Job Description

Project Engineer

Full-time | Sydney / Melbourne / Perth | Office-Based / On-Site During Construction

About Us

At JET Charge, our mission is clear – to provide EV charging at no cost, with no emissions. We’re building Australia’s electrified future by developing the infrastructure and technology that make clean transport accessible to everyone. Through innovation in charging, grid, and energy management systems, we’re breaking down barriers to electrification and driving a sustainable, equitable, and Australian-made transition.

The Role

The Project Engineer owns the engineering and design outcome on major, high-voltage connected EV charging projects, from concept and detailed design through procurement, construction, energisation and handover.

On some projects you will produce the design yourself. On others you will coordinate consulting engineers and external design houses who produce it. Both are part of the job, and in both cases the design is yours to get right.

You will work across the disciplines these projects depend on: high-voltage and low-voltage electrical, civil and structural, communications, and battery storage and solar where they are in scope. You will chair the design coordination meetings, manage the RFI register, specify the major equipment JET Charge buys and issues to contractors, and steer the design towards the best value outcome across design and construction.

You will work alongside the Project Manager and the delivery team, and be the technical point of contact for the client, network operators, contractors and independent verification engineers.

This role suits an electrical engineer with solid infrastructure design experience who wants to own the design of technically demanding projects from start to finish.

Key Responsibilities

Design Ownership & Compliance

• Deliver electrical designs for EV charging infrastructure, covering AC and DC low-voltage distribution, high-voltage connections, transformers and protection systems, that comply with AS/NZS standards and applicable codes.
• Meet design stage target dates, and prepare designs so they pass independent third-party verification first time, without any non-compliances identified during the review process.
• Find and resolve engineering risks and non-compliances at the design stage, before they reach site.

Design Management & Coordination

• Own the end-to-end design across high-voltage, low-voltage, civil/structural, battery storage and solar scopes, whether designing directly or coordinating consulting engineers and external design houses.
• Chair and minute design coordination meetings with all relevant parties, and track actions through to close.
• Manage RFI registers and respond to RFIs promptly so the project is not held up.
• Steer the design towards value management, considering costs across both design and construction.

Equipment Specification

• Own the specifications for equipment JET Charge procures and free-issues to contractors, including high-voltage and low-voltage switchboards, transformers, kiosks and cable.
• Issue specifications in time to meet procurement lead times.

Safety in Design

• Share responsibility for HAZOP and Safety in Design reviews.
• Ensure designs and installations meet health, safety and environmental requirements.

Bid & Tender Support

• Provide engineering input to bids and tenders, including technical scoping, estimating support, methodology and risk identification.
• Make sure the engineering assumptions in a bid are sound, clearly documented and carry through into delivery.

Documentation & Reporting

• Produce accurate, complete engineering designs, specifications and project reports, on time.
• Control schedule and cost on your engineering scope, and flag risks before they become overruns.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build effective working relationships with network operators, contractors, consultants and independent verification engineers.
• Explain technical issues in plain language to clients and non-engineering colleagues, and confirm key decisions in writing.

Knowledge & Improvement

• Contribute standards, templates, calculation tools and lessons learned so the wider team benefits beyond a single project.

KPIs

• No safety incidents
• All design stage target dates met
• No major design revisions after sign-off (excluding client-initiated changes)
• No identified non-compliances
• Engineering scope delivered on time and within budget

About You

You are an electrical engineer who is comfortable both designing and managing others who are doing it. You understand how high-voltage, low-voltage and civil scopes fit together on a construction project, and you stay with a technical problem until it is resolved.

We're looking for someone who can bring most of the following:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
• 6+ years in electrical infrastructure design
• Experience on EV charging projects is a plus Experience with multidisciplinary projects that require coordination with other services that include but are not only limited to hydraulic, fire, HV, LV, civil, structural, architectural and control systems
• Experience coordinating consulting engineers or external design houses
• A strong working knowledge of Australian and New Zealand standards and regulatory requirements
• Proficiency with electrical design software such as PowerCAD, CablePro and CAD packages
• The ability to manage multiple projects at once without losing attention to detail
• Clear, professional communication with clients, contractors and internal teams
• Membership of Engineers Australia, with CPEng achieved or actively in progress Experience dealing with network operators on grid connections will be highly regarded.

Our Commitments to You

At JET Charge, we believe our culture is our advantage - diverse, determined and curious. We invest in our people and provide:

✔ Flexible working arrangements

✔ Tailored career development opportunities

✔ EV charging benefits

This is an opportunity to help grow JET Charge's public charging footprint and support the continued rollout of EV infrastructure across Australia

If this sound like you, apply now

To apply, please submit your resume. Applicants must have unrestricted working rights in Australia. This role can be based in either our North Ryde, Port Melbourne or Perth office, with a hybrid working arrangement.

If this role interests you but your experience doesn't match every point, we'd still like to hear from you — we're hiring for capability, not a checklist.

If you need adjustments to the interview process, tell us when you apply and we'll arrange them.