Technical Specialist, Electrical

Every day, millions of Australians connect, work, stream, and stay in touch on the Optus network. When it works seamlessly, it's easy to take for granted. But behind it is a team making thousands of decisions every day - decisions that keep people, businesses and communities connected.

Right now, Optus is passionate about getting the fundamentals right - simplifying how we work, lifting standards, and building a more reliable, resilient experience for our customers. It's not about surface-level change. It's about how we make decisions, how we work together, and how we deliver.

Lead the planning, design, and delivery of electrical infrastructure projects for Optus Technical Facilities, ensuring current and future power requirements are met.

The role is responsible for identifying infrastructure needs, developing and implementing cost-effective solutions, managing vendors and stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with relevant electrical standards and regulations across LV systems, UPS, batteries, generators, lightning protection, and earthing systems.

This role is also open to Melbourne applicants.

Your day to day will consist of

• Develop and maintain multi-year electrical infrastructure strategies to meet current and future capacity, resilience, and operational requirements for Optus technical facilities.
• Identify infrastructure deficiencies, assess risks, and design innovative, cost-effective solutions to support business growth and reliability.
• Lead the planning, design, scoping, business case development, and delivery of electrical infrastructure projects, including LV systems, UPS, batteries, generators, lightning, and earthing systems.
• Manage stakeholders, vendors, consultants, and contractors to ensure successful project outcomes and strong working relationships.
• Oversee project governance, budgets, forecasting, reporting, procurement, and contract management to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Ensure all designs, construction activities, and project deliverables comply with Australian standards, legislation, safety requirements, and Optus policies.
• Drive end-to-end project implementation, commissioning, testing, and handover while supporting operational continuity and ongoing asset performance improvements.

What makes you perfect for the role

• Tertiary qualifications in Electrical Engineering with 15+ years' experience in critical infrastructure, building services, and construction projects.
• Strong technical expertise in telecommunications facilities and data centres, with special focus on electrical, mechanical, fire, security, and structural systems.
• Extensive knowledge of LV electrical systems, UPS, batteries, emergency generators, lightning protection, earthing, and DC power infrastructure.
• Proven experience in risk management, engineering standards development, and compliance with the Building Code of Australia and Australian Standards.
• Demonstrated commercial and procurement capability, managing CAPEX budgets of $2M-$5M and delivering cost-effective sourcing outcomes. Strategic leadership skills with the ability to develop business cases, lead project teams, manage stakeholders, and drive project delivery.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, organisation, and customer-focused skills, combined with advanced Microsoft Office proficiency.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive remuneration and employee discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and unique shopping discounts with our retail partners.
• Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected' days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever's important to you.
• We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Direct your own development and build future-ready skills with Optus U's industry-focused micro-credentials, developed with La Trobe and Macquarie Universities.
• Build meaningful connections through employee-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 — in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes' to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au or call 18•• ••• 170. We're here to help.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity