Principal Electrical Engineer

AECO; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer or Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Adelaide or Perth office. You will enhance local electrical engineering capabilities, mentor junior engineers, and work on mining, industrial and civil infrastructure projects.

You'll manage electrical components through feasibility, detailed design, procurement, site construction and commissioning, collaborating with a broad team across resources, transport, water and buildings to deliver high-impact

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree required.
• Proven design experience in mining, local government, or heavy industry.
• Experience with HV/LV distribution, controls and communications, safety systems, and motor controls.

Responsibilities

• Manage electrical components across all project phases including feasibility, detailed design, procurement, site construction and commissioning.
• Collaborate with engineers across resources/industrial, transport, water and buildings projects.
• Provide technical advice on local sustaining capital projects and studies.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers and help grow the team.

Skills

Electrical design

HV/LV distribution

Controls & communications

Safety systems

Motor controls

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

Job description

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Our Resources + Industry team have an opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer or Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Adelaide or Perth office. This role will be focused on enhancing our local electrical engineering capabilities, capacity and client base. You will utilize your strong communication and technical skills to up-skill the current team and work on a range of mining, industrial and civil infrastructure projects.

How you’ll make a difference

Manage electrical components of projects across all phases of the project lifecycle including: feasibility studies, detailed design, procurement assistance, site construction and commissioning

Collaborate with skilled engineers across a range of diverse projects within resources / industrial, transport, water and buildings

Provide technical advice on local sustaining capital projects and studies

Mentor, develop and guide junior engineers whilst playing an active part in growing your team in size and capability

Qualifications

The qualities that help you thrive

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role.

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree

Proven engineering / design experience within mining, local government or heavy industry sectors

Exposure to the design and specification of industrial systems such as HV/LV distribution, controls and communications, safety systems and motor controls

Proficient in producing engineering documentation such as technical specifications, datasheets, reports and scope of works.

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the landson which we, our clients and our communities live and workaround Australia.We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses.Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here:https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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