Civil Engineer — Project Delivery — Melbourne, AU

Hey, I'm Justin.
I'm an engineer figuring out life in Australia.

I build infrastructure for a living and I'm slowly building a life I'm proud of on the side — sharing the tools and ideas that actually worked along the way.

Justin Jacob
FIG. 01 — MELBOURNE, 2026
About

From a shared room in Geelong to a 9-to-5 I'm still figuring out.

I finished my civil engineering degree in India and moved to Australia in 2020 — landing in a shared room in Geelong with no real plan beyond "make it work."

Since then I've completed my Master's, worked as a project manager on infrastructure projects, and now sit inside a PMO office supporting programs with operating assets worth over $3.6 billion. It's been a genuinely wild ride.

Outside the 9-to-5, you'll find me behind a camera, on a motorbike, or in the kitchen — and increasingly, thinking about how to build financial freedom instead of just clocking in.

2020Landed in Australia
$3.6B+In assets supported
2Degrees, two countries
What I Share

Ideas & tools from my career, for your day to day.

FIN

Financial Freedom

Practical thinking on saving, investing, and building freedom while working a full-time engineering job.

PM

Project & Career Lessons

What running infrastructure programs teaches you about managing your own career and priorities.

AUS

Life in Australia

Honest notes on migrating, settling in, and building a life from scratch in a new country.

LENS

Behind the Lens

Photography, motorbike rides, and cooking — the things that keep the rest of it worth it.

Career So Far

A rough timeline.

Civil Engineering Degree

Foundations

Completed my civil engineering degree in India before making the move to Australia in 2020.

Master's Degree

Starting Over

Rebuilt from a shared room in Geelong — completed my Master's while settling into a new country.

Project Manager

Infrastructure Projects

Worked as a project manager delivering infrastructure projects, learning the realities of running large-scale work.

Current — PMO

$3.6B+ Asset Portfolio

Now supporting multiple programs inside a PMO office, working across operating assets worth over $3.6 billion.

Toolkit

Skills & tools

Project Management PMO & Governance Stakeholder Management Risk & Change Management Primavera P6 MS Project Power BI Excel / Reporting Asset Management

Placeholder list based on your role — tell me which of these to keep, drop, or add.

Off the Clock

What keeps me sane

01

Photography

Mostly out and about around Melbourne — still learning, always shooting.

02

Motorbike Rides

The best thinking happens two wheels down, away from a screen.

03

Cooking

Equal parts stress relief and an excuse to feed people well.

Get In Touch

Got a question, a project, or just want to say hi?

Justin.jkb@icloud.com