Design Manager (Electrical)

DT Infrastructure; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Parental leave

Flexible work arrangements

Career development

Job summary

DT Infrastructure seeks an experienced Electrical Design Manager to lead electrical engineering and design across tenders, projects, and operations, with emphasis on utility-scale solar farms and BESS. You will guide internal teams and external consultants to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective design delivery.

The role requires coordinating with civil, structural, mechanical and construction teams to optimise constructability and whole‑of‑life asset outcomes, while upholding governance

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years post-graduate electrical engineering experience.
• Minimum 5 years in a senior electrical design leadership or management role.
• Experience delivering major infrastructure projects focused on utility-scale solar, wind, and BESS.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and stakeholders.
• Understanding of design development through all project delivery phases.

Responsibilities

• Provide Technical Leadership: guide internal electrical engineering teams and external consultants.
• End-to-End Design Management: oversee design from concept to construction support for solar and BESS projects.
• Ensure Integration: work with civil, structural, mechanical, and construction delivery teams to drive constructability and life-cycle outcomes.
• Drive Governance & Assurance: ownership of design governance, change control, risk management, and compliance.
• Implement Standards: enforce standards, procedures, design reviews, audits, and assurance processes.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Design Management

Systems Integration

Stakeholder Management

Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

Chartered Engineer (CPEng) or eligible

RPEQ/NER registration (desirable)

Job description

Are you a strategic engineering leader with a passion for delivering major renewable energy and infrastructure projects?

DTI is seeking a highly experienced and driven Electrical Design Manager to lead, manage, and coordinate all electrical engineering and design activities across our tenders, projects, and operational support functions.
In this critical leadership role, you will be at the forefront of the energy transition, focusing heavily on our growing portfolio of utility-scale solar farms, and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). You will act as the technical authority across multidisciplinary project teams, managing both internal engineering resources and external design consultants to ensure the seamless integration of electrical systems into our overall project delivery.

Your responsibilities,

• Provide Technical Leadership: Guide internal electrical engineering teams and external consultants, ensuring design programs, resources, and deliverables align with project and business goals across utility-scale renewables.
• End-to-End Design Management: Oversee electrical design activities from concept through to detailed design, verification, validation, and construction support for solar, and BESS projects.
• Ensure Integration: Work closely with civil, structural, mechanical, and construction delivery teams to drive constructability, maintainability, and optimal whole-of-life asset outcomes.
• Drive Governance & Assurance: Take ownership of design assurance, technical governance, configuration management, engineering change control, design risk management, and technical compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Implement Standards: Enforce engineering standards, technical procedures, design reviews, technical audits, and assurance processes, ensuring all designs are safe, compliant, and cost-effective.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring a proven track record of managing technical risk and delivering successful outcomes in complex project environments.

Your Experience:

• Minimum 12 years post-graduate electrical engineering experience.
• Minimum 5 years in a senior electrical design leadership or management role.
• Extensive experience delivering major infrastructure projects, with a specific focus on utility-scale solar farms, wind farms, and BESS, alongside transmission, distribution, or utilities.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary design teams, engineering consultants, engineering interfaces, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong understanding of design development through all project delivery phases, from concept to commissioning.

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (or equivalent recognized qualification).
• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) or eligibility to obtain chartership (preferred).
• RPEQ, NER, or equivalent registration (desirable).
• Demonstrated understanding of Australian Standards, Network Service Provider requirements, and electrical compliance frameworks.

Why Work For DTI

• Competitive pay that reflects your contribution: We reward performance and impact, with our remuneration benchmarked to market.
• Purpose-driven careers in infrastructure: As we grow our presence in the renewable energy sector, DTI is also continuing to cement its position as a delivery partner of choice across rail, roads and Defence infrastructure projects. Our teams benefit from the variety of opportunities, applying their skills and experience across multiple sectors.
• Fostering your development: We’ve developed a culture where continuous learning is front and centre of everything we do. Fostering the growth and development of our people is key to our success and ensuring that we are preparing the next generation of leaders is a core focus for our business.
• Parental leave designed for the reality of family life: Our industry leading parental leave policies are centred on flexibility to support modern family life, because at DTI, little families are a part of our one big family.
• Flexibility that works for you and for us: We acknowledge that everyone’s needs are different in striking the right work-life integration. Whether it’s hybrid working, adjusted hours, job sharing or balancing family commitments, we’ll work together to make it work.

This exciting role offers you the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and to develop your career within a highly successful organisation.

DT Infrastructure is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that champions opportunity and respect. Our focus on inclusivity is active and ongoing. Women, people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island descent and former members of the Australian Defence Force are encouraged to apply.

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