Substation Construction Leader – Energy Infrastructure

AusNet Services Ltd; Victoria; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

AusNet Services is seeking a hands-on Construction Manager to lead the safe and timely delivery of distribution electrical station assets in the northern region. You will oversee planning, constructability reviews, and on-site execution through to completion and handover.

You will coordinate civil, structural and electrical works, drive safety leadership, manage inspections, and ensure quality and environmental compliance across projects with partners and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Project Oversight & Delivery: Lead construction projects from planning through handover, ensuring alignment with business cases, network outcomes, and operational readiness.
• Design & Constructability Input: Provide technical input during design and tender phases to optimise constructability, timelines, and maintainability.
• Site Management & Inspections: Conduct preconstruction reviews, monitor site activities, and ensure compliance with access, security, and operational protocols.
• Safety Leadership: Implement and audit site safety plans, support incident investigations, and ensure delivery partner adherence to Work Safe, SDM, and HSE&Q standards.
• Quality Assurance: Oversee construction quality, verify free-issue materials, and ensure works meet design specifications and Station Design Manual requirements.
• Environmental & Cultural Compliance: Monitor environmental impacts, cultural heritage considerations, and ensure issues are documented in systems like Enablon.
• Stakeholder & Partner Coordination: Collaborate with delivery partners, ISPs, and Project Managers on scope changes, RFIs, ECI processes, and practical completion.
• Documentation & Data Integrity: Ensure accurate project documentation including as-builts, ITPs, and variation records, supporting final asset handover.
• Site Closure & Restoration: Confirm site clean-up meets original or design-specified conditions, and that all punch list items are resolved before handover.
• Governance & Professional Conduct: Act in accordance with AusNet Services policies, standards, and regulatory obligations, performing any additional duties as required.

Job description

AusNet Services is seeking a hands-on Construction Manager to lead the safe and timely delivery of distribution electrical station assets in the northern region. You will oversee planning, constructability reviews, and on-site execution through to completion and handover.

You will coordinate civil, structural and electrical works, drive safety leadership, manage inspections, and ensure quality and environmental compliance across projects with partners and internal teams.