Construction Coordination Manager
2 days ago
At Transgrid, we play a crucial role in delivering safe, reliable, and sustainable energy to millions of Australians. Operating over 13,000 km of high-voltage transmission lines and 128 substations across NSW and the ACT, we connect electricity generators to the distribution network—powering homes, businesses, and communities.
As the energy sector evolves, we're growing our workforce to drive innovation and transformation.
The Opportunity | Open to Candidates across all Trangrid Locations: Sydney, Newcastle, Wagga, Yass, Tamworth & Orange
Step into a career-defining leadership role as Construction Coordination Manager, where you will lead the coordination of construction, site management, and commissioning resources across our project portfolio.
This is a leadership role responsible for ensuring the safe, efficient, and timely delivery of works programs through strong resource planning, outage coordination, and stakeholder engagement. You'll play a pivotal role in balancing short-term and long-term resourcing, aligning outages across maintenance and project works, and driving a culture of safety, collaboration, and performance.
With visibility across multiple projects, this role provides a unique opportunity to shape how construction and commissioning are delivered at Transgrid. You will be responsible for ensuring resources are deployed effectively, outage strategies are integrated into project schedules, and technical challenges are addressed early to minimise risks to cost, safety, and delivery timelines.
A Day in the Life at Transgrid
In this role, you will be at the centre of coordinating people, programs, and projects. You will work closely with project teams, commissioning staff, and stakeholders across the business to ensure resources are aligned, outages are planned effectively, and works are delivered safely and efficiently.
Success in this role comes from balancing operational detail with big-picture planning, ensuring both immediate and long-term needs are met.
- Lead and motivate the Construction Coordination team with a strong focus on meeting all stakeholder requirements.
- Oversee the overall program of construction and commissioning resources, ensuring optimal allocation across projects.
- Develop and manage outage plans, aligning maintenance and project schedules to minimise risks and delays.
- Drive compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.
- Partner with stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery, commercial responsiveness, and customer service excellence.
About You
You are a confident leader with strong construction program management experience, ideally within energy, utilities, or large-scale infrastructure projects. You can balance multiple competing demands while keeping safety at the forefront.
What You'll Bring
- Tertiary qualifications in engineering, construction management, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience managing construction/commissioning resources and outage coordination.
- Strong understanding of HV/LV environments and compliance requirements.
- Proven people leadership skills with the ability to coach, develop, and inspire teams.
- Advanced planning, scheduling, and negotiation skills.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to work across contractors, delivery partners, and internal teams.
Leadership at Transgrid
As a leader at Transgrid, you will play a critical role in shaping our culture and capability. This role requires more than technical coordination; it demands visible leadership that inspires confidence across teams and projects.
You Will
- Lead with integrity, ensuring safety, accountability, and ethical decision-making are at the core of every action.
- Actively coach, mentor, and develop team members to unlock their potential and prepare them for future leadership.
- Promote collaboration across a highly matrixed organisation, encouraging knowledge sharing and collective problem solving.
- Drive continuous improvement, ensuring agility and adaptability as the energy sector undergoes rapid transformation.
- Model Transgrid's values of Safety, Achievement, Integrity and Service, embedding them in daily operations and team culture.
Benefits & Perks
At Transgrid, we empower our people with a well-rounded benefits package designed to support their personal, professional, and social well-being, helping them deliver their best work every day. Employees have access to a range of corporate discounts across retail, utilities, travel, health & wellbeing etc, as well as novated leasing options, workplace flexibility, 20 weeks paid parental leave and more.
Applications close on the 14th of September 2025
- Apply today as applications will be assessed on a rolling basis and this opportunity may close early
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