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 Manager to lead the delivery of complex electrical infrastructure projects with real customer, commercial, and operational impact. This is an opportunity to take ownership of major projects, influence outcomes, and work alongside experienced professionals delivering some of Australia's most critical infrastructure.
If you enjoy leading teams, navigating complexity, and turning plans into successful project outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.
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 end-to-end project delivery across complex electrical infrastructure projects.
- Develop project plans, schedules, resource strategies, and delivery frameworks.
- Manage project budgets, forecasting, reporting, and commercial outcomes.
- Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks throughout the lifecycle.
- Build strong customer relationships and act as a trusted project partner.
- Lead cross-functional teams to achieve quality, safety, and delivery objectives.
- Drive project governance, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement initiatives.
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 Manager seeking larger or more complex projects.
- A Senior Project Engineer ready to step into project leadership.
You'll bring:
- 5+ years' project management experience within the electrical industry.
- Experience managing budgets, schedules, resources, and project risk.
- Strong customer relationship management, communication, and negotiation skills.
- The ability to lead teams and navigate complex project environments.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capability.
- A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
Why Eaton?
Join a global leader delivering the most critical infrastructure projects, where you'll lead high-impact programs, influence project outcomes, and grow your career in a business shaping the future of electrification and connectivity.
- Lead complex, mission-critical projects across data centres, utilities, and industrial environments.
- Take ownership of projects from planning and delivery through to customer handover.
- Strengthen your commercial, leadership, and project delivery expertise within a fast-growing market.
- 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!
Skills Required
- 5+ years of project management experience within the electrical industry
- Experience managing project budgets, schedules, resources, and risks
- Strong customer relationship management, communication, and negotiation skills
- Ability to lead teams and navigate complex project environments
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capability
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related discipline
Eaton Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Eaton and has not been reviewed or approved by Eaton.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, and company‑paid disability, with HSAs/HRAs and wellness programs enhancing access and support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company matching alongside additional retirement contributions, with some sites also featuring pension and profit‑sharing components.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for all parents, childbirth leave via short‑term disability for birth mothers, adoption benefits, and subsidized backup care signal strong family‑focused support.
Eaton Insights
What We Do
Planes. Hospitals. Factories. Data centers. Vehicles. The electrical grid. These are things people depend on every day. And the companies behind them depend on Eaton to solve some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet. Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently, and more reliably. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 92,000 employees.
Why Work With Us
At Eaton, we make what matters work—creating exciting new power management technologies that keep the world moving every day. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals can reach their full potential—and where they help us reach ours.
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