Senior Electrical Project Lead: Brownfield Mining, FIFO

South32; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Superannuation

Annual incentive bonus

Job summary

South32 is seeking a Senior Project Lead Electrical on a permanent basis, delivering EIC capital and operational works on a FIFO basis from Townsville or Brisbane. Lead multi-disciplinary teams to ensure safe, cost-effective handovers from concept to close-out, while maintaining rigorous governance and reporting.

You will drive safe culture, manage budgets and schedules, and build strong stakeholder relationships across project lifecycles to optimise value.

Qualifications

• Extensive project leadership experience in brownfield resources environments.
• Proven oversight of large, concurrent project portfolios and complex priorities.
• Strong EIC technical knowledge with remote project delivery experience.
• Effective stakeholder, team and supplier leadership across project lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Champion a safe culture aligned with South32 values and critical controls.
• Govern tollgate submissions, project changes and framework compliance.
• Control budgets, schedules, cash flow, risks and monthly program reports.
• Build stakeholder partnerships and support a high-performing project team.

Skills

Project leadership

Portfolio oversight

EIC knowledge

Stakeholder leadership

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

South32 is seeking a Senior Project Lead Electrical on a permanent basis, delivering EIC capital and operational works on a FIFO basis from Townsville or Brisbane. Lead multi-disciplinary teams to ensure safe, cost-effective handovers from concept to close-out, while maintaining rigorous governance and reporting.

You will drive safe culture, manage budgets and schedules, and build strong stakeholder relationships across project lifecycles to optimise value.