Senior Secondary Engineer

Beca Group; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Beca Group in New Zealand seeks a Senior Secondary & Protection Engineer to lead a highly skilled team delivering protection and control systems for HV 220kV and EHV 500kV projects across Australia and New Zealand.

You will work with top power engineers to deliver detailed designs, perform fault studies, and provide technical guidance to clients while ensuring high quality and compliance with standards.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Secondary and Protection design engineering.
• Extensive experience in electricity transmission and distribution, with advanced expertise in secondary and protection design.
• Deep understanding of HV power designs and experience with modern protection relay technology, substation automation systems, and commissioning.
• Experience leading teams and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Complete detailed design and implementation of protection and controls systems for HV 220kV and EHV 500kV projects.
• Conduct fault studies using industry-standard software to ensure optimal system performance.
• Lead teams of engineers on larger work packages, including coaching, mentorship and on-the-job training.
• Deliver concept and detailed designs, reviewing protection schemes from high-level R&I diagrams to detailed schematics.

Skills

Protection design

HV power systems

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Electrical engineering

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Professional Engineer status (progress/achieved)

Tools

Protection relay technology

Substation automation systems

Job description

Overview

Senior Secondary & Protection Engineer. Join a highly experienced international team of secondary engineering specialists in a leadership role. Support the renewable energy transition through the delivery of projects across Australia and New Zealand. Develop your technical expertise by learning from industry-leading power engineers, designers and technical leaders.

Responsibilities

• Complete detailed design and implementation of protection and controls systems for distribution, sub-transmission, and transmission substations for High Voltage (HV 220kV) and Extra High Voltage (EHV 500kV) projects.
• Conduct fault studies using industry-standard software to ensure optimal system performance.
• Lead teams of engineers on larger work packages, including coaching, mentorship and on-the-job training of the next generation of power engineers.
• Deliver concept and detailed designs, reviewing secondary and protection schemes from high-level R&I diagrams through detailed schematics and protection settings.
• Provide technical advice to clients for project scoping, design and delivery, aligned to their requirements.
• Ensure compliance with legislative design standards while performing quality checks to maintain high standards of delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Secondary and Protection design engineering with experience delivering complex power engineering projects.
• Extensive experience in electricity transmission and distribution, with advanced expertise in secondary and protection design.
• Deep understanding of HV power designs and experience with modern protection relay technology, substation automation systems, and commissioning.
• Experience leading teams and a demonstrated ability to coach and mentor engineers.
• Strong stakeholder relationship-building and communication skills to explain complex technical issues clearly.
• Motivation to learn and grow within a team, managing multiple tasks with focus on outcomes; creative thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical subject.
• Progress toward, or achievement of, Registered Professional Engineer or Chartered Professional Engineer status.
• Experience in an engineering consultancy environment is advantageous but not essential.

About Us

Beca is one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest employee-owned professional services consultancies with teams across Australia, New Zealand, and other Asia-Pacific locations. We value partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care, and offer flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance. We are an employee-owned business that seeks to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up, with a focus on sustainability, innovation and digital technologies.