Project Engineer
About this role
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. Every day, all around the world, people depend on technology, transportation, energy, and infrastructure to live and work. With rapid growth in electrification, an energy transition driven by climate change and explosive growth in connectivity, we’re well positioned to solve the world’s toughest electrical and mechanical power management challenges.
We're looking for a Project Engineer to help deliver complex electrical infrastructure projects that support Australia's growing demand for critical power, connectivity, and resilience. This is an opportunity to take ownership of project outcomes, work directly with customers, and build expertise across the full project lifecycle.
If you enjoy solving technical challenges, working closely with customers, and seeing projects through, we'd love to hear from you.
What you’ll do:
As part of our PMO team, you'll play a critical role in delivering customer projects safely, on time, and within budget.
You will:
- Lead project engineering, planning, and delivery activities across the project lifecycle.
- Prepare and review electrical designs, technical documentation, and project deliverables.
- Coordinate installation, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
- Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and project requirements.
- Provide technical leadership, problem-solving, and customer support throughout project delivery.
- Coordinate internal teams, subcontractors, and field specialists to achieve project objectives.
What we're looking for
We're open to candidates from critical power, electrical infrastructure, data centres, utilities, industrial automation, building services, or related industries.
You may be:
- A Project Engineer looking for greater ownership and visibility.
- A Site Engineer wanting broader project delivery exposure.
You'll bring:
- 3+ years' project engineering experience within the electrical industry.
- Experience delivering electrical infrastructure or related projects.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
- Strong planning, organisation, and attention to detail.
- A tertiary qualification in Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
Why Eaton?
Join a global leader delivering the most critical infrastructure projects, where you'll gain end-to-end project exposure, build highly sought-after technical skills, and grow your career in a business shaping the future of electrification and connectivity.
- Work on mission-critical infrastructure projects across data centres, utilities, and industrial environments.
- Own and influence end to end projects delivery.
- Develop expertise across power systems, project delivery, and customer engagement.
- Competitive salary package, car allowance, and bonus.
- Global opportunities, local decision-making, and career progression pathways.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes encourage diversity by utilising a balanced selection criteria regardless of the applicants age, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other status protected or required by law. Eaton prides itself in truly representing the people within our communities.
If this sounds like you, please send through your application. We look forward to hearing from you!
Company at a glance
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.
Eaton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Eaton is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
Top Benefits
- Competitive salary package
- Car allowance
- Bonus
- Career progression pathways
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