Meet Our People

Connect prides itself on the quality of the experienced professionals we employ. At Connect people matter. Our success is built upon the dedication, commitment, and hard work of our team.

Building Industry Capacity: Connect has been building industry capacity for 23 years. Connect’s senior leaders have coached, taught and mentored more than 150 apprentices, drafters and engineers since our inception in 1998. Since 2016 Connect has taken on undergraduate electrical engineers on an annual basis to support the development of our industry and our future. Many of our undergraduates are offered fulltime roles at Connect. Creating opportunities for personal and career development is a key focus area for our leadership team.

A Diverse and Respectful Team: At Connect we look out for each other and treat one another equally and with respect. We come from diverse backgrounds and our strength relies on our diverse group working together and supporting each other.

Meet some of our People

Grant - Operations Manager

Grant is an exemplar of what it means to work at Connect. Grant started with Connect as an electrical foreman in 2004 prior to moving into project management and in 2015 was appointed Construction Manager. In 2019 he was promoted to Operations Manager. Over his 17 years at Connect, Grant has delivered Connect’s largest projects. His friendly approachable manner and can-do attitude has seen many complex projects delivered to all client requirements.

Aaron – Hunter Manager

Aaron started with Connect as a project supervisor in 2013 prior to moving into project management and in 2016 was appointed Hunter Manager. Over his 20 years in the HV power industry Aaron has delivered a huge variety of projects from switchyard maintenance & upgrades to HV Construction projects on utilities, mining & private networks (up to 66kV). Aaron’s organisation and leadership has seen Connect’s Hunter office expand and deliver industry leading service to our customers. Aaron leads our team of specialised staff at the hunter office including supervisors, tradesmen and in-house construction crews to deliver on time for our customers.