Principal Electrical Engineer | Substations

Titan Recruitment; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Primary Electrical Engineer (Substations) is required to lead HV substation design activities for large-scale projects across renewable energy, transmission and industrial sectors. The role covers concept through to commissioning with a focus on technical leadership and design verification.

You will work on projects nationally with responsibilities spanning layouts, primary equipment specification and mentor support to the engineering team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
• 10+ years HV substation design
• Design verification experience required
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• CPEng preferred, RPEQ desirable

Responsibilities

• Lead primary design of HV substations from 132kV through to 500kV
• Develop substation layouts and SLDs
• Specify primary plant equipment
• Support commissioning and energisation
• Mentor engineering team members

Job description

Principal Primary Electrical Engineer (Substations) Location: Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne or Australia-wide

About the Role

Join a growing substation team delivering high-voltage infrastructure projects across renewable energy, transmission, distribution, mining and industrial sectors. This role provides technical leadership across the full project lifecycle, from concept design through to commissioning and energisation.

Benefits

• Lead nationally significant HV projects


• Diverse renewable and utility portfolio


• Technical authority leadership opportunities


• End-to-end project lifecycle exposure

Essential Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering


• 10+ years HV substation design


• Design verification experience required


• Strong stakeholder management skills


• CPEng preferred, RPEQ desirable

Key Responsibilities

• Lead primary design of HV substations from 132kV through to 500kV.


• Develop substation layouts and SLDs


• Specify primary plant equipment


• Support commissioning and energisation


• Mentor engineering team members

About our Client

Our client is a specialist engineering consultancy delivering HV substation infrastructure projects across renewable energy, transmission, distribution, mining and industrial sectors. The business is involved in complex network and grid connection projects nationally.