Jobs at Downer Group

Leads the People & Culture function for a major infrastructure project, partnering with project leadership on workforce strategy, industrial relations, organisational capability, culture, mobilisation and demobilisation. Manages the project P&C team and provides governance and advice across workforce planning, labour forecasting, employee relations, workforce costs, organisational design, reporting and unionised workplace matters.

Leads commercial strategy throughout tendering, negotiation, award, and handover for Energy & Utilities opportunities. Shapes pricing, risk positions, customer responses, and contract approaches; evaluates KPIs, performance regimes, value, and commercial risks; partners with bid, operational, technical, legal, and functional teams; and presents recommendations through governance and approval processes.

Lead procurement strategy for major energy and infrastructure projects, supporting bids and project mobilisation. Manage supplier and subcontractor engagement, complex sourcing packages, contract negotiations, long-lead and internationally sourced equipment, and commercial recommendations. Partner with senior leadership while ensuring procurement governance and strong commercial outcomes across transmission, substation, and capital works programs.

Leads commercial management across complex PPP and non-PPP health and education contracts. Responsibilities include contract modifications, claims, disputes, negotiations, governance frameworks, commercial risk assessment, project valuations, subcontract and supply agreement management, and mentoring commercial teams. The role supports operational leaders and strengthens commercial capability across a facilities and asset-management portfolio.

Provides comprehensive executive and administrative support to the Head of Defence, including diary and meeting coordination, travel arrangements, correspondence management, report and presentation preparation, meeting minutes, records maintenance, expense processing, reconciliations, and organisational administration. Requires strong organisation, communication, discretion, Microsoft Office expertise, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a professional environment.

Lead the design, engineering, standardization, and lifecycle management of enterprise video collaboration services, Microsoft Teams, Teams Rooms, meeting room technologies, and video conferencing platforms. Provide technical leadership, resolve complex incidents, improve observability and analytics, modernize legacy environments, drive automation and DevOps practices, and support collaboration transformation initiatives across distributed corporate locations. Partner with architecture, security, service delivery, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure reliable, scalable, and user-focused collaboration services.

Designs and supports RF telecommunications sites for 4G and 5G networks. Responsibilities include RF site and plumbing design, EME and ACMA compliance, site inspections, field troubleshooting, commissioning, integration, KPI analysis, documentation, quality audits, and stakeholder reporting. The role collaborates with project managers, field crews, vendors, clients, and multidisciplinary engineering teams to improve network performance and minimize rework.

Leads engineering activities for rolling stock ICT and control systems, including specifications, requirements, reference designs, integration plans, testing, assurance, and lifecycle documentation. Provides engineering support to production, maintenance, commissioning, and fleet investigations; manages technical risks, stakeholders, suppliers, and delivery timelines. The role requires systems engineering expertise, software and communications experience, knowledge of rail standards, and leadership of engineering teams.

Support the deployment of in-building coverage and distributed antenna system infrastructure for 4G and 5G networks. Coordinate inspections, design visits, inductions, field activities, commissioning, integration, materials, quality activities and project reporting. Troubleshoot technical and network performance issues, monitor delivery progress, manage risks, and help ensure deployments meet customer requirements, schedules, budgets, safety standards and technical specifications.

Lead the development and delivery of inclusion and belonging initiatives across the Energy and Utilities business. Partner with leaders, People and Culture teams, employee networks, and community organizations to advance gender equity, Indigenous participation, cultural diversity, accessibility, and LGBTQIA+ inclusion. Coordinate networks, events, learning programs, and inclusive leadership development. Analyze workforce data, provide recommendations, manage stakeholder relationships, and support organizational change and reconciliation commitments.

Leads communications, community engagement, stakeholder relations, and Aboriginal participation for major power infrastructure projects. Develops engagement strategies, advises on stakeholder issues and project reputation, manages relationships with government, councils, Traditional Custodians, landowners, and communities, and leads multidisciplinary teams. The role requires strategic communications, issues management, contractual compliance, senior-level influence, and extensive experience in infrastructure, power, utilities, or resources.

Supports SAP and Quintiq payroll systems across Australia and New Zealand by managing configuration changes, testing, issue resolution, compliance impacts, governance, and continuous improvement. The role interprets payroll legislation, awards, enterprise agreements, taxation, and superannuation requirements, translates them into system outcomes, investigates defects, supports projects and releases, and advises Payroll, Technology, vendors, and business stakeholders.

Leads integrated work programs, planning governance, maintenance work management systems, performance analytics, assurance, audits, compliance, shutdown scheduling, and team capability development across a critical infrastructure portfolio. Ensures Maximo and WMIS data accuracy, delivers dashboards and reports, manages planning standards, and supports reliable, safe, and predictable service delivery.

Lead project controls, planning, and cost controls teams for a major transmission infrastructure project. Provide governance, assurance, scheduling, earned value management, cost reporting, performance analysis, and project information transparency. Partner with delivery, construction, commercial, procurement, and other functions. Oversee schedule reviews, delay analysis, extension-of-time claims, contractual and financial requirements, risk, change, and project controls systems.

Leads operational management, governance, security, support, reliability, and continuous improvement for an enterprise Azure Databricks Lakehouse platform. Responsibilities include workspace and cluster administration, Unity Catalog and access governance, Azure resource management, incident and change management, vendor coordination, monitoring, cost optimization, service improvement, and stakeholder engagement. The role also drives DevOps, DataOps, automation, platform engineering practices, and operational support for analytics, AI, and reporting workloads.

Lead commercial and contractual administration for major power infrastructure projects. Responsibilities include managing head contracts and subcontractor agreements, negotiating terms, handling claims, variations, extensions of time and disputes, maintaining commercial and risk registers, coordinating payments, preparing reports, supporting procurement, and advising project teams on commercial strategy and compliance. The role also requires strong stakeholder management and participation in project closeout and continuous improvement.

Administer head contracts and downstream agreements for major power infrastructure projects. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating subcontract terms, managing claims and variations, monitoring compliance, supporting procurement and risk management, coordinating payments, preparing commercial reports, and maintaining stakeholder relationships through project closeout.

Leads strategic internal and external communications, developing integrated content strategies and executive, employee, digital, and thought-leadership content. Manages websites, social media, email, campaigns, and communication channels while applying SEO, AEO, GEO, and DEO practices to improve discoverability across search and AI platforms. Drives responsible AI adoption in communications workflows, monitors performance analytics, and partners with senior stakeholders to maintain governance, editorial quality, accessibility, and brand alignment.

Coordinates quality assurance, compliance, audit, document control, reporting, and corrective-action activities across operational teams, subcontractors, and stakeholders. Maintains registers, quality records, dashboards, and audit evidence in SharePoint, WMS, and other business systems. Tracks non-conformances and remediation actions through closure, escalates overdue items, and supports continuous improvement and compliance outcomes.

Leads commercial strategy for power and renewable energy projects, including contract negotiations, risk management, claims, contract administration, dispute resolution, reporting, governance, bids, and commercial handovers. The role partners with project, operational, bid, client, supplier, and subcontractor teams while supporting project delivery and promoting commercial best practices. Site travel across Australia is required.