Senior / Principal Electrical Design Engineers

3 weeks ago


Auckland City, New Zealand AECOM Full time

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

When you join a company that’s pioneering the future, your opportunities are unlimited. By connecting the largest network of professional expertise in the industry, we’re finding new approaches and better answers to the toughest challenges. And we want you to be a part of it.

The Opportunity

As a Senior or Principal Electrical Design Engineer within our highly successful national Transmission & Distribution (T&D) team, you will be involved in the primary design of HV transmission and distribution projects throughout the Australia and NZ (ANZ) region.

Working within an engaging team of T&D experts in a supportive environment, you will contribute to the design of some of ANZ's critical electrical infrastructure that will ultimately improve the reliability and quality of supply to our communities.

**Day to day tasks include**:
+ Concept and Detailed Design of HV substation primary systems, HV cable systems and earthing systems for NZ and Australian clients

+ Site visits, inspections and testing as required (eg. soil resistivity testing)

+ Drafting design reports

+ Assisting with preparation of proposals

+ Managing smaller projects or parts of larger projects

+ Interfacing directly with clients on projects and new opportunities

+ Providing technical expertise in accordance with project time, quality and cost objectives as agreed with Project Managers

+ Compiling budget estimates and pricing schedules

+ Opportunities for secondments to other parts of ANZ to AECOM, client or site offices

About You

You will have a solid grounding in primary electrical design and be able to demonstrate:
+ 5 years minimum relevant experience in transmission and distribution substation design

+ Knowledge of the Transmission and Distribution industry in New Zealand, design experience with NZ and/or Australian electrical utilities will be highly favoured

+ Site experience/experience in projects being constructed and commissioned

+ Experience in suitable software packages

+ Excellent organisation and communication skills

+ Self-motivated and keen to progress career

+ University degree - BE Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.



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