Enerven delivers electrical infrastructure and telecommunications solutions that are vital to connecting communities across Australia. Our design, construction, and maintenance services ensure reliable power generation, transmission, and distribution to homes and businesses nationwide – and our commitment to renewable energy and resilient grid infrastructure sets us apart.

The expertise and dedication of our people spans the entire electricity network, so careers at Enerven are defined by meaningful contributions and impactful work.

At Enerven, we’re connecting you with tomorrow.

About the role

Following a recent internal promotion and continued business growth, Enerven is entering the next phase of national expansion and organisational capability uplift. As we scale, the strength of our workforce strategy, leadership maturity and industrial foundations will be critical to sustained success.

The General Manager People & Culture is a key executive appointment, reporting directly to the CEO and forming part of the Senior Leadership Team.

This role carries organisation accountability for shaping and delivering a People & Culture strategy that enables Enerven’s 2030 ambition. You will architect workforce capability, strengthen industrial foundations and elevate leadership performance to ensure our people capability keeps pace with operational growth and increasing complexity.

We operate in a contracting environment where outcomes matter and leadership standards must translate into real-world delivery.

This position is based at our Adelaide Head Office, with relocation support available for the successful candidate.

You will:

• Shape and execute Enerven’s enterprise People & Culture strategy in direct alignment with the growth agenda
• Architect workforce capability and organisational design to support national expansion and operational complexity
• Provide executive oversight of industrial relations strategy across a unionised workforce
• Elevate leadership capability and performance standards across the Senior Leadership Team and broader organisation
• Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO on culture, workforce risk and organisational effectiveness
• Lead and mature the People & Culture function into a strategically aligned, future-ready capability

About you

You are a seasoned executive leader with experience shaping workforce strategy in complex, operational environments. You have operated within construction, infrastructure, energy, mining or similarly industrial sectors where industrial stability, workforce capability and delivery performance must align.

You understand that in a growing operational business, people strategy must enable delivery, not sit alongside it.

You bring the executive presence and judgement to influence at Board and enterprise level, balancing strategic foresight with grounded execution. You elevate leadership capability while remaining closely connected to operational realities.

You have led enterprise People & Culture functions within unionised workforces, including enterprise agreement negotiation and union engagement. Your experience spans workforce planning, organisational design and leadership capability uplift aligned to growth.

An attractive executive remuneration package will be negotiated with the successful candidate, reflective of the scale and enterprise impact of this mandate.

About us

The work behind the network
When you join Enerven, you are working for a team guided by its core values of dependability, proactiveness and collaboration.

A skilled and diverse workforce
Our broad industry skillset enables us to meet complex challenges with agility and expertise. Our team is at the forefront of change – building a more sustainable future by connecting Australia with tomorrow.

Outstanding culture of safety and well-being
Health, safety and well-being form the foundations of our operations, and we have an unwavering commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our people, our customers and the community we serve.

Flexible work options and employee benefit programs
Enjoy flexible working conditions that ensure you can have a better work, life balance, all in a collaborative, safe and supportive work environment.

An inclusive and equal opportunity organisation
We value and respect the unique backgrounds and experiences of our employees, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. As members of the Diversity Council Australia, our employees can receive full access to research, events and expertise on all aspects of diversity and inclusion.

Don't let this opportunity pass you by. For further information or any queries about this role, reach out to jessica.machtoub@enerven.com.au  

Be part of something bigger. Join Enerven and help connect Australia with tomorrow.