Multi-trade Energy Efficiency Project Manager

Lead with Purpose, Deliver with Impact At Austep, we believe real success balances people, planet, and places alongside profit. As our Multi-trade Energy Efficiency Project Manager, you won’t just deliver projects.

You’ll orchestrate complex multi-trade solutions that drive measurable impact. With your technical expertise and leadership, you’ll ensure every upgrade is more than a project: it’s a step toward a sustainable future. We also believe in delivering extra value to our people.

From meditation, free massages, and yoga, to ongoing training and the chance to choose the charities we donate to, our culture is built on wellbeing, growth, and purpose. This role is designed with progression in mind. A high-performing Project Manager will have the opportunity to grow into the Operations Manager role, stepping into broader leadership and strategy responsibilities as Austep continues to expand.

Austep Eco Pty Ltd is a certified B Corp and Social Traders energy efficiency company with plans to grow into a full suite ESCO over time. We deliver turnkey commercial energy efficiency upgrades, historically focused on LED lighting, heat pump hot water, and energy audits, while expanding into multi-trade solutions that integrate technical expertise across disciplines. We also operate Australia’s only Social Traders Certified Lighting Wholesaler, targeting Tier 1 contractors and spec-grade lighting.

With a dedicated backend engineering and administrative support engine, we require a charismatic Brisbane-based leader to own client relationships, direct project delivery, and ensure seamless execution across trades. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR: MUST HAVE EXPERIENCEScale: Managed or sold multiple $1m

- projects.

Technical Expertise:



Ideally with dual trade or engineering background, and diverse MEP technical knowledge. Technical Volume: Has been directly involved in 50

- lighting projects, and 50
- hot water projects.

Lighting: High level understanding of Australian lighting standards, and architectural lighting. Logistics: Has successfully delivered or sold multi-site rollouts for clients with 10

- sites.

Leadership: Proven senior leadership or business ownership experience. SOFT SKILLS & VALUESElite People Skills: Effortlessly builds rapport, ensures high-touch communication across complex projects, and consistently secures glowing testimonials. High Achiever: A track record of major life achievements outside of work (e.g., started businesses, multiple degrees, authored books, invented technologies, run marathons).

Growth Mindset: Voracious reader (books/podcasts), independent conference attendee, constantly challenging the status quo and pushing boundaries. Deeply Impact-Minded: You want your day to day work to contribute to something bigger than just the commercial bottom line. Whether through conscious living, community action, or alignment with Effective Altruism, you take pride in making a tangible, positive difference for the planet.Mission-Driven: Passionate about Energy Efficiency and/or Social Enterprise.

Execution over Perfection:



Balances attention to detail with commercial agility, ensuring excellent service gets delivered efficiently. Galvaniser & Enabler: Naturally gifted at rallying a team and pushing projects forward. OPERATIONS & PROJECT MANAGEMENT KPISTimelines: Maintain a high volume of client calls while completing projects promptly, with deadlines closely aligned to planned schedules.

Client Satisfaction: Ensure clients feel well supported, with consistently positive feedback and strong satisfaction ratings. Projects Complete: Deliver expected annual gross project profit to cover wage

- contribute to company overheads
- profit.

You can also ‘double dip’ e.g. if a sale is both ‘sold’ and then ‘project managed’ by you, you can count the gross profit twice. Project Profitability: Ensure projects deliver robust gross profit margins with minimal variance from planned budgets. OH&S; and Quality: Maintain safety, quality control and compliance.

Sales Won: Support the sales and estimating team, actively drive client calls, and be directly involved in winning projects that achieve expected annual gross profit. TEAM EFFICIENCY & LEADERSHIP: Reduce CEO dependency:Act as a bridge between sales and project management. Manage day-to-day operations.Recommend and implement 1-5 process improvements per year.

Support sales team. Provide high-level oversight of estimating processes. Mentor and lead 2-5 direct reports through regular one‑on‑ones and performance reviews, supporting growth and guiding improvement.

Drive profitability by improving efficiency in labour and supplier relationships. BENEFITSBe part of something bigger; 50% profits donated, thousands of trees planted

Flexibility: work from home, or our

📌 Multi-trade Energy Efficiency Project Manager (Brisbane)
🏢 Work Initiatives
📍 Brisbane