Project Manager

About us

Standing at the forefront of innovation, we are a Renewable Energy SaaS company aligned for growth and scale. We are a group of dedicated, smart and genuine people who are down-to-earth and super passionate about what we do: helping power grids and energy companies all over the world adapt to a renewable energy future.

We are an Australian-based business with global reach and our cloud platforms are addressing the scale out issues of the critical orchestration and control of distributed energy resources (DER), enabling better power system management and broader usage of renewable sources. If you're looking for meaningful work that allows you to contribute to a mission you believe in, all while being a part of a local Australian success story and having an impact on the world, you will fit right in.

Why Join Now?

We are scaling and it's happening quickly. The world is on the cusp of an energy transformation and at SwitchDin we have a clear purpose: to enable extremely important step changes in the energy industry. We have confidence that what we are doing matters, that it has an impact, and that we have an incredible journey in front of us. You will help us do things that have not been done before, solve problems on a massive scale, and change the way things work, all for the better.

About The Role

Reporting to the Head of Projects & Execution business unit, the Project Manager will focus on supporting the continued growth and expansion of our project activities with key customers, and business partners, and will ensure smooth resource coordination with our product development activities. The role will involve working with engineers from software, electrical, and control systems backgrounds, and will require both people and process-oriented approach, flexible thinking, a commercial attitude, and fluid response to changing priorities and requirements.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities - Project Manager

• Leading projects, tackling complex engineering problems and commercial issues throughout the project life cycle.
• Managing and supporting internal engineering teams and contractors, fostering an ownership culture.
• Coordinate with engineering R&D teams, product development, and other departments to ensure seamless integration of research outputs into product development processes.
• Facilitate communication between teams to resolve issues and ensure project success.
• Developing and maintaining a sound working relationship with the customer, managing customer expectations, solving issues and identifying additional opportunities within on-going projects.
• Working closely alongside the project, sales and delivery teams in order to achieve timely delivery of projects at the right quality and cost.
• Liaising between the company's sales, operations and engineering teams, and subcontractors.
• Get involved and collaborate with the pre-sales team to draft statement of work
• Manage the delivery of the project including maintaining budgets, control costs and tracking and reporting internally and externally.
• Own risk and opportunity identification and the execution of risk mitigation plans.
• Provide the technical and/or commercial interface with key project clients.
• Ensure activities are carried out in accordance with the company's management system, best practices, and relevant standards and legislative requirement

Key responsibilities and accountabilities - Senior Project Manager

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying process inefficiencies and implementing best practices to enhance project execution and team performance.
• Mentor and develop team members, fostering a high-performance culture through coaching, training, and professional growth opportunities.

Required skills

• Training and/or experience in a formal Project Management methodology is essential.
• Engineering qualifications which must confer eligibility for membership to an Australian Engineering professional body such as Engineers Australia or equivalent knowledge gained through work experience in the field.
• At least 5 years of commercial experience working in complex, multidisciplinary engineering or software projects including phases of design, approvals, procurement, contract administration, reporting and closure.
• Experience in the management of projects to meet critical deadlines
• High regard for health and safety systems
• Highly motivated, with excellent organisational, communication and people skills

Desirable skills

• Knowledge & experience of electrical distribution, renewable energy, battery storage, electric vehicles technology and systems engineering.
• Proven track record delivering Software projects
• Experience in detailed design, implementation and testing of software systems
• Experience working within a formal quality management system
• Experience delivering projects for government and large companies such as Energy retailers and Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSPs)

Ways of Working

We're a remote-first company. Our headquarters are in beautiful Newcastle, NSW - 2 hours north of Sydney. You can be anywhere in Australia, but the closer to the Eastern time zone the better

We're primarily a product company, with our product roadmap being largely driven by projects we partner on with large, household-name customers. We're small on hierarchy and big on transparency. No role is more than 3 hops from the CEO, and the head of each department shares what's happening in their area at the weekly company all-hands.

Interested? Does this sound like what you want to be doing?

If yes, please send through your resume ASAP. We would love to share more about our vision for the world and discover together how you might be a great fit to help us achieve it.