Title:  Project Compliance Analyst

Project Compliance Analyst - Western Renewables Link Project

Are you ready to make a real impact in Australia’s energy transition?

At AusNet, we play a key role in the energy transition and provide essential energy to Victorian households and businesses.

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities and Australia’s clean energy future.

About the role

The Western Renewable Link (WRL) is one of Victoria’s major transmission projects and a critical part of the state’s energy transition. As a Project Compliance Analyst, you’ll play a critical part in ensuring project compliance by actively engaging with stakeholders and maintaining awareness of relevant legislation, regulations, standards, codes, AusNet policies, and managing project requirements.

You’ll perform compliance risk assessments, conduct regulatory compliance audits, and monitor project activities to safeguard integrity. When compliance breaches arise, you’ll lead investigations and work closely with project teams and corporate specialist functions to embed a risk-aware culture. Additionally, you’ll develop and implement compliance policies, manage regulatory changes and change management activities, and report on performance.

Your responsibilities in project requirements (and derived requirements) management will also include managing live updates to Requirement Verification and Traceability Matrices (RVTMs), overseeing the requirements change management process, and maintaining the Project Master Index – Plans and Procedures to support achievement of Project objectives and deliverables across the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain key internal and external stakeholder relationships, coordinating critical work across the Project (including requirements management) and providing advice on best practice governance approaches
• Lead requirements (and derived requirements) management activities across Project stakeholders (AusNet, EPC Contractor, and VicGrid)
• Coordinate compilation of Project Requirements into a Requirements Verification and Traceability Matrix (RVTM), and manage Project Requirements to demonstrate satisfaction of requirements in accordance with contractual timelines
• Maintain a register of all requirements changes, referencing approved changes and trends
• Deliver briefing and workshop sessions across WRL to build Project-wide understanding and alignment with requirements management obligations to facilitate monthly reporting
• Manage monthly reporting (including monthly reviews with requirement owners) on the RVTM, incorporating upstream Project Requirements and downstream deliverables as per contractual obligations
• Contribute to and coordinate development, updates, communication, and Project concurrence with relevant policies, standards, and regulatory compliance
• Develop and manage the Governance & Compliance Assurance Program (GCAP) to verify effectiveness of regulatory governance controls and compliance performance
• Lead audits and assessments of regulatory compliance performance in accordance with the GCAP, including reporting, compliance metrics, and management of findings
• Review changes to regulatory obligations or Project Requirements, and facilitate delivery of change management activities, including coordination of updates to Management Plans, procedures, policies, frameworks, and implementing changes to the GCAP
• Identify areas for optimization and recommend changes to Project Management Plans and associated processes to enhance governance controls and compliance performance
• Support complex organisational interactions between functional teams and other internal stakeholders to ensure information on deliverables, requirement or regulatory changes, and audits and assessments, is communicated effectively
• Represent and participate in audits conducted by corporate specialist functions or external auditors, compile supporting documentation, address audit findings, and coordinate implementation of improvement actions
• Prepare and deliver reports on the effectiveness of the GCAP implementation
• Develop and maintain an audit and assessment activities register, including outcomes, findings, recommendations, and positive observations
• Develop and maintain the Project Master Index – Plans and Procedures
• Work independently to meet multiple deadlines under pressure and ambiguity
• Perform other duties as requested by the Governance, Compliance and Risk Manager

What You’ll Bring

You’ll bring a minimum of five years’ experience in a similar role, including at least three years on infrastructure projects, where you contributed to the preparation of project management plans, policies, procedures, and strategies—ideally within construction or energy. Alongside this, you have a minimum of three years’ experience applying requirements management methodologies on major infrastructure projects. Your strong understanding of governance frameworks and compliance standards ensures you can confidently support complex projects and drive best practice.

Qualifications & Certifications

• CQE, CQA, or ISO Lead Auditor certification is required.
• Project Management certification (PRINCE2 / PMBOK) will be advantageous.
• Relevant recognised Diploma, Degree, or Professional Certification.
• Membership of a recognised risk or quality management professional association is not mandatory but useful

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 3 years’ experience with ISO certifications, audit processes, and risk management, including conduct of audits and assurance activities to demonstrate compliance performance.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to create culture change and drive process improvement within teams.
• Ability to negotiate, influence and maintain constructive stakeholder relationships.
• Exceptional communications skills, listening and verbal as well as written across various mediums.
• High level competency in Microsoft programs with ability to use data to gain and present insights.
• Competency in developing and maintaining Power BI dashboards

Please note, we will not be engaging Recruitment agencies for this role, please apply directly!

A real place to belong.

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart:

• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
• Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead.

So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.