At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead solar, battery, and EV projects across Australia from start to finish.
- Company: Join Origin, a leader in Australia's energy transition with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Flexible work options, competitive pay, and 21 weeks paid parental leave.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on Australia's energy future while growing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience in managing complex energy projects and strong stakeholder management skills.
The predicted salary is between 123300 - 150700 $ per year.
End‑to‑end delivery of solar, battery and EV projects across Australia.
Lead complex energy installations with strong customer and stakeholder focus.
Can be based in Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney.
About the role:
At Origin Zero, we partner with large commercial and industrial customers to unlock value through the energy transition - designing, delivering and optimising integrated energy solutions that improve cost, carbon, resilience and asset performance.
As Senior Project Manager, you’ll lead delivery of increasingly complex distributed energy resource projects across solar, batteries, EV charging, embedded networks, demand management, energy efficiency and orchestration-enabled assets. This is a role for a commercially sharp, technically curious and customer-focused project leader who can manage delivery complexity while helping improve the way Origin Zero scales its project delivery capability.
Why this role matters:
- Deliver complex, multi-asset projects that support Australia’s energy transition.
- Lead solar, battery, EV and energy services projects from contract acceptance to operational handover.
- Manage commercial outcomes, contract obligations, budgets, schedules and delivery performance.
- Coordinate customers, consultants, delivery partners, network providers and internal teams to bring integrated solutions to life.
- Maintain a strong focus on safety, quality, compliance and customer outcomes.
- Contribute to business improvement by strengthening systems, reporting, leveraging technology, digital ways of working and delivery practices.
What will you bring?
- Experience managing complex, technical, energy, infrastructure or building services projects.
- Strong commercial capability, including contract management, cost control, forecasting, claims, variations and margin awareness.
- Proven stakeholder management skills across customers, consultants, contractors, suppliers, councils, network providers and internal teams.
- Exposure to distributed energy assets such as solar, batteries, EV infrastructure, controls, metering or energy management systems.
- Technology confidence, with the ability to use AI, project systems, data, dashboards and digital tools to improve delivery visibility and decision-making.
- Confidence managing multiple projects, competing priorities and complex customer or partner interfaces.
- A continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to improve the business while delivering projects.
Qualifications & experience highly regarded:
- A degree in Electrical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Project Management, Construction Management, Commerce or similar.
- Electrical, construction, consultancy or project delivery experience in complex customer environments.
- Familiarity with project management, financial control and reporting tools such as SAP, MS Project, Procore, Power BI or similar.
- Demonstrated experience improving project governance, delivery systems, reporting or ways of working.
Enjoy genuine flexibility and opportunities to broaden your experience across a diverse and evolving business.
Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.
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