Engineering Lead | Secondary & Protection

HP Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

HRG is seeking an Engineering Lead in the Secondary & Protection discipline, based in Sydney or Melbourne. You will blend technical leadership with people leadership across HV Substations, Transmission, Distribution and Renewable Energy projects.

You'll lead an established group of Secondary & Protection Engineers and Designers, while helping grow the capability as the national team expands.

Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering degree with strong Secondary & Protection experience across Transmission, Distribution, Renewables or HV Substations.
• Strong capability across protection and control schemes, secondary systems design and relevant Australian network standards.
• Senior or Principal level experience with an interest in developing people; formal team management is useful but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery across secondary systems, protection, control, communications and SCADA design for HV infrastructure and renewable energy projects.
• Develop and mentor Engineers and Designers while managing workload, technical quality and team capability.
• Provide technical review and governance while supporting clients, proposals and future growth.

Skills

Protection & control

Secondary systems design

Australian network standards

People leadership

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Job description

Engineering Lead | Secondary & Protection

Engineering Lead | Secondary & Protection
Sydney or Melbourne | Permanent Full Time You've built strong technical depth in Secondary & Protection engineering. Now's the opportunity to have a bigger influence on the team and capability around you.

This role combines technical leadership with people leadership across major HV Substation, Transmission, Distribution and Renewable Energy projects.

You'll lead an established group of Secondary & Protection Engineers and Designers, while helping grow the capability as the national team expands.

You don't need to have held a formal Team Leader title before. If you're operating at Senior or Principal level, enjoy mentoring engineers and are ready to take greater ownership, this could be your next career move.

What's On Offer

• Build the Team Around You -Play a genuine role in developing the S&P capability, from mentoring and recruitment through to how work is delivered.
• Stay Technically Connected -Keep your technical influence across complex protection and control engineering rather than moving into a purely people management role.
• National Project Portfolio -Work across multiple major HV infrastructure and renewable energy projects rather than being tied to one programme or asset.
• Shape Engineering Standards -Have a say in technical governance, checking processes and engineering best practice as the capability develops.
• Broader Leadership Exposure -Work closely with Primary Design, Grid Connection, Civil, Structural, Drafting and Project Delivery teams.
• Accelerate Your Career -Step into a position with greater influence over people, projects and the future direction of a growing national power business.
• Strong Pipeline Ahead -Join during a period of strategic growth, giving you both long term stability and the opportunity to make an impact.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead technical delivery across secondary systems, protection, control, communications and SCADA design for HV infrastructure and renewable energy projects.
• Develop and mentor Engineers and Designers while managing workload, technical quality and team capability.
• Provide technical review and governance while supporting clients, proposals, recruitment and future growth.

What Will Make You Successful

• Electrical Engineering degree with strong Secondary & Protection experience across Transmission, Distribution, Renewables or HV Substations.
• Strong capability across protection and control schemes, secondary systems design and relevant Australian network standards.
• Senior or Principal level experience with an interest in developing people. Previous formal team management is useful, but not essential.

Why Apply?

If you're technically strong but want more influence over the people and engineering capability around you, this gives you the platform.

You'll still be close to the engineering while building a specialist team, shaping how work is delivered and helping develop the next generation of S&P Engineers.

We'd love to hear from you.

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