Electrical Engineer

RED Engineering Design; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

RED Engineering Design in Sydney is expanding and seeks an Electrical Engineer to lead small and large projects, from development to coordination of building services for data centres and hospitality sectors.

You will work in a client-facing role, applying robust technical knowledge and effective communication to deliver compliant, energy‑efficient designs. The role suits someone hands-on, with experience across building services and a willingness to drive project success.

Qualifications

• Experience with electrical engineering projects in data centres or building services.

Responsibilities

• Run small projects and coordinate electrical installations.
• Develop control applications for building services.
• Survey and report on electrical installations.
• Ensure calculations and drawings meet standards.
• Represent company at technical meetings with clients and contractors.
• Prepare specification modifications.
• Validate input from intermediate & graduate engineers.

Skills

Health & safety

Workload prioritisation

Time management

Management skills

Consulting background

International work

BS Standards

IT calculations

MS Office

Excel

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Job description

RED (a company of Tractebel) is an expanding international M&E consultancy, with a proven track record in low energy design, focused on providing excellent design solutions to clients.

We now seek an Electrical Engineer to be based in our Sydney office. You will have the ability to run small and large sized projects, undertake a client facing role in the development, design, and co-ordination of engineering projects You will have experience in the delivery of data centres along with other sector experience including commercial, hotel, retail, and hotel design desirable.

Your excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both with colleagues and clients, and experience working on innovative projects with leading client organizations, and contractors will equip you to take a future pro-active role in forging client relationships of our sector portfolio.

You will possess good commercial awareness, in addition to having robust technical knowledge relevant to building services design, and capable of incorporating those technologies into the hotel / hospitality and leisure sector. The position will ideally suit someone who is currently working in building service consultancy and is prepared to work ‘hands on’.

Salary will be AUD 77,500.00 per annum

Job Responsibilies

• Responsible for the running of small projects. Researches, develops, designs and assumes responsibility for coordination and monitoring of engineering project services for Mechanical or Electrical installations, systems, equipment, facilities etc.
• Develops and specifies applications of controls, instruments, and operating systems for all building engineering services purposes
• Surveys tests and reports on existing electrical/mechanical installations
• Specifies activities to ensure that manufacturing, construction, installation, and operational testing confirm to functional specifications and customer requirements
• Represents Company at technical meetings with customers, professional teams and contractors teams
• Preparation of specification modifications (word or excel)
• Ensure engineering calculations and drawings meet required robust industry and legal standards
• Responsible for validation of Intermediate & Graduate Engineer input into designs

Job Requirements

• Sound knowledge of key Health and Safety issues and legislation
• Knowledge of MS Office apple excel etc
• Ability to use IT based calculation and spreadsheet software
• Good understanding of BS standards
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Managerial Skills
• Act in an ethical manner and follows the principles of the Ethics Charter and Ethics in Practice Guidelines
• Background in consulting or construction preferred.
• Good understanding of international working and business operations of a global consultancy