Clear career pathway into senior leadership roles

Lead and grow your own electrical project team

Major water & wastewater infrastructure projects

Our client is a well-established Australian water and wastewater engineering company with decades of experience designing, building and commissioning treatment plants for councils, utilities and industry. They deliver mechanical and electrical works in-house and have a robust pipeline of water infrastructure projects across Queensland and beyond.

They're looking for an Electrical Project Manager based on the southern Gold Coast to lead the electrical side of water and wastewater projects, from planning through to commissioning and handover.

What's on offer

$160,000–$200,000 + super, depending on experience

Genuine career progression, with a transparent path into senior project and leadership roles as the business grows

The chance to build and lead your own team

A varied pipeline of major water and wastewater infrastructure projects

An established, secure employer that backs its people with ongoing development

What you'll do





Run electrical scopes on water and sewage treatment plants, pump stations and related infrastructure

Lead, mentor and manage electrical teams, supervisors and subcontractors on site and in the office

Manage budgets, schedules, procurement and labour

Oversee installation and commissioning of switchboards, MCCs, PLC/SCADA, instrumentation and control systems

Work with process, mechanical and site teams to hand over compliant, working plants

What you'll bring

An electrical engineering degree or electrical trade qualification (Qld electrical licence highly regarded)

Proven experience managing and leading teams on electrical projects

Experience delivering projects in water and wastewater, such as WTPs, STPs, pump stations or similar

A track record running industrial electrical projects end to end

A solid grasp of MCCs, switchboards, PLCs and instrumentation

Based on, or within commuting distance of, the southern Gold Coast
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