Site Manager

Citipower And Powercor; Victoria; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Purchased leave

15 weeks gender neutral parental leave

Health and wellbeing subsidy

Career development and planning

Exclusive discounts

Job summary

Beon Energy Solutions is seeking an experienced Site Manager to lead site-based construction projects in Melbourne, delivering safety, quality, schedule, and commercial outcomes on a 12-month maximum-term contract with strong extension potential.

You will report to Construction Management and coordinate civil, electrical, and mechanical disciplines, ensuring effective leadership, planning, and stakeholder management across major infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Current trade or tertiary qualification in electrical, building or construction management.
• Proven knowledge of electrical distribution, sub-transmission, transmission and/or infrastructure construction.
• Experience with subcontractor management and OH&S standards.
• Ability to apply construction management principles in infrastructure projects.
• Strong safety leadership and on-site governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective site leadership and management of multidisciplinary teams of employees and contractors to meet project outcomes.
• Plan all site construction activities, identify risks and opportunities, assess and document plant, equipment services and materials required to complete the works.
• Provide effective management and direction of construction on site with accountability for the project site, resources, health safety, environment, and quality of work.
• Implement a safe working culture at all levels and ensure health & safety policies are followed.
• Ensure all contractors and contractor activities comply with scope, quality, regulatory, and contractual obligations.
• Provide estimates of labour, plant and other resources required for construction as inputs to bids and tenders.

Skills

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Site construction planning

Stakeholder management

Planning and coordination

Safety leadership

Contractor management

Risk assessment

Education

Electrical trade qualification

Construction management qualification

Building qualification

Job description

Job Description

Beon Energy Solutions is at the forefront of energy transition across Australia and New Zealand. We deliver safe, innovative and quality energy solutions that exceed our stakeholder ambitions.

We are a leader in delivery of large-scale renewable energy and infrastructure projects, with expertise in design, procurement, construction and maintenance. We strive to help the delivery of the energy transition by maintaining strong focus on supporting development of renewable generation.

About the role

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Site Manager to join our growing Utilities and infrastructure team, based out of our Melbourne CBD head office on an initial 12-month maximum-term contract, with a strong opportunity for extension and potential permanency.

Reporting to the Construction Management team, you will be responsible for managing and leading the delivery of site-based construction projects for Beon Energy Solutions, ensuring key safety, quality, schedule, and commercial outcomes are achieved.

The ideal candidate will bring proven experience delivering construction projects in a site-based environment, together with strong leadership, stakeholder management, planning, communication, and project coordination skills. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing team and contribute to major infrastructure projects across Melbourne and beyond.

Key responsibilities

• Provide effective site leadership and management of multidisciplinary teams of employees and contractors (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical) to ensure that the agreed outcomes of the projects are met.
• Plan all site construction activities, identify risks and opportunities, assess and document plant, equipment services and materials required to complete the works
• Provide effective management and direction of construction on site having overall accountability for the project site, resources, health safety, environment, and quality of work
• Implement a safe working culture at all levels and ensure all health & safety policies, procedures and practices are clearly communicated and always followed
• Ensure all contractors and contractor activities comply with scope, quality, legislative, regulatory, and contractual obligations
• Provide estimates of labour, plant and other resources required for construction as inputs to bids and tenders.

What you'll need from day one

• Current trade or tertiary qualification in electrical, building or construction management (required)
• Detailed knowledge of the construction practices particularly as they relate to the electrical distribution, sub-transmission, transmission and/or infrastructure industry.
• Knowledge of electrical and civil construction methodologies and the integration of this into the planning phases of a project
• Knowledge and experience in the concepts and principles of subcontractor management
• Detailed knowledge of technical standards, construction practices and OH&S
• Proven ability to apply construction management principles, preferably in an electrical distribution, sub-transmission, transmission and/or infrastructure environment.
• Significant experience with substation construction.
• Longstanding commitment to ensuring safety standards and procedures are communicated and followed throughout the project lifecycle projects.

Benefits

• hybrid work options
• purchased leave
• 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave
• health and wellbeing subsidiary
• career development and planning opportunities
• exclusive discounts

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Diversity, equity & inclusion to support a fair workplace for all

We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we're working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. Explore our partnership with Work180 .

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise how people from marginalised groups can face extra barriers and self-select out of recruitment processes. With this in mind, we're committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.