Ekistica (www.ekistica.com.au) is a professional advisory and technical consultancy firm based in Central Australia with extensive experience delivering innovative solutions to the complex challenges of remote area infrastructure development, across Australia, the Pacific, South Asia and beyond.

Wholly owned by the Indigenous controlled Centre for Appropriate Technology, and with a heritage of working with remote and regional communities that spans almost forty years, our vision is a world where location is no longer a barrier to good technical outcomes: where the appropriation of technology enables people, communities and businesses to reach their full potential. We pursue this by providing high quality, independent technical advisory, design engineering and project delivery services to a wide range of national and international clients that include state and national governments, intergovernmental agencies and development banks/organisations, power utilities, community service organisations, large commercial firms and private investment firms.

Based in Alice Springs our dynamic team includes more than twenty five professional engineers, project managers, engagement specialists and data analysts. You, will work as part of this diverse team to deliver an exciting and challenging suite of projects that include utility scale renewable energy and power supply projects and other public and privately funded remote infrastructure developments.

With experience in project support and administration roles, your capabilities will include:

• High levels of effective communication with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders;
• Understanding and awareness of the technical aspects of infrastructure development, and the ability to communicate effectively regarding these in both technical and non-technical terms;
• Demonstrated exposure to job costing, purchasing, invoicing, auditing, running reports, and spreadsheets within commercial industries/projects;
• Experience developing and working with commercial documentation relating to construction projects; and,
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a team to support project delivery, as well as identify and respond to opportunities for business improvement and promote and maintain internal business processes.
• Experience in the energy sector is highly desirable.

The position is full-time and based in Ekistica’s offices on the beautiful Desert Knowledge Precinct in Alice Springs, with travel to project sites in Australia and oversees where needed.

Ekistica offers 5 weeks annual leave each year, flexible working arrangements, an annual professional development allowance, superannuation of 9.5% in addition to base salary, and annual performance bonus measured against the following key metrics:

• Excellence in provision of technical expertise and advice.
• Thorough and robust project management.
• Collaboration and support of other members of the Ekistica team.
• Demonstrated engagement with the vision and values of Ekistica.
• Continuous focus on maintaining a culture of safety within the organisation.

A relocation allowance is offered for new interstate employees, with additional government support also available.