Project Engineer

About us

At CitiPower and Powercor, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 1.9 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people. As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand. If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

About the role

The Project Engineer is responsible for leading and coordinating high‑quality, efficient, and cost‑effective design and engineering services, ensuring all project deliverables meet required standards. A key focus of the role is proactive design management and design coordination, overseeing complex, multi‑disciplinary design packages to support successful project delivery for both internal and external clients.

A strong background in transmission project design is highly desirable. The position supports large‑scale infrastructure programs that require deep technical understanding, precision, and adherence to transmission design standards. Experience with design development, design reviews, design processes, commissioning interfaces, and coordination with multiple engineering and field‑based stakeholders will be critical to success.

In addition to design leadership, the role provides broad engineering support to the Energy Solutions and Major Projects teams, including contribution to commissioning activities, site-based technical support, and coordination of procurement and technical documentation. Working within a collaborative team environment, the Project Engineer ensures timely, innovative, and customer‑focused design outcomes by applying sound engineering principles and a commitment to excellence.

Note: Incumbents may be required to participate in availability duties.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring design outcomes meet scope and that quality levels are maintained through the project lifecycle.
• Report on progress status, maintain program and tracking to milestone dates. Design reporting will include fortnightly reviews of the RFI, variation, risk registers and the cost tracking earned value tool.
• Coordinate the various disciplines as required including Underground, Overhead, Primary, Protection & Control, Secondary, Civil/Structural, Communications and SCADA for life of project.
• The role spans the entire project lifecycle, providing support to CDMs during pre‑scoping/scoping stage and continuing through the project delivery in collaboration with PMs until final handover
• Liaise with internal and external clients as required and represent and build the Design and Customer Services and PNS brands.
• Prepare design offer document in accordance with scope, contractual requirements and in conjunction with our delivery partner.
• Manage day‑to‑day liaison with external contractors and consultants to facilitate project commencement and ongoing delivery.
• Lead and chair design project reviews, including Safety in Design activities
• Preparation and review of ITP’s for FAT and SAT.
• Undertakes audits of a variety of projects in the Design and Customer Programs team.

For more information on the role’s responsibilities, please click here to download the position description.

Key Criteria

• Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
• Project Management Qualification (Desirable)
• Knowledge of the electrical distribution / transmission network, particularly design and compliance with Australian Standards.
• It is preferred that a working knowledge of Powercor’s technical standards, construction practices and estimating tools is obtained.
• Experience of design management activities and processes and managing multi-disciplinary projects.
• Knowledge and understanding of regulatory compliance issues, OHS Act, standards and codes.
• Knowledge of bid and business development and project scoping processes.

To be successful in this role, you will ideally possess:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
• Project Management Qualification (Desirable)

If you believe you have what it takes but don’t meet every requirement—or if you’d like to discuss flexible working arrangements to meet the key responsibilities —we encourage you to get in touch.

Key Benefits

We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow. Some of our benefits include hybrid work options, purchased leave, 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave, health and wellbeing subsidiary, career development and planning opportunities, and exclusive discounts. Visit our company website to learn more.

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 LGBTIQA 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.

What’s next

Submit your application via our careers’ website by 12 March 2026. To make a confidential reasonable adjustment query, please contact Nadya Kartika from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to succeed. By making sure our workplace is physically and mentally safe, so that our people can be their authentic selves, share their unique perspectives and can thrive.