Senior Electrical Project Engineer (Critical Power, Design & Delivery)

Next Day Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Day Recruitment is seeking a Senior Electrical Project Engineer in Sydney to lead electrical design for generator and switchgear packages, ensuring adherence to standards and client requirements. You will coordinate with mechanical teams and drive project delivery for data centres, hospitals, and utilities.

You will mentor junior engineers, perform FA/tests, and support site handover while managing budgets and schedules in a dynamic, manufacturing-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (CPEng/NER registration or eligibility highly regarded).
• 10–15+ years of engineering experience with custom generator packaging, critical backup power, and MV/LV switchboards.
• Proven track record delivering turnkey power solutions into data centres, hospitals, heavy industry, or utilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical design on generator and switchgear packages: alternator selection and derating, neutral earthing, paralleling and load sharing, ATS and changeover, N+1 and 2N configurations.
• Fault current and protection studies, discrimination, relay and breaker settings, overloads.
• Cable sizing to AS/NZS 3008, cable and termination schedules, busbar and switchboard ratings to AS/NZS 61439.
• Check and sign off schematics, single line diagrams, switchboard GAs, control and interface drawings in AutoCAD Electrical.
• Check designs against engine and alternator manufacturer limits, including ventilation, exhaust back pressure and acoustic attenuation, with the mechanical team.
• Run factory acceptance tests and load bank testing, then site commissioning and handover documentation.
• Front clients, consultants and suppliers on technical queries, driving project delivery to schedule and budget.
• Mentor the junior engineer and drafters. Stand in for the Head of Department.

Skills

Critical power systems

MV/LV switchgear

Project leadership

Electrical design

Mentoring

Client liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

ETAP

Job description

Senior Electrical Project Engineer (Critical Power, Design & Delivery)

Client and Job:

You’ll be working with an established Sydney engineering and manufacturing business that designs, builds, tests and installs packaged diesel generator systems the sets themselves, the acoustic enclosures, fuel and exhaust systems, LV and MV switchboards, paralleling and changeover switchgear, and the controls that tie it all together.

Their work goes into data centres, hospitals, utilities, telecoms and heavy industry across Australia. Sydney based, west of the city.

What you will be doing:

• Lead electrical design on generator and switchgear packages: alternator selection and derating, neutral earthing, paralleling and load sharing, ATS and changeover, N+1 and 2N configurations.
• Fault current and protection studies, discrimination, relay and breaker settings, overloads.
• Cable sizing to AS/NZS 3008, cable and termination schedules, busbar and switchboard ratings to AS/NZS 61439.
• Check and sign off schematics, single line diagrams, switchboard GAs, control and interface drawings in AutoCAD Electrical.
• Check designs against engine and alternator manufacturer limits, including ventilation, exhaust back pressure and acoustic attenuation, with the mechanical team.
• Run factory acceptance tests and load bank testing, then site commissioning and handover documentation.
• Front clients, consultants and suppliers on technical queries, driving project delivery to schedule and budget.
• Mentor the junior engineer and drafters. Stand in for the Head of Department.

What we are looking for:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (CPEng/NER registration or eligibility highly regarded).
• 10–15+ years of engineering experience with a deep focus on custom generator packaging, critical backup power, and MV/LV switchboards.
• Proven track record delivering turnkey power solutions into data centres, hospitals, heavy industry, or utilities.
• Advanced proficiency in fault, protection, and discrimination studies, plus cable sizing to AS/NZS 3008 and 61439.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and the leadership maturity to step up as 2IC to the Head of Department.
• Full Australian working rights and a stable career history.