Project Engineer - Sydney

NES Fircroft Ltd; Blacktown; On-site; AUD 106,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Vehicle

Further benefits

Job summary

NES Fircroft’s client is seeking a Project Engineer for Western Sydney to coordinate design development and delivery of electrical infrastructure projects, including BESS engagements. You will work with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure constructability, cost efficiency, and schedule adherence.

The role requires strong Project Management, stakeholder negotiation, and risk management skills, with a focus on delivering complex grid-scale projects in Australia.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management and proficient negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities to gain results.
• Proven BESS project delivery experience.
• Able to identify and manage risks, including those affecting customers and assets.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the design development phase with internal engineering, procurement, and delivery teams, as well as external stakeholders; clients, consultants, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Review engineering designs to ensure constructability, cost efficiency, and project compliance.
• Lead procurement activities to ensure the timely delivery of equipment.
• Lead bid evaluations for the subcontractors and vendors.
• Monitor project progress per the project schedule, identify delays, and find solutions with stakeholders.
• Manage site engineers and design teams to resolve site queries.
• Lead coordination meetings with Subcontractors and Design team.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Project management

BESS delivery

Risk management

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Project Engineer – Western Sydney

NES Fircroft has partnered with a growing engineering and project delivery business that specialises in the design and construction of critical electrical infrastructure across Sydney. Working alongside utilities, renewable energy developers, and major contractors, the team delivers complex transmission, distribution, substation, grid connection, and utility-scale BESS projects that are supporting the ever-growing energy transition in Australia.

About the Role

With a strong pipeline of work and ambitious growth plans, this is a striking opportunity to become part of a collaborative, technically focused team where you’ll have the chance to be exposed to BESS projects from front-end to back-end engineering phases but mainly supporting the design and delivery. Reporting into the Project Manager, you will play a key role in coordinating the technical and commercial delivery of electrical infrastructure projects.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinate the design development phase with internal engineering, procurement, and delivery teams, as well as external stakeholders; clients, consultants, vendors, and subcontractors


• Review engineering designs to ensure constructability, cost efficiency, and project compliance


• Lead procurement activities to ensure the timely delivery of equipment’s


• Lead bid evaluations for the subcontractors and vendors


• Monitor the project progress as per the project schedule, identify the delays, and find solutions alongside internal and external stakeholders


• Manage and work alongside the site engineers as well as the design teams to resolve all site queries


• Lead the coordination meeting with Subcontractors and Design team.

Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering


• Demonstrated stakeholder management and proficient negotiation skills


• Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities to gain results


• Proven BESS project delivery experience


• Able to identify and manage risks, including those affecting relevant customers and assets.

Benefits:

• Salary up to $177,000 including superannuation


• Company Vehicle


• Further benefits.

Please note:

My client has indicated they are not able to sponsor for this role; therefore, you must be a resident in Australia and have full working rights in Australia for this role.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.