Project Manager

Eaton Corporation; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus

Career progression

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Melbourne is seeking a Project Manager to lead delivery of complex electrical infrastructure projects with real customer, commercial, and operational impact. You will own projects, influence outcomes, and work with experienced professionals delivering Australia’s critical infrastructure.

If you enjoy leading teams, navigating complexity, and turning plans into successful project outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in electrical infrastructure.
• Experience managing budgets, schedules, resources, and risk.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills; customer-focused.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery across complex electrical infrastructure projects.
• Develop project plans, schedules, resource strategies, and delivery frameworks.
• Manage project budgets, forecasting, reporting, and commercial outcomes.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks; build customer relationships.
• Lead cross-functional teams to meet quality, safety, and delivery objectives.
• Drive governance, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting and forecasting

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. Every day, all around the world, people depend on technology, transportation, energy, and infrastructure to live and work. With rapid growth in electrification, an energy transition driven by climate change and explosive growth in connectivity, we’re well positioned to solve the world’s toughest electrical and mechanical power management challenges.

We're looking for a Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex electrical infrastructure projects with real customer, commercial, and operational impact. This is an opportunity to take ownership of major projects, influence outcomes, and work alongside experienced professionals delivering some of Australia's most critical infrastructure.

If you enjoy leading teams, navigating complexity, and turning plans into successful project outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

What you’ll do:

As part of our PMO team, you'll play a critical role in delivering customer projects safely, on time, and within budget. You will:

• Lead end-to-end project delivery across complex electrical infrastructure projects.
• Develop project plans, schedules, resource strategies, and delivery frameworks.
• Manage project budgets, forecasting, reporting, and commercial outcomes.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks throughout the lifecycle.
• Build strong customer relationships and act as a trusted project partner.
• Lead cross-functional teams to achieve quality, safety, and delivery objectives.
• Drive project governance, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement initiatives.

What we’re looking for

We're open to candidates from critical power, electrical infrastructure, data centres, utilities, industrial automation, building services, or related industries.

• A Project Manager seeking larger or more complex projects.
• A Senior Project Engineer ready to step into project leadership.

You'll bring:

• 5+ years' project management experience within the electrical industry.
• Experience managing budgets, schedules, resources, and project risk.
• Strong customer relationship management, communication, and negotiation skills.
• The ability to lead teams and navigate complex project environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capability.
• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related discipline.

Why Eaton?

Join a global leader delivering the most critical infrastructure projects, where you'll lead high-impact programs, influence project outcomes, and grow your career in a business shaping the future of electrification and connectivity.

• Lead complex, mission-critical projects across data centres, utilities, and industrial environments.
• Take ownership of projects from planning and delivery through to customer handover.
• Strengthen your commercial, leadership, and project delivery expertise within a fast-growing market.
• Competitive salary package, car allowance, and bonus.
• Global opportunities, local decision-making, and career progression pathways.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes encourage diversity by utilising a balanced selection criteria regardless of the applicants age, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other status protected or required by law. Eaton pride’s in truly representing the people within our communities.