Team Lead - Secondary & Protection

Fyfe; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Renewable energy focus

Professional growth

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Employee wellbeing

Job summary

Fyfe is seeking an experienced Team Lead – Secondary & Protection to join our Energy team in Australia. Based in Sydney or Melbourne, you will lead a skilled group of engineers, drive technical delivery, and foster collaboration across the power sector.

You will provide leadership on protection relay settings, SCADA/RTU integration, and IEC 61850 interfaces, while managing governance, budgets, and client relationships. Chartered status is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status preferred or willingness to pursue.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of secondary and protection engineers.
• Oversee delivery of HV substation and power infrastructure projects.
• Provide technical leadership on protection relay settings and SCADA/RTU integration.
• Manage team resourcing, budgeting, and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Project delivery

Protection engineering

IEC 61850 interfaces

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Chartered Professional Engineer (preferred)

Tools

Protection relay platforms

IEC 61850 interfaces

Job description

Fyfe is a multi-disciplinary consultancy providing comprehensive engineering, environmental, planning and surveying services throughout Australia. Fyfe works with a wide range of clients in the Energy and Resources, Renewables, Infrastructure and Property sectors to provide high-quality, commercially pragmatic solutions with a strong focus on client service and delivery.

At Fyfe, we view ourselves as a partner to our clients and work toward developing long-lasting relationships. Through open communication and a commitment to outstanding service, our employees deliver professional, safe and efficient services to our clients.

The Opportunity

Fyfe is seeking an experienced Team Lead – Secondary & Protection to join our growing Energy team to be based in either Sydney or Melbourne. This is a senior leadership and technical authoritativerole suited to a highly capable secondary systems and protection engineer who is people focussed, fostering a collaborative team, drivingtechnical delivery and cancontribute to the continued growth of our power sectorcapability across Australia.

What You'll Do

• Lead and mentor a team of secondary and protection engineers, supporting capability, engagement and professional development.
• Oversee delivery of secondary and protection engineering projects across HV substation and power infrastructure works.
• Provide technical leadership across protection relay settings, secondary schematic design, SCADA/RTU integration, substation automation and IEC 61850 interfaces.
• Manage team resourcing, utilisation and forecasting in collaboration with project managers, finance and operational stakeholders.
• Prepare and review proposals, scopes and cost estimates for secondary and protection services.
• Maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships across utilities, network service providers, contractors and project partners.
• Drive quality, governance and technical standards to ensure project outputs meet Fyfe, client and regulatory requirements.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.Chartered Professional Engineer status is preferred, or a willingness to work toward chartership.
• 7-8 years of experience in secondary and protection engineering with at least 2 years in a senior or leadership rolein HV substation and power infrastructure with working knowledge of protection relay platforms and protection philosophy development across transmission and distribution applications.
• Substantial experience managing complex projects, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workloads and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and develop engineers within a project delivery environment.
• Strong commercial awareness, including budget, resource, utilisation and project performance management.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships with clients, technical teams and senior stakeholders.

Why Fyfe?

• A progressive, values-driven consultancy shaping the future of renewable energy.
• Opportunities for professional growth, innovation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Supportive culture with a genuine focus on employee wellbeing and career development.

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