National Manager Engineering

About Us

Zinfra is a leading infrastructure services provider committed to delivering exceptional solutions in the energy, utilities, and infrastructure sectors. We pride ourselves on our innovative approach, technical expertise, and dedication to safety, quality, and sustainability. Our over 2000 team members across the East Coast, consistently strive to exceed our client’s expectations and make a difference in the communities we serve.

About the role

As the National Engineering Manager, you will lead ZPI’s engineering and design management team with vision and collaboration, fostering a high-performance culture that drives exceptional outcomes. This role is pivotal in implementing ZPI’s engineering strategy, ensuring alignment with project goals and delivering innovative, sustainable solutions.

You’ll inspire and support your team, championing growth and development while building strong, respectful relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Your commitment to safety, quality, and problem-solving will help deliver projects that exceed client expectations. With your leadership, ZPI will achieve impactful results, creating lasting value across a diverse and dynamic project portfolio.

Key Responsibilities include

• Identifying and implementing quantifiable engineering and design efficiency improvements on an annual basis
• Participating in the strategic planning process, including setting operational KPIs to achieve strategic targets.
• Leading and developing the Engineering and Design team to enhance individual and team performance, ensuring engagement and the attraction and retention of talent.
• Challenging others to develop as leaders while serving as a role model and mentor.
• Managing the performance and motivating the team through effective goal-setting, accountability targets, and KPIs as appropriate.
• Representing the organization in negotiations and engaging with stakeholders such as technical regulators, suppliers, customers, industry associations, and government representatives.
• Ensuring projects are being delivered to Australian standards, legislative requirements, and Zinfra’s technical standards, specifications, and guidelines.
• Driving a commercial contracting culture within the Engineering and Design management team while being responsive to customers' identified needs.
• Delivering agreed EBIT targets and commercial KPIs at both divisional and project-specific levels.
• Developing engineering functions to support the growth of Zinfra and client requirements.
• Planning for and anticipating change internally and externally to keep Zinfra at the forefront of providing Engineering and Design management services.
• Driving a safety culture and implementing safety processes and systems to ensure consistently safe delivery of work as well as safety performance improvement.

About You

You are a compassionate and strategic leader who thrives on empowering teams and delivering impactful results. With a passion for safety, quality, and sustainability, you excel in fostering collaboration, building enduring client relationships, and driving innovation in Engineering & Design management. Your proactive approach inspires trust and high performance.

Key Requirements

• Proven experience in setting and executing Engineering & Design management strategies.
• Strong leadership within contracting businesses in infrastructure, utilities, or energy sectors.
• Expertise in resource forecasting, staff development, and managing Transmission Engineering & Design functions.
• High-level business acumen with a commitment to delivering quality systems and outcomes.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills for nurturing team growth and respectful client relationships

We are a champion of equal opportunity employment and have committed to targets for gender equity and first nations representation in our workforce. We want you to come as you are by promoting an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds including First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics.

Our people are our energy source and we offer meaningful benefits and rewards that work for you. We offer the opportunity for potential long term career growth as part of our talent development and succession planning process.

Join our team and make a meaningful impact toward Australia’s “Net Zero” targets through the delivery of critical infrastructure projects and be a part of our journey to shape the future of the energy and utilities industry.

Recruitment Process

During our recruitment process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks including pre-employment medical, reference checks and a national police check

 Any questions? Reach out!

jack.betton@jemena.com.au / 03 9173 8986

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