UGL Utilities team designs, constructs and maintains critical infrastructure across the power, water and renewable sectors. Ranging from HV Substations and Transmission Lines up to 500kV to power stations and wastewater treatment plants. We design and construct the following assets; substations, transmission lines, power generation, electrical distribution networks, water and waste water treatment plants and water pipelines.

About the role

Flexibility for this role to be based in Sydney, Brisbane , Melbourne or Perth

A great opportunity to become a key member of the Power Utilities teams, and accountable for providing detailed designs, developing specifications and interface with management on design issues.

This opportunity will allow you to increase your design skills across the full lifecycle of development, where we design for construction, where our people learn the breadth of our work and become highly skilled across multiple sectors.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and conduct professional engineering work on relevant aspects of EHV/HV Secondary Systems Strategic Planning and Conceptual Design (Protection, SCADA, Comms, Data Networks etc.)
• Provide detail design services on specialist engineering areas that include but not limited to:
• Primary Plant and Secondary Systems Equipment Specification and Procurement (CT, VT, CB, TFMR)
• Protection & Control Detail Schematics and Integration, Grid Metering, Power Quality and High Speed Monitoring Installations, Load flow, Fault level and dynamic studies and analysis,
• Engineering Network/Data Network Architecture and Configuration
• Control System Detailed Design and Configuration (EMS and Substation Automation)
• Communication Systems (including Data Network and Bearer Network systems design), General AC & DC System Specification and Distribution Design, Power Generation (including large scale Solar, Wind and Battery Energy Storage systems) detailed design and system integration.
• Provide technical support to the Business Development, Tendering and Operations as required.
• Assist with site commissioning.

About You

• Electrical Engineering Degree with 3 – 5 years’ experience in Design, integration & coordination, installation & commissioning of electrical systems and services for high voltage power systems.
• Understanding and knowledge of secondary system design from basic concept development through to detailed design preferably Design-for-Construction environment, utility-based or engineering consultancy design experience
• Proactively seek to continuously improve performance, deliverables and work efficiencies.

About UGL

As a member of the CIMIC Group of companies, we value diversity in our team’s backgrounds, ideas, work styles.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers and individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds.

What we offer

• Enjoy access to flexible working arrangements
• Benefit from 16 weeks of paid primary parental leave.
• Complimentary salary continuance insurance.
• Discounted Medibank health insurance.
• Shape your career with an Individual Development Plan.
• Participate in our Wellness Program with AIA Vitality.
• Access our OneRewards Discount Program.

How to apply

If this role sounds like you, please click on the apply button and follow the prompts. We will get in touch if you are shortlisted for this opportunity.

Please note: As part of the recruitment process, relevant screening checks will be conducted. These may include reference checks, verification of the right to work in Australia, a national criminal history check, anti-money laundering checks, and a pre-employment medical assessment (including drug and alcohol screening).