Senior Associate Power Systems Engineer

4 weeks ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Full time

**Your Impact**:
Jacobs Power Solutions team is at the forefront of the energy transition supporting our key clients (developers, tier one energy companies, utilities, and asset owners) in their pursuit to reduce carbon emissions and reach NetZero. The Power Solutions team partner with clients to aid their development, conduct feasibility studies, deliver detailed power system studies along with asset management and future network planning. We are working on some of the most iconic projects in Australia reshaping our energy system.
This team forms part of the broader APAC Energy & Power group offering complete solutions in the power industry including Transmission & Distribution, Power Generation, New Energy and Advisory and Project Solutions. The Group benefits from a broad range of international client relationships, long standing industry partnerships and an impressive management group, passionate about Jacobs offering to the market. We work closely with major companies in the energy industry, ensuring a rapid and smooth transition to a sustainable future.

**Here’s what you’ll need**:
We're seeking a talented **Senior Associate Power Systems Enginee**r to join our Energy & Power team focused on the APAC region, with a particular emphasis on Australia and/or New Zealand. In this role, you'll leverage your expertise to provide exceptional consulting and engineering services, driving Jacobs' capabilities and reputation. Key responsibilities include:

- Represent Jacobs at industry events, delivering thought leadership and showcasing our technical excellence in power systems engineering.
- Manage projects from start to finish, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery while maintaining exceptional client satisfaction.
- Uphold Jacobs' quality assurance procedures, including rigorous review of deliverables.
- Mentor junior engineers, facilitating their professional development and fostering a collaborative knowledge-sharing environment.

You'll play a vital role in business development, with a focus on identifying and pursuing opportunities in New Zealand. This involves:

- Contributing to business planning and working towards mutual goals within your section.
- Establishing and nurturing relationships with key industry stakeholders, including prospects, clients, regulators, and suppliers.
- Developing trusted advisor relationships with Jacobs' key clients across public and private sectors.
- Collaborating with client management teams to identify emerging opportunities.
- Supporting bid preparation, project delivery, and ensuring financial success.

Your technical expertise will be invaluable in providing broad support to the wider team on generation projects, including concept design, feasibility studies, technical specifications, Owner's Engineer services, and project management.

**Jacobs. A world where you can.**

At Jacobs, we support your personal life and career journeys. From our inclusive employee networks to our positive mental health champions, we're committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we've gone beyond traditional ways of working to help you uncover a working arrangement that delivers the flexibility, tools and space to maximise your potential.

We're the 2023 winners of the Consult Australia People First Award for our suite of employee benefits that support all our employees in all stages of their personal and professional lives.

For the 6th consecutive year, we've been named an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (Australia). In New Zealand, we're a founding member of The Diversity Agenda and are committed to making our industry more inclusive and diverse. We acknowledge the unique status of Māori as the indigenous people of Aotearoa and have a continued focus in building cultural understanding and competence in Te Ao Māori.

Our Bronze Employer status in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI inclusion recognises our progress in creating an environment where our Jacobs employees can bring their whole selves to work.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we're inclusive, we're more connected, and if diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our eight global Jacobs employee networks centred on driving inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and our Women’s Network - find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

No matter what drives you, you'll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals - all at a single global company.

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