Senior Electrical Engineer

WorleyParsons; Portland; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for a 12-month site-based contract in Portland, Victoria, delivering electrical design for a major client, Alcoa.

You will lead discipline work across brownfield projects, ensure safety and compliance with Australian standards, and coordinate with stakeholders to meet project milestones.

This role requires a 4-year degree and 10+ years experience, with exposure to refinery/mining environments and design reviews.

Qualifications

• 4-year bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of technical experience in refinery/mining or similar industries.
• Experience leading projects at discipline level.
• Strong knowledge of Australian electrical standards.
• Desirable: Hazardous Area Accreditation and/or Functional Safety certification.
• Ability to work across multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver discipline engineering services meeting client and regulatory requirements.
• Undertake engineering design and verification of deliverables.
• Ensure fit-for-purpose solutions from concept to as-built with safe/constructible design.
• Identify hazards and manage lifecycle risks of the asset design.
• Leverage digital/AI tools to improve daily tasks.
• Prepare estimates and schedules for electrical discipline.

Skills

Electrical design

Brownfield projects

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Australian standards

Safety awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Job Description - Senior Electrical Engineer (POR00EW)

Senior Electrical Engineer - POR00EW

Company : Worley

Primary Location

AUS-VIC-Portland

Job

Electrical

Schedule

Full-time

Employment Type : Agency Contractor

Job Posting

Sep 29, 2026

Unposting Date

Oct 29, 2026

Reporting Manager Title : Delivery Director, Electrical Engineering - Australia

Duration of Contract : 12 Months

Senior Electrical Engineer

Location: Portland, Victoria

Full time site-based role

12-month contract with likelihood of extension

Customer: Alcoa

Responsibilities

• Deliver discipline specific engineering services that meet Worley, the client’s and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Undertake engineering design and technical verification of discipline project deliverables by others (within your technical capability).
• Ensure a 'fit for purpose' solution from concept through to as built is developed considering safe and sustainable design, constructability, commissioning phases, operability, maintainability and decommissioning.
• Proactively seek an understanding of the safety hazards and risks associated with the asset lifecycle of the designed product, plant or structure; be responsible for action and close out where relevant.
• Identify issues and problems; develop appropriate and innovative solutions; and ask for assistance if required.
• Proactive interest in leveraging digital and AI-enabled tools in day-to-day work.
• Perform and/or manage discipline specific engineering services.
• Ensure the project scope is clear and that changes to scope comply with project change management processes.
• Prepare/assist or oversee the production of engineering calculations, drawings and documentation.
• Ensure all deliverables are checked in accordance with Worley checking procedures.
• Participate in project reviews, HAZIDs/HAZOPs and safety in design workshops as required.
• Prepare engineering estimates for the electrical discipline in response to requests for quotation including:
• detail methodologies and/or engineering tasks in scope and those out of scope.
• clarify and detail assumptions, exclusions, relied upon information and the deliverables list.
• input into the schedule incorporating a realistic delivery sequence for the discipline with consideration to project milestones; input from other disciplines and receival of relied upon information.
• ascertaining resources required based on availability.
• Communicate effectively and regularly with the project stakeholders/team including the Workshare team, Lead Engineer/Designer and Project Managers.
• Establish and maintain relationships with contractors, the client and other Worley personnel.
• Actively contribute to the development and improvement of Worley engineering systems, processes, practices, and procedures.
• In a project lead capacity (where relevant):
• Manage sequence of engineering tasks at a high level to ensure delivery according to project schedules (including activities by third party contractors).
• Be the primary interface with customer for discipline-specific engineering issues.
• Ensure technical integrity of the discipline deliverables through the implementation of checking and design review activities.
• Provide technical direction, control and supervision for engineering and design on the project.
• Responsible for delivering discipline design deliverables within schedule and budget.
• Maintain discipline task and deliverables lists for the project.
• Manage quality and consistency within the discipline.
• Coordinate change control and technical query process within the discipline.
• Manage discipline resources assigned to the project; this also includes providing active feedback to individuals.
• Reporting progress of discipline deliverables.
• Maintain discipline files and follow Worley Way processes.
• Coordinate design with other disciplines and squad checking deliverables.
• Tertiary qualifications with a 4-year bachelor's degree in engineering majoring in Electrical Power or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years technical experience in the Refinery/Smelter/Mining or similar industry; including experience leading projects on a discipline level.
• Extensive experience (>6 years recent) in brownfield electrical systems modification detailed design and knowledge of instrumentation and control system interfaces.
• Must have ability to work across multiple projects.
• Experience across all phases of engineering projects.
• Excellent understanding of Australian electrical standards.
• Hazardous Area Accreditation (desirable) and/or Functional Safety TUV Certification (beneficial).
• Good understanding and proven experience in:
• Equipment sizing, cable routing, equipment layouts, lighting design, earthing design, arc flash requirements and HV switchgear and MCC design.
• Control system interfacing and instrumentation.
• Electrical calculations required for design.
• Protection systems and relay settings (overcurrent, earth fault, motors, VSDs).
• Creation of design drawings such as SLDs, schematics, terminations, schedules, layouts.
• Site experience such as scoping solutions, equipment inspections, construction and commissioning.
• Witnessing and inspection of equipment during FATs, SATs.
• Preparing ITPs, MTOs, datasheets, specifications, construction methodologies, philosophy documents, procurement requisitions and construction scope of works packages.
• Input into electrical estimates and execution schedules.
• Understanding of shutdown planning and considerations for design.

• A dedication to client satisfaction
• Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills
• You will be an enthusiastic team player, with excellent stakeholder management skills