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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

We're looking for an experienced and strategic Design Coordination Manager, Integration and Constructability to join our Delivery team in Sydney.

In this leadership role, you'll provide portfolio-wide oversight of design coordination across Transgrid's major transmission, substation and customer connection projects. Working closely with engineering, project management, construction, commissioning and operational teams, you'll play a critical role in ensuring designs are integrated, constructible, assured and ready for delivery across the full project lifecycle.

Leading a team of Design Coordination Leads, you'll drive consistent design coordination practices, strengthen delivery readiness and support the successful delivery of projects that will play a vital role in Australia's energy transition.

A Day in the Life of a Design Coordination Manager at Transgrid

Every day presents an opportunity to influence major infrastructure outcomes while collaborating with a broad range of stakeholders across the business and project portfolio.

On any given day, you could be:

• Providing portfolio leadership across multiple concurrent transmission, substation and customer connection projects to ensure successful design integration and delivery outcomes.
• Leading design coordination teams and driving consistent design management frameworks, governance processes and ways of working across the project portfolio.
• Overseeing constructability reviews, design assurance activities, value engineering initiatives and delivery readiness assessments.
• Managing complex stakeholder interfaces across engineering, project delivery, construction, commissioning, operational teams and external partners.
• Identifying and managing portfolio-level risks, resource requirements, consultant performance and commercial impacts to support project success.

About You

You're a highly collaborative and commercially minded engineering leader who enjoys working across complex infrastructure programs and influencing outcomes at both strategic and operational levels. You bring a strong blend of technical expertise, leadership capability and stakeholder management experience.

We're interested in hearing from candidates who have:

• A degree qualification in Engineering, coupled with extensive experience in transmission, substations, customer connections, utilities, energy or other complex infrastructure environments.
• Proven experience leading multiple concurrent projects, balancing commercial, technical and delivery objectives to achieve successful outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of constructability, design assurance, governance and engineering quality systems, with experience leading constructability reviews, site feasibility assessments and construction methodology validation.
• Excellent communication, leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively across multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders.
• A strong commitment to safety, innovation and continuous improvement, with a proactive approach to identifying opportunities and delivering better outcomes.

Benefits & Perks

At Transgrid, we empower our people with a well-rounded benefits package designed to support their personal, professional and social wellbeing, helping them deliver their best work every day. Employees have access to a range of corporate discounts across retail, utilities, travel, health and wellbeing, as well as novated leasing options, workplace flexibility, 20 weeks paid parental leave and more.

Regardless of where you are in your professional journey, Transgrid powers your career by providing access to regular and ongoing training, workplace mentoring and tertiary education. Here you are encouraged to build a career that is right for you.

Applications close on 7th September 2026; however, applications will be reviewed as they are received and may close earlier.

Apply today and play a crucial role in delivering the critical energy infrastructure that will support Australia's transition to a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.