Associate Director – Electrical Engineering (Buildings)

Perth, WA | Permanent | Senior Leadership | Major Infrastructure Projects

Core Talent is partnering with a leading national engineering consultancy to appoint an Associate Director – Electrical Engineering to play a key leadership role within its growing Buildings team in Perth.

This is a rare opportunity to combine senior technical leadership, strategic project delivery and business development within an established consultancy with an exceptional 10+ year forward project pipeline.

The project portfolio spans healthcare, hospitals, universities, data centres, defence, mining and resources, ports, roads and major infrastructure, offering long-term stability and exposure to some of Australia's most significant developments.

The Role

- Provide strategic and technical leadership across the electrical building services team.
- Lead the delivery of complex, multidisciplinary building and infrastructure projects.
- Oversee electrical design across LV distribution, essential services, lighting, backup generation, UPS and associated systems.
- Manage client relationships, senior stakeholder engagement and key project accounts.
- Drive project performance, commercial outcomes, resource planning and technical quality.
- Lead, mentor and develop engineering teams, supporting succession planning and future growth.
- Identify new business opportunities and contribute to tenders, proposals and strategic client engagement.




- Work closely with other discipline leaders to drive collaboration and overall business performance.
- Support the continued growth and market positioning of the Perth Buildings team.

About You

- Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
- Extensive experience in electrical building services consultancy.
- Proven experience in a senior leadership position, ideally at Associate Director or equivalent level.
- Strong technical background across LV distribution, essential services, backup generation, UPS, lighting and protection.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large or complex multidisciplinary projects.
- Established client relationships and a track record of winning and developing new business.
- Strong commercial understanding, including project financials, budgets and resource management.
- Experience leading, mentoring and developing high-performing engineering teams.
- Solid understanding of Australian Standards, NCC and AS/NZS 3000.
- CPEng and relevant professional memberships highly regarded.

What's on Offer?

- 10+ years of forward project opportunities across multiple sectors.
- Senior leadership position with genuine influence over team and business growth.
- Exposure to nationally significant infrastructure developments.
- Opportunity to strengthen key client relationships and develop new markets.
- Long-term career prospects within an established engineering consultancy.
- The ability to shape and grow an established Perth engineering team.

📌 Associate Director - Electrical (Western Australia)
🏢 Core Talent
📍 Western Australia