Principal Electrical Design Engineer (Team Lead)

SAGE Group; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SAGE Automation, a Tetra Tech company, is Australia’s leading independent industrial automation and control systems integrator, part of the SAGE Group. We seek a Principal Electrical Design Engineer (Team Lead) in Adelaide to lead a small team delivering complex electrical designs for diverse projects.

You will mentor staff, define design standards, collaborate with manufacturing, and liaise with clients to refine scopes, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery of high-quality solutions.

Qualifications

• Australian Citizenship is essential.
• Proven experience managing and leading a small to medium electrical design team.
• Electrical Engineering degree with Principal level experience.
• Eligible for state-based engineering registration in Electrical Engineering.
• Verifiable knowledge of design engineering principles and practices.
• Verifiable design management and leadership experience.
• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to engage with key stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small-to-medium electrical design team to deliver complex engineering solutions within requirements, schedule and budget.
• Develop and implement design and drafting processes, standards and templates.
• Mentor and lead your team, including extended teams to achieve schedule, quality and budget targets.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing to ensure design constructability and effectiveness.
• Liaise with clients and stakeholders to refine scopes of work as needed.
• Report to Regional Engineering Manager on design production to meet project requirements, budgets and timeframes.

Skills

People leadership

Electrical design

Project delivery

Client liaison

Stakeholder management

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Job description

SAGE Automation, a Tetra Tech company, is Australia's leading independent industrial automation and control systems integrator and a recognised leader in the design, delivery and support of industrial and electrical control solutions. SAGE Automation is also part of the SAGE Group which brings the best thinking to critical industrial operators across the Water, Energy, Defence, Transport, Manufacturing and Resources sectors.

Exceptional opportunity for a strong people leader to join our Adelaide design team and showcase your advanced design and delivery expertise in Electrical Engineering.

As a Principal Electrical Design Engineer (Team Lead), you will be responsible for leading a small team to successfully and competently deliver complex engineering solutions for projects within requirements, schedule and budget. This is a role where leadership, stakeholder management and delivery excellence intersect.

In this role, you will:

• Foster a culture of technical excellence, quality assurance, collaboration, client satisfaction, delivery focus among the engineering team.
• Be accountable for the development and implementation of design and drafting processes, standards and templates
• Provide mentoring and leadership to your team, which may also include leading extended teams to achieve non-technical project outcomes, such as accountability for the team’s performance in achieving schedule, quality and budget targets.
• Work closely with the Manufacturing team to ensure effectiveness of designs and constructability
• Be confident in liaising directly with clients and key stakeholders in developing and refining scopes of work as needed.
• Be accountable to the Regional Engineering Manager for the preparation and production of electrical designs to meet project requirements, specifications, budgets, and timeframes.

Skills and Experience:

• Australian Citizenship is essential for this role.
• Proven experience managing and leading a small to medium size electrical design team.
• Electrical Engineering degree with proven experience at Principal level, ideally within automation.
• Eligible for state-based engineering registration in Electrical Engineering.
• Verifiable knowledge of design engineering principles and practices.
• Verifiable design management and leadership experience.
• Excellent communication skills with the confidence to engage with key stakeholders at all levels.

Join an industry leader:

• Develop your career in a dynamic environment with ongoing learning and development.
• Support a diverse range of cutting-edge projects and innovative technologies.
• Achieve competitive remuneration and employee benefits.

SAGE Group is committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly, and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that supports a diverse and inclusive workforce and would like to encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

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