Telecommunication Consultant jobs

About ElectraNet

ElectraNet builds, owns, operates and maintains South Australia’s high-voltage electricity transmission network, helping deliver energy from generators to distributors and major customers across the state. Our telecommunications network is a critical part of this system, enabling secure, reliable communications, real-time SCADA and transmission network protection services.

Employee Benefits

At ElectraNet, we recognise the contribution our people make and offer a competitive remuneration package to match. The base salary for these roles starts from $129,500, with higher remuneration available and determined by your relevant experience, technical expertise and industry knowledge. In addition, you’ll receive superannuation and be eligible for a performance bonus of up to 15%. Other benefits also include the following:

• 15 days personal/ carers leave per year.
• 5 weeks of annual leave per year.
• 16 weeks paid parental leave.
• Interstate relocation support for this Adelaide based role.
• Additional paid volunteering and office closure leave.
• Flexible work practices and wellbeing support.
• Paid volunteering leave and cultural celebration flexibility.
• Exciting projects, professional development, and a vibrant and inclusive team culture.
• Support for professional certification and memberships.
• Regular social events and activities.

The Opportunity

Exciting opportunities across two divisions for telecommunication professionals to take your telecommunications experience into the critical infrastructure environment, where the systems you work on directly support the operation, protection and development of South Australia’s electricity transmission network.

Working across a mix of established and evolving telecommunications technologies, you’ll collaborate with specialists across engineering, projects, operations, asset management, cyber security and external delivery partners. Depending on where your experience sits, there are two pathways:

Assets: Telecommunications IP Analyst or Network Specialist

If you enjoy working close to the operational network, solving technical problems and keeping critical infrastructure performing at its best, our Assets opportunity could be for you.

You’ll help manage the performance, reliability and security of ElectraNet’s telecommunications environment, with work spanning network monitoring and optimisation, fault finding, commissioning, configuration, restoration and technical support. You could work across microwave and mobile radio, optical fibre, IP/MPLS, PDH/SDH, network management systems and associated infrastructure.

We’re open to candidates at Analyst or Specialist level, allowing us to consider people with strong hands-on telecommunications experience as well as those bringing deeper specialist network capability.

Delivery: Experienced Telecommunications Engineer

If your experience is more focused on engineering, design and project delivery, our Delivery team offers the opportunity to help shape telecommunications solutions across ElectraNet’s project portfolio.

You’ll contribute across the project lifecycle, from developing telecommunications scopes and specifications and reviewing designs through to network integration, commissioning, technical investigations and operational handover. You’ll work closely with project managers, multidisciplinary engineering teams, contractors and our Assets teams to ensure telecommunications solutions are safe, technically sound and ready for operation.

We’re looking for an experienced Telecommunications Engineer with strong telecommunications design and integration capability and a relevant Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related tertiary qualification.

For this opportunity, we’re seeking an experienced engineer with a tertiary qualification in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications or a relevant discipline, together with eligibility for Engineers Australia membership.

About You

Across these opportunities, we’re interested in telecommunication professionals with:

• Demonstrated telecommunications industry experience.
• Strong analytical, investigation and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of telecommunications technologies such as microwave radio, optical fibre, IP/MPLS, PDH, SDH or WDM.
• Network integration, commissioning or fault finding
• Working in technically complex, safety-focused environments
• Strong analytical and technical problem-solving capability

You’ll also be someone who enjoys working collaboratively, can communicate confidently across technical and non-technical stakeholders, and takes genuine ownership of safe, reliable outcomes.

How To Apply

If you’re a telecommunications professional looking to contribute to critical infrastructure, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply through our careers page and indicate whether your experience is best aligned to:

• Assets: Telecommunications IP Analyst or Network Specialist, or
• Delivery: Experienced Telecommunications Engineer

Copies of the Position Descriptions are also available on our careers page.

Submission of applications will close on 25 November 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as interviews may occur prior to the closing date.

Successful applicants will be required to undergo background checks. These checks may include global criminal history checks, reference checks, and validation of qualifications, employment history, Australian work rights, and any additional checks depending on the role.

ElectraNet is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences—including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disabilities, neurodivergent individuals, and those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.