Project Manager - Electrical

More information about the company
Our client is a well-established electrical contracting business delivering complex electrical, automation, instrumentation and infrastructure projects across Tasmania's mining, water, energy and heavy industrial sectors. With a reputation built on technical capability and long-standing client relationships, the business is entering a period of investment and growth, backed by a national parent group. An opportunity now exists for an experienced Project Manager to join the team in Hobart and play a central role in that next phase.

Further details about the role
Reporting to the State Manager, you will take end-to-end ownership of multiple concurrent projects across live brownfield facilities, shutdowns and new capital works. This is a dual-mandate role: you will both deliver projects to a high technical and commercial standard and help win new work through tendering and estimating. Key priorities include:

• Managing the full project lifecycle — from tender and planning through construction, commissioning and handover — across electrical, automation and instrumentation scopes.
• Leading complex brownfield shutdowns and capital works while minimising disruption to live operational environments.
• Owning the commercial performance of your projects, including budgets, forecasting, variations and margin protection.
• Preparing and contributing to competitive tenders and estimates to secure new project work.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary site teams of supervisors, electricians and instrumentation technicians.
• Championing safety leadership and compliance across all site activities.
• Building strong working relationships with clients across the mining, water and heavy industrial sectors.

The ideal candidate for this position will have experience in the following:

• At least 3 years in a project management role within the electrical or industrial contracting sector.
• A trade background (A-Grade Electrical / Electrical Mechanic Licence) is preferred, with demonstrated project management experience.
• Proven commercial capability — tendering, estimating and winning work, not delivery alone.
• Exposure to complex electrical, automation, instrumentation and infrastructure projects, ideally including brownfield or shutdown environments.
• Comfort operating across both capital project and maintenance/service delivery.
• The autonomy to run multiple projects independently, balanced with the judgement to escalate and seek input when needed.
• Current Construction White Card and Australian Driver's Licence.

Why should you apply?
This is a rare opportunity to take genuine ownership of your own projects, from winning the work to delivering it, within a stable, well-run business that is investing in its future. Based in Hobart, the role offers the balance and lifestyle of a permanent, locally based position without the travel demands of FIFO work, alongside real scope for career progression as the business grows. If you are an experienced, commercially minded Project Manager looking to build something long-term in Tasmania, we would like to hear from you.

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Dale Young
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