Senior Secondary & Protection Engineer — Lead HV Substation Design

Beca; Sydney; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Beca is seeking Senior Secondary & Protection Engineers to join our Power team in Australia. You will deliver protection and controls designs for HV 220kV and EHV 500kV projects and lead multidisciplinary teams across transmission and distribution utilities.

We value deep expertise in HV protections and substation automation, and the ability to mentor the next generation of engineers while delivering compliant, high-quality designs in a collaborative, employee-owned consultancy environment.

Qualifications

• Must have secondary and protection design engineering expertise for complex power projects.
• Extensive experience in electricity transmission and distribution.
• Advanced expertise in secondary and protection design.
• HV power designs and protection relay technology experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement protection and controls for HV and EHV substations.
• Conduct fault studies with industry software.
• Lead engineers on larger work packages and mentor juniors.
• Review protection schemes from diagrams to settings.
• Provide technical advice on scoping, design and delivery.
• Ensure compliance with standards and quality checks.

Skills

HV power designs

Protection relay tech

Substation automation

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Registered Professional Engineer status

Chartered Professional Engineer status

Job description

Beca is seeking Senior Secondary & Protection Engineers to join our Power team in Australia. You will deliver protection and controls designs for HV 220kV and EHV 500kV projects and lead multidisciplinary teams across transmission and distribution utilities.

We value deep expertise in HV protections and substation automation, and the ability to mentor the next generation of engineers while delivering compliant, high-quality designs in a collaborative, employee-owned consultancy environment.