Superintendent - Muswellbrook

Bouygues Construction Australia; Muswellbrook Shire Council; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bouygues Construction Australia seeks an Electrical Superintendent to lead on-site solar farm construction, energisation, and handover. You will coordinate civil, mechanical, electrical, and HV subcontractors to deliver safe, compliant results on schedule.

You will manage daily planning, inspections, and commissioning, ensuring alignment with drawings, specs, and regulatory requirements while collaborating with engineers, regulators, and client representatives to hit milestones.

Qualifications

• Current Electrical Licence is essential.
• Current Low Voltage Rescue (LVR) and CPR training are essential.
• High Voltage Switching certification and Certificate of Registration (CoR) or equivalent authorised-person qualifications are required.
• Proven experience as Construction Superintendent or similar leadership role.
• Experience delivering utility-scale solar farms or major electrical construction projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site solar farm construction from mobilisation to commissioning and handover.
• Develop and enforce construction schedules and look-ahead plans.
• Coordinate civil, mechanical, electrical, and HV subcontractors.
• Manage installation of PV modules, mounting structures, inverters, cabling, transformers, and switchgear.
• Ensure compliance with drawings, specs, quality, grid requirements, and regulations.
• Maintain safe on-site practices and enforce electrical safety protocols.

Skills

Construction leadership

Electrical supervision

Project coordination

Safety leadership

Scheduling & planning

Education

Electrical Licence

Tools

SCADA

Job description

At Bouygues Construction Australia, we are dedicated to the design, construction, and delivery of nation shaping projects across civil infrastructure, engineering, and energy and services. We have proudly been working in Australia for more than 25 years. Our local experience in underpinned by significant global expertise and resourcing.

About The Role

The Electrical Superintendent is responsible for leading and overseeing all day-to-day construction, electrical, and commissioning activities at the solar farm project site. The role ensures that work is completed safely, on schedule, to the required quality standards, and in accordance with approved drawings, technical specifications, grid connection requirements, and relevant regulatory obligations. As the primary on-site leader, the Superintendent coordinates civil, mechanical, electrical, and high-voltage subcontractors; manages labour, materials, equipment, deliveries, and site logistics; and works closely with the Project Manager, engineers, network representatives, and client stakeholders throughout construction, energisation, commissioning, and project handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise all on-site solar farm construction activities from mobilisation through to commissioning, energisation, completion, and handover.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce the project construction schedule, including short-term look-ahead plans and daily work priorities.
• Coordinate civil, piling, mechanical, electrical, high-voltage, SCADA, communications, and commissioning subcontractors.
• Manage the installation of solar PV modules, mounting structures, trackers, inverters, DC and AC cabling, transformers, switchgear, substations, and associated balance-of-plant infrastructure.
• Ensure all work complies with approved drawings, technical specifications, quality requirements, electrical standards, grid connection requirements, and applicable legislation.
• Maintain a safe work environment and enforce company safety procedures, electrical safety requirements, high-voltage protocols, and regulatory obligations.
• Monitor workforce productivity and identify risks or constraints that may affect safety, schedule, quality, cost, or commissioning outcomes.
• Review construction and electrical drawings to identify constructability, access, sequencing, installation, and commissioning concerns.
• Coordinate inspections, testing, quality-control checks, and hold points with engineers, consultants, network representatives, local authorities, and client representatives.
• Maintain accurate site documentation, including daily reports, site diaries, photographs, manpower records, delivery dockets, inspection records, test results, and commissioning documentation.
• Manage site logistics, including access roads, laydown areas, material storage, security, traffic management, housekeeping, temporary power, and site amenities.
• Communicate project progress, risks, variations, delays, defects, and site conditions to the Project Manager.
• Support project closeout by coordinating punch-list works, final inspections, testing, commissioning, as-built documentation, training, and asset handover.

Qualifications & Experience

• Current Electrical Licence is essential.
• Current Low Voltage Rescue (LVR) and CPR training are essential.
• High Voltage Switching certification and Certificate of Registration (CoR), or equivalent authorised-person qualifications, are required.
• Proven experience as a Construction Superintendent, Electrical Superintendent, Site Superintendent, Foreman, or similar site-based leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience delivering utility-scale solar farms, renewable-energy projects, substations, transmission infrastructure, or major electrical construction projects.
• Experience supervising the installation, testing, and commissioning of solar PV systems, inverters, transformers, switchgear, HV equipment, and associated electrical infrastructure.

Bouygues Construction Australia values diversity and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.