Multi-trade Energy Efficiency Project Manager

Austep; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Yoga

Free massages

Meditation

Charity donations

Hybrid work

Equity potential

Leadership role

Job summary

Austep Eco Pty Ltd in Brisbane seeks a Multi-trade Energy Efficiency Project Manager to orchestrate complex, high-value upgrades across disciplines, delivering measurable energy savings. You will own client relationships, direct multi-site delivery, and lead a team across trades, with a pathway to broader leadership as the company grows.

The role offers hybrid work, competitive base salary, equity potential and wellbeing benefits.

Qualifications

• Scale: Managed or sold multiple $1m+ projects.
• Technical expertise across MEP and dual trade or engineering background.
• Direct involvement in 50+ lighting projects, and 50+ hot water projects.
• Strong knowledge of Australian lighting standards and architectural lighting.
• Experience delivering multi-site rollouts for clients with 10+ sites.
• Senior leadership or business ownership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-trade delivery across Brisbane-based projects.
• Maintain high-volume client communications and timely delivery.
• Drive profitability and manage budgets with the team.
• Mentor 2-5 direct reports and conduct reviews.
• Bridge sales and project delivery, implementing 1-5 improvements yearly.
• Support sales and estimating teams in winning projects.

Skills

Scale

Technical Expertise

Technical Volume

Lighting

Logistics

Leadership

Job description

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.

If you’re a project leader ready to elevate teams, manage multi-trade delivery, and carry forward a mission bigger than profit, this is where you belong.

COMPANY PROFILE

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 EXPERIENCE

• Scale: 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 & VALUES

• Elite 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 KPIS

• Timelines: 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 strong 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.


• 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.

BENEFITS

• Be part of something bigger; 50% profits donated, thousands of trees planted


• Flexibility: work from home, or our Brisbane offices (Pinkenba, Capalaba)


• Expert backend technical support team


• Opportunity to be part of the leadership team


• Get in on the ground floor and work with successful entrepreneurs


• Perks include yoga, personal finance training, free plant-based lunches


• Opportunity to contribute to business strategy


• Opportunity to choose the charities we donate to


• At least an hour per week dedicated to professional development

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Based in Brisbane, we proudly deliver projects Australia-wide.


• This role typically offers 50% work-from-home flexibility, with on-site presence required as needed for specific projects.


• This is a full-time position starting at 7:00 AM, with flexibility to adjust hours based on company requirements.

COMPENSATION

• A$140k - A$160k Base + Super + Equity Potential