Senior Associate, Transmission Line Engineering - HV Design

Beca; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Beca’s Transmission Line Engineering team seeks a Senior Associate to lead protection and controls design for HV substations (220kV/500kV) across Australia and New Zealand. You’ll conduct fault studies, coordinate teams, and mentor engineers while delivering compliant, high-quality designs that meet clients’ scoping and project delivery requirements.

You will collaborate with clients and internal teams to ensure successful design outcomes, while advancing your technical leadership within an

Qualifications

• Design expertise in protection and secondary systems for HV substations (220kV/500kV).
• Experience in fault studies and relay coordination using industry-standard software.
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and mentor junior engineers.
• Strong client engagement and ability to translate technical concepts to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Complete protection and controls design for HV substations (220kV/500kV).
• Conduct fault studies to optimize system performance.
• Lead engineers on large work packages with coaching and mentorship.
• Deliver concept and detailed designs from high-level diagrams to protection settings.
• Provide technical advice for project scoping, design and delivery to meet client needs.
• Ensure compliance with design standards and quality checks.

Skills

Protection design

HV transmission design

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Coaching & mentoring

Problem solving

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Professional Engineer status (RPE/ CPE) progress

Job description

Beca’s Transmission Line Engineering team seeks a Senior Associate to lead protection and controls design for HV substations (220kV/500kV) across Australia and New Zealand. You’ll conduct fault studies, coordinate teams, and mentor engineers while delivering compliant, high-quality designs that meet clients’ scoping and project delivery requirements.

You will collaborate with clients and internal teams to ensure successful design outcomes, while advancing your technical leadership within an