Principal Electrical Engineer

Kbr; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry leading salaries

Salary packaging and Novated leases

Paid professional membership fees

Life/Health insurance discounts

Flexible work arrangements (start/fin‑

Employee stock purchase plans

Paid parental leave

Personal Career development plans

Growth and promotion opportunities

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to lead LV electrical design for water and industrial plant projects across Australia. You will focus on schematics, equipment layouts, lighting, motor control centers, SCADA, instrumentation and PLCs, mentoring junior engineers and working directly with clients.

You will join a high-performing water team delivering major capital projects for Melbourne Water and other utilities, shaping asset lifecycle delivery from planning through commissioning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (accredited) required.
• Experience with LV electrical design, instrumentation, SCADA and PLCs.
• Experience in industrial plant environments and design modelling teams.

Responsibilities

• Mentor junior engineers and coordinate with clients.
• Lead LV electrical design across projects.
• Collaborate with construction partners to realize designs.

Skills

Instrumentation

Controls

SCADA

LV design

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (accredited)

Job description

Title:

Principal Electrical Engineer

We support water customers across Australia to provide our communities with the best drinking water and wastewater treatment services, whilst innovating ways to safeguard and secure our country's water supplies.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity for a Principal Electrical Engineer with water industry or industrial plant experience to join our high performing water team. The role would be focusing on LV electrical systems including schematics, equipment layout, lighting, motor control centers and communications systems, SCADA, instrumentation and PLCs.

You’ll be a key member of our Water team, who are delivering major capital projects and facility upgrades to water treatment plants and wastewater treatment plants for Sydney Water's North West Treatment Hub, Victoria's South East Water, $1.5 billion, 10-year contract awarded to KBR and our ongoing involvement with all major assets from Melbourne Water.

This is an opportunity to play a key role mentoring juniors and dealing directly with the client, you will work with diverse teams leading projects across the full asset lifecycle. From strategic planning for our future cities to working with our construction partners to gain the invaluable delivery experience seeing your designs come to life. Your opportunities are limitless in this team at KBR.

Who are you?

As a Principal Electrical Engineer in the Water team, you will have previous experience in similar complex plant/industrial environments and have completed design and technical writing. You are driven to deliver outcomes for clients as well as contribute to team success.

You will have the following skills and experience:

• Hold an accredited Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (or related)
• Design experience with knowledge of industry standards. strong skills in instrumentation, controls, SCADA and LV design
• Ability to work in engineering and design modelling teams and contribute to project to scope, budget and program.
• Previous experience gained within industrial, manufacturing, mining, construction or consulting.

Who are we?

Our water team offers services across the full water cycle, delivering major pipelines, large pumping stations and advanced water, wastewater, and recycling treatment plants.

We address critical water cycle challenges and provide solutions through adopting flexible program delivery models and ongoing asset management programs. We are the market leader in program management consulting, supporting key water utilities to achieve phased savings in capital expenditure, while delivering the best environmental and community outcomes that keep the cost of water bills low for millions of Australian people and businesses.

At KBR, we value you - here's how.

• Industry leading salaries reviewed annually.
• Salary packaging and Novated leases
• Paid professional membership fees.
• Life/Health insurance discounts
• Flexible work arrangements (start/finish times, WFH, Flex time)
• Employee stock purchase plans
• Paid parental leave.
• Personal Career development plans
• Growth and promotion opportunities