Jobs at Downer Group

Lead development of compliant, compelling bid submissions for power-sector tenders. Interview SMEs, write and edit technical content, manage bid plans and reviews, compile required documentation, collaborate with designers, and coach contributors to deliver winning proposals.

Leads town planning activities for wireless telecommunications infrastructure projects across Australia. Manages development applications, planning approvals, environmental assessments, stakeholder engagement, community consultation, outsourced suppliers, and complex site acquisition challenges. Provides client and internal stakeholder support, ensures project commitments and safety standards are met, and mentors Town Planners while driving planning excellence across network deployment projects.

Lead facilities management, maintenance, and cleaning services across four Victorian schools. Manage nine direct reports and subcontractors while overseeing safety, compliance, quality, budgets, risk, reporting, contract KPIs, scheduling, and stakeholder relationships. The role requires regular travel between sites, autonomous work, and a current driver licence, car, and Working with Children Check.

Owns governance, support, optimization, and evolution of the SAP Finance platform. Provides Level 3 support, manages finance master data, user access, segregation of duties, audit remediation, and compliance controls. Leads SAP S/4HANA roadmap initiatives, solution design, requirements gathering, testing, deployment, process improvement, documentation, and stakeholder engagement across Finance, Technology, vendors, and offshore teams.

Lead digital workplace and Service Desk architecture by defining standards, reference patterns, roadmaps, integration designs, and governance. Guide solutions across endpoints, collaboration, identity, cloud, networks, cybersecurity, automation, telemetry, and AI-assisted support. Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, supportable, privacy-conscious, and aligned with enterprise requirements. Partner with technical, operational, delivery, supplier, and business teams to improve employee experience, service quality, automation, knowledge reuse, and proactive support.

Lead and develop a regional hire/asset management team to source, allocate, mobilise and optimise vehicles, plant, equipment and temporary buildings. Partner with operations, finance and procurement to improve utilisation, support bids, drive compliance, reporting, process improvement and deliver cost-effective outcomes.

Leads subcontracting activities across major infrastructure and utility projects, including strategy development, commercial negotiations, contractual risk management, and contract governance. The role partners with procurement, commercial, legal, engineering, and project delivery teams to achieve strong commercial outcomes and support successful project delivery.

Lead and supervise ITS and traffic-signal maintenance crews and subcontractors; schedule and manage site works, bookings and quality control; provide technical guidance to apprentices and direct reports; enforce safety (Zero Harm) and ensure compliance with specifications and project timelines.

Supervise ITS and traffic signal maintenance teams and subcontractors, plan and schedule day-to-day site works and bookings, ensure quality outputs and safety compliance, provide technical leadership and training to apprentices, and coordinate with contractors to meet project timelines.

Provide independent technical assurance over compliance, risk and licensing across a national facilities portfolio. Lead licensing strategy, design Technical Authority frameworks and maturity models, uplift capability via competency frameworks and mentoring, and partner with senior stakeholders to protect the organisation's licence to operate.

Prepare specifications, reports, calculations, layouts and cost estimates for rolling stock electrical systems. Define requirements, develop reference designs, plan integration, ensure system assurance, support delivery phases, troubleshoot fleet issues, manage technical risk, and advise stakeholders to deliver safe, compliant designs.

Lead development of data and AI security standards, embed security-by-design into data and AI initiatives, assess and remediate risks, support incident response, and partner with Privacy, Legal, Risk, Architecture and Technology teams to drive secure adoption and governance of data platforms and AI solutions.

Serve as the primary cyber security liaison for OT stakeholders, driving OT risk management, governance, incident readiness, vulnerability assessments, remediation coordination, and practical security control implementation across product-led DevOps environments. Influence strategy, advise on projects/contracts/suppliers, and report cyber posture to technical and executive stakeholders.

Lead and coordinate security accreditation and assurance for Defence systems. Develop and maintain accreditation artefacts and security reports, perform cyber risk assessments, support Authority to Operate maintenance, and advise engineering and software teams to ensure compliance with Defence cyber requirements.

Support development and maintenance of the Asset Management Operating Model, contribute to technical standards and continual improvement, assist capability uplift and sustainability framework design, and build collaborative relationships across AM teams and stakeholders.

A paid, multi-year cadet program for first- and second-year undergraduates offering structured rotations across Transport & Infrastructure (commercial, project engineering, contracts, finance, lab/testing and onsite delivery). Includes summer full-time placements, mentorship, and practical project experience with mandatory induction and annual summer availability requirements.

Partner with hiring managers to recruit professional, technical and leadership talent across Transport & Infrastructure ANZ. Develop sourcing strategies, build talent pipelines, manage multiple vacancies, deliver excellent candidate experiences, provide market insights, and drive inclusive, innovative attraction solutions.

Perform detailed reviews of wage types, allowances, deductions and payroll configurations to assess compliance with Australian FBT, payroll tax, PAYG withholding, superannuation guarantee and NZ ESCT. Provide technical advice, validate remediation, develop governance recommendations, prepare audit-ready documentation, and partner with payroll, HR, tax and finance stakeholders to improve payroll treatments and controls.

Lead strategic sourcing, procurement and subcontracting across large projects and bids. Develop procurement strategies, manage tenders, supplier engagement, negotiations, complex subcontract packages, and ensure safe, sustainable, compliant procurement practices while partnering with project, commercial, engineering and bid teams.

Lead procurement for major transmission, substation and capital works projects. Develop and execute sourcing and contracting strategies, manage supplier/subcontractor engagement, negotiate commercial outcomes, support high-value bids and project mobilisation, and advise senior leadership.