Job Description
Why should you apply?
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Our client is a well-established electrical contracting business delivering complex electrical, automation, instrumentation and infrastructure projects across Tasmania's mining, water, energy and heavy industrial sectors. With a reputation built on technical capability and long-standing client relationships, the business is entering a period of investment and growth, backed by a national parent group.
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Why should you apply?
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Our client is a well-established electrical contracting business delivering complex electrical, automation, instrumentation and infrastructure projects across Tasmania's mining, water, energy and heavy industrial sectors. With a reputation built on technical capability and long-standing client relationships, the business is entering a period of investment and growth, backed by a national parent group. An opportunity now exists for an experienced Project Manager to join the team in Hobart and play a central role in that next phase.
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About the role
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Reporting to the State Manager, you will take end-to-end ownership of multiple concurrent projects across live brownfield facilities, shutdowns and new capital works. This is a dual-mandate role: you will both deliver projects to a high technical and commercial standard and help win current work through tendering and estimating. Key priorities include:
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Managing the full project lifecycle - from tender and planning through construction, commissioning and handover - across electrical, automation and instrumentation scopes.
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Leading complex brownfield shutdowns and capital works while minimising disruption to live operational environments.
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Owning the commercial performance of your projects, including budgets, forecasting, variations and margin protection.
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Preparing and contributing to competitive tenders and estimates to secure new project work.
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Coordinating multidisciplinary site teams of supervisors, electricians and instrumentation technicians.
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Championing safety leadership and compliance across all site activities.
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Building strong working relationships with clients across the mining, water and heavy industrial sectors.
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The ideal candidate for this position will have experience in the following:
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At least 3-4 years in a project management role within the electrical or industrial contracting sector.
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A trade background (A-Grade Electrical / Electrical Mechanic Licence) is preferred, with demonstrated project management experience.
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Proven commercial capability - tendering, estimating and winning work, not delivery alone.
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Exposure to complex electrical, automation, instrumentation and infrastructure projects, ideally including brownfield or shutdown environments.
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Comfort operating across both capital project and
maintenance/service
delivery.
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The autonomy to run multiple projects independently, balanced with the judgement to elevate and seek input when needed.
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Current Construction White Card and Australian Driver's Licence.
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📌 Project Manager - Electrical (Hobart)
🏢 Sharp & Carter
📍 Hobart