Primary Substation Principal Engineer or Designer

Arcadis; Brisbane; In loco; AUD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Arcadis Australia invites a Principal Engineer/Designer to lead technical projects for national energy substations. You will oversee concept through detailed design, ensuring high-quality outcomes and timely delivery.

You will mentor junior engineers, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, and support client discussions on earthing, protection, and integration of renewables. Strong communication and project leadership are essential.

Competenze

• Tertiary qualification in electrical/power engineering with chartered status preferred.
• Proven experience leading design teams for HV/EHV substations.
• Strong communication and client-facing skills.

Mansioni

• Prepare and deliver complex substation designs, reports, and proposals.
• Lead technical project teams and mentor junior engineers.
• Coordinate with other design disciplines to ensure design integrity.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Technical authority

Communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Project coordination

Formazione

Electrical/Power Engineering degree

Chartered engineering

RPEQ status

Strumenti

CDEGS earthing software

ETAP

ATP/PSCAD/EMTP

Descrizione del lavoro

Primary Substation Principal Engineer or Designer

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Working closely with our National Renewables & Substations Lead, you will play a key role in delivering national projects within the Energy Sector. You will lead technical project teams and provide technical expertise, support, and guidance to junior engineers, helping to build their knowledge and capabilities. This role is integral to supporting the growth of the team from within, while ensuring high-quality outcomes on significant national projects. You will also receive ongoing support and training to further develop your skills and advance your career.

Preparing and delivering complex designs, reports, proposals and presentations to clients in the following areas:

Concept, FEED, detailed design and owner's engineer services for transmission and distribution substations.

GIS, AIS and hybrid switchyard configurations.

Brownfield and greenfield substation developments.

Substation extensions, refurbishments, replacement programs and life extension projects.

Equipment selection and specification including transformers, switchgear, reactors, capacitor banks, surge arresters, instrument transformers and auxiliary systems.

Substation layout optimisation, safety in design and constructability assessments.

Integration of renewable energy, battery energy storage systems and large customer connections.

Earthing system design and optimisation.

Touch, step and transferred voltage assessments.

Lightning protection and shielding studies.

Cable system design and ratings studies.

Thermal modelling and ampacity assessments (e.g. CYMCAP, ELTEK).

Support construction and technical queries during project delivery.

Manage the delivery of specialised components of projects, advising on the most effective team to achieve this.

Working in collaboration with other design disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design

Leading and mentoring youngerteam members

Provide technical expertise and overview to client and stakeholders and to assist clients through technical decision-making and provide alternative options/solutions if there are changes to project parameters.

Liaising with the Project Manager and the client to keep informed of all developments associated with the project

Qualification & Experience:

12-15 years’ experience as substation engineer, with at least 5 years recent experience as a recognised technical authority for HV and EHV substation primary, earthingand bonding design;

Tertiary qualification in electrical/power engineering, preferably chartered engineering and RPEQ status;

Excellent spoken and written communication skills including a working knowledge of MS Office;

Highly regarded skills include:

Experience in a design consultancy role

Demonstrated ability to lead the design teams and and deliver substation design packages

The ability to develop earthing and induction models in CDEGS earthing system software is desirable

The ability to develop power system models in ETAP or equivalent software tool.

The ability to develop transient studies in ATP/PSCAD/EMTP

The ability to develop EMC management plans and manage the EMC management procedure.

The ability to develop maintenance strategies and procedures, commissioning plans and documentation

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skill-based approach, where you can hardness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

As an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Veterans and spouses are invited to apply.