Electrical Project Manager

Smith & Co Recruitment; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary 160k-200k

Career progression

Lead your own team

Major projects

Ongoing development

Job summary

Smith & Co Recruitment is seeking an Electrical Project Manager for the southern Gold Coast to lead electrical work on water and wastewater projects. You will plan, coordinate and hand over plants, with scope from design through commissioning.

The role offers a clear career path into senior leadership, a stable employer backing development, and the chance to build and lead your own electrical team across major Queensland projects.

Qualifications

• Electrical project management and leadership experience.
• Experience delivering water and wastewater projects (WTPs, STPs, pump stations).
• Electrical degree or trade qualification with Qld licence.
• End-to-end industrial electrical project delivery experience.
• Familiarity with MCCs, switchboards, PLCs and instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical scope for water and wastewater plants and pump stations.
• Manage and mentor electrical teams on site and in the office.
• Oversee budgets, schedules, procurement and labour.
• Oversee installation and commissioning of switchboards, MCCs, PLC/SCADA and instrumentation systems.
• Collaborate with process, mechanical and site teams to hand over compliant plants.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Budget management

Education

Electrical Engineering degree or Electrical trade qualification

Tools

MCCs

Switchboards

PLCs

Instrumentation

SCADA

Job description

• 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 strong 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 clear 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, stable 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