Senior Electrical Engineer - HV/MV Substation Lead

Fyfe; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Fyfe is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design and documentation of power and electrification infrastructure projects in Sydney. You will work with independence, applying technical expertise across substations and grid connections to influence project quality and client outcomes.

This role offers hands-on engineering leadership, mentoring of graduates, and opportunities to shape standards within Fyfe’s NSW power market while collaborating with clients and contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 8–10 years of electrical engineering experience in power and electrification.
• Experience with HV/MV design, substations, and grid infrastructure.
• Familiarity with AS 2067, AS 3000 and utility standards.
• Experience with power system studies and protection engineering.
• Proficient in ETAP, SKM PowerTools or PowerFactory.

Responsibilities

• Deliver HV/MV electrical design and documentation across power and electrification projects.
• Design HV/MV substations (11 kV–330 kV), grid connection infrastructure, renewables and industrial electrification.
• Prepare feasibility studies, business cases, technical reports, design documentation, protection philosophies, protection studies and relay settings.
• Prepare and review single-line diagrams, substation layouts, cable schedules, equipment specifications, and protection and automation documentation.
• Perform power system modelling, protection coordination studies and network analysis using industry-standard software.
• Support multidisciplinary project teams and collaborate with clients, contractors and Network Service Providers.
• Lead design reviews, technical workshops and stakeholder meetings.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers and graduates.
• Support proposal development, client engagement and business growth initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Power system studies

Protection coordination

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

SKM PowerTools

PowerFactory

Job description

Fyfe is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design and documentation of power and electrification infrastructure projects in Sydney. You will work with independence, applying technical expertise across substations and grid connections to influence project quality and client outcomes.

This role offers hands-on engineering leadership, mentoring of graduates, and opportunities to shape standards within Fyfe’s NSW power market while collaborating with clients and contractors.