Time assessments, delay analysis, claims support or forensic schedule analysis.‍

What Does the Right Person Look Like

We’re looking for a project controls professional with 5+ years' experience and a passion for solving complex problems and helping projects succeed. With strong organisational and analytical skills, you will enjoy working with data, turning insights into action and supporting informed decision-making across large-scale projects.  With a passion for innovation, automation and continuous improvement, you will bring experience with Python, SQL, Power BI, VBA, Power Query or similar tools.

Combining your strong technical foundation with commercial awareness, you will bring a proactive mindset, attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.  

Success in this role will come from your ability to build impactful relationships and work collaboratively with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders. You’ll be a confident communicator with strong report writing and presentation skills.

With relevant tertiary qualifications, you will be driven by your ongoing professional development through industry memberships, accreditation and certification pathways.‍

To Apply

Please submit your application outlining your interest together with your resume to ••••@slattery.com.au by 5pm, Friday, 28 August 2026. If you have any questions, please reach out and we’ll get back in touch.

Slattery commits to:

• Fostering a workplace that reflects our society, and welcoming people from all backgrounds. We continue to maintain gender balance across our business with a sustained focus on recruitment, retention, and promotion. 

• Conducting business in a sustainable manner and regularly identifying, reviewing, and assessing the environmental impacts of our operations, and assisting our clients to reduce the environmental impacts of their projects.

• Supporting the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full and acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work and live.