About us.

Regarded as one of Australia's leading multi-stream electrical engineering consultancies, PE offers deep expertise and experience across renewable energy, transport, mining, defence, heavy industry materials processing and property.

Our story

The PE story began in 2001 when founder Mark Giacoppo joined forces with a former colleague from BHP Engineering to embark on a new business joint venture.

After forming a strategic partnership with EJ Reynolds, where the business consulted to the minerals and heavy industry materials processing sectors, PE then refocused its efforts to transport, gaining significant experience in modelling Heavy Rail DC traction systems. During this time, Mark supported RailCorp as Principal Engineer Power Systems, modelling the entire Sydney Trains DC and high voltage AC traction system.

After five years with RailCorp, Mark moved back into a full time role with PE. The business grew its engineering team, diversified its service offering and expanded into new sectors, including light rail, renewable energy, defence, data centres, aviation and property.

In 2021 Rob Smerdon joined the business as part of a consolidated leadership team. Now, backed by a team of industry-leading engineering experts, PE is at the start of an exciting new chapter, pushing for the highest standards of quality and delivery, today, tomorrow and into the future.

Leadership.

Our directors are industry leaders who prioritise helping our clients reach new levels in electrical engineering excellence.

Mark Giacoppo Director Technical/Principal Engineer

With over 30 years' experience in electrical engineering, Mark's enthusiasm and determination for engineering quality and innovation has seen him design, commission, operate and deliver a wide range of industry-leading projects across Australia. Always someone with an eye on the future,



Mark's vision for PE is to train and develop the highest calibre electrical engineering team in Australia.

Rob Smerdon Director of Operations

Rob's enthusiasm and determination has seen him consistently drive successful outcomes for clients and their projects. He brings more than 30 years' experience delivering major infrastructure projects in both Australia and the UK. Between 2018 and 2021 Rob was a major contributor to building the highly successful engineering consultancy, ARCH Artifex. With a potent mix of insight and ambition, he brings a truly unique offering to the PE business, the team and our clients.

Our team

The PE team features a diverse mix of different skills, talents, backgrounds and experiences. We are united by a collective ambition to lift the bar when it comes to power system solutions in Australia and beyond.

Senior Electrical Engineers

Location

Sydney, Australia

Performance Electrics (PE) is experiencing unprecedented demand for our services and the growth of our team with the right people is fundamental to our future success. The key responsibilities of our Senior Electrical Engineers are:

- Design safe and work safe
- Put safety above all else
- Project management
- Site commissioning
- Mentor graduate engineers
- Continuing professional development
- Maintain and develop professional relationships with clients

What can you expect?

No silos.



We are seeking senior professionals who are experienced in or are motivated to develop expertise spanning investigation and research, design, installation, test and commission, safety assurance analysis and recommendations as well as operation and ongoing maintenance support services.

You will apply this expertise in a collaborative team environment, while working alongside industry leading professionals, mentors and peers, across a range of sectors. Becoming instrumental in the delivery of successful project outcomes across Australia.

What PE needs?

We want people who are:

- Leaders with proven experience in engineering design, project management and commissioning
- Subject Matter Expert in one or more of the following fields of Electrical Engineering - Traction Power, Protection Systems, Earthing and Bonding, Distribution, Harmonics, EMC, Electrolysis and Stray Current
- Driven to succeed and want to be part of building something that delivers more than individual achievement
- Seeking continuous development and improvement through the learning of recent skills and mentoring of new emerging talent
- Flexible and able to pivot when required to achieve the right outcome for PE and the client.
- Strong communicators with the ability to provide leadership to internal delivery teams and be confident in their dealings with clients and stakeholders, build and maintain professional working relationships
- Polite, patient and professional with clients

You will need a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering qualification and have more than ten (10) years of relevant industry experience.

PE will consider existing visa holders in Australia and provide a permanent residency pathway for those who qualify.

Want to know more?

If you are interested in rising to a new and exciting challenge, then we can’t wait to hear from you.

📌 Senior Electrical Engineers (Sydney)
🏢 Performance Electrics (PE)
📍 Sydney