Assistant Consultant - Project Coordination

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project activities, deliverables, and action items.
• Support MSP or Primavera P6 schedule updates and progress tracking.
• Prepare project reports, dashboards, and meeting minutes.
• Maintain risk, issue, action, and change registers.
• Support project compliance, approvals, and governance requirements.
• Maintain project documentation, records, and reporting systems.
• Liaise with project managers, engineers, clients, and project teams.

Skills and competencies

• Basic project coordination and administrative skills are required.
• Strong organization, time management, communication, attention to detail, and prioritization are expected.
• The role requires effective collaboration in multidisciplinary and global teams.
• Understanding of project delivery processes and the project lifecycle is expected.
• Engineering, mining, EPCM, or infrastructure project experience is desirable.

Tools and methods

• Working knowledge of Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project is expected.
• Use Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Exposure to Power BI and project reporting tools is desirable.
• Understand project governance, document control, and risk, issue, and action tracking methods.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, project management, business administration, or a related discipline.
• CAPM, PMP, or an equivalent project management certification is advantageous.
• Relevant mining, EPCM, or infrastructure project experience is preferred.

Success measures

• Provide accurate and timely project coordination support.
• Maintain project documentation and records effectively.
• Prepare project reports and meeting outputs on time.
• Track project actions, risks, and deliverables reliably.
• Contribute to successful delivery of Australia Mining projects.

Workplace

• WSP describes its working model as hybrid.