Technical Director

Brunel; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Brunel in Sydney seeks a senior transmission engineering leader to guide high-voltage design and interfaces for a major NSW project. You will drive technical decisions and coordinate multidisciplinary teams across the delivery programme, ensuring quality and alignment with requirements.

Ideal candidates have 15+ years in transmission, exposure to 330kV+ projects, and senior leadership experience. The role is hybrid with 2–3 days in the Sydney CBD, starting January 2027 for a ~3.5-year programme.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated leadership on 330kV+ transmission projects.
• Experience at Senior Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, or Technical Director level.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership across high-voltage transmission engineering and design.
• Guide technical decision-making and support delivery of 330kV+ transmission infrastructure.
• Coordinate engineering disciplines, design teams and technical interfaces.
• Review and manage technical deliverables for quality and compliance.
• Resolve complex engineering issues, risks and challenges.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, contractors and teams to align on technical outcomes.
• Contribute senior input to governance, assurance and delivery activities.

Skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Technical decision-making

Job description

You will bring extensive experience across transmission design and technical management, helping guide engineering outcomes, manage technical interfaces and support the delivery of a complex infrastructure programme. The opportunity is suited to someone operating at Senior Principal or Director level, with a minimum of 15 years' relevant experience and a strong track record on 330kV or higher transmission projects.

Our client is an established project management and delivery consultancy supporting major infrastructure projects across Australia. They work with clients and project teams to provide technical expertise, project leadership and delivery support across complex engineering and infrastructure programmes.

Description

• Provide senior technical leadership across high-voltage transmission engineering and design.
• Guide technical decision-making and support the delivery of 330kV+ transmission infrastructure.
• Coordinate engineering disciplines, design teams and technical interfaces.
• Review and manage technical deliverables to ensure quality, consistency and compliance with project requirements.
• Support the resolution of complex engineering issues, design risks and technical challenges.
• Work with project stakeholders, contractors and engineering teams to maintain alignment on technical outcomes.
• Contribute senior-level technical input to project governance, assurance and delivery activities.

Profile

• Minimum 15 years relevant industry experience
• Demonstrated technical leadership or design management experience on 330kV or higher transmission projects.
• Background at Senior Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, Technical Director or equivalent level.
• Strong understanding of high voltage transmission design, engineering delivery and technical interfaces.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams on major transmission infrastructure projects.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and technical decision-making skills.
• Experience with major project claims in the $50M-$100M range and Australian Energy Regulator (AER) processes will be highly regarded.
• Based in Greater Sydney or able to commute to Sydney CBD 2-3 days per week

Job Offer

• Salary package: $250,000-$300,000, depending on experience.
• Location: Sydney CBD, with an expected 2-3 days in the office each week.
• Expected start: January 2027, subject to contract award.
• Duration: Approximately 3.5 years.
• Opportunity to contribute to a major NSW high-voltage transmission infrastructure project.
• Senior technical leadership role suited to an established transmission specialist