Electrical Engineer, Infrastructure ProjectsHybrid

Join our team of intelligent and collaborative Changemakers and make your mark on tomorrow! 

Due to continued growth, our Energy business unit is looking to hire Electrical Engineers to join our Electrical and Infrastructure Team. This is an opportunity to join a dedicated and high-performing team of professionals to deliver a range of significant projects for public and private sector clients, both locally and nationally, across a wide range of Energy, Power and other critical infrastructure projects.

This role is open to applicants across Australia, and in particular within Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.

Our Changemakers enjoy: 

• Flexible working hours and a hybrid work environment
• This position allows the ability to work from any of our Australian locations
• A social, collaborative, and inclusive culture with a calendar full of social and networking events 
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and to corporate health and travel discounts 
• 12 weeks parental leave 
• Options for global mobility and purchased additional leave 
• Travel, subject to client / project requirements
• And much more. 

Our Energy team helps clients maintain secure and reliable power supplies, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and deliver future energy schemes to help our cities transition to a more sustainable world. Our team has expertise in solar, wind, hydropower, thermal energy, waste-to-energy and bioenergy, battery storage, network distribution and systems and automation.

What you’ll do:

• Work within a team of engineers to provide electrical engineering design and documentation deliver a range of multi-discipline projects and pursuits.
• Manage or design lead for engineering projects and packages, growing in size and complexity as your career develops.
• Work with our clients to ensure that our work coordinates with their schedule to support procurement and delivery of their projects.
• Undertake short-term site visits and/or off-site secondments.
• Undertake field and desktop investigations related to the condition, appropriateness, and capacity of existing electrical infrastructure.
• Engage with our clients in an effective and professional manner.

About you:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications – e.g. degree in Electrical Engineering or similar.
• A broad range of experience levels with a background in electrical technical advice or design of critical electrical systems (such as mining, water, processing plants or transport) or the power industry (such as generation, transmission or distribution utilities).
• Experience working within an engineering consultancy, or in a design role for a contractor or asset owner.
• Demonstrated experience in the development of specifications, conceptual, and detailed design of electrical industrial/infrastructure projects.
• A “business as usual” approach to Safety in Design with the identification and resolution of safety risks and ensuring legislative compliance.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing proposals for consulting engagements. Contribution to business development and related pursuits would be highly regarded.
• Power systems and modelling experience (e.g. one of CYMCAP, SKM PTW, PowerCAD, PSS/E, DigSilent or CDEGS).
• Secondary system design and protection system design experience and skills.

About WSP

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms, bringing together approximately 5,000 talented people across 14 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come. wsp.com/au

Our vibrant workplace culture is an important part of what makes this a great place to work. It is supported by our Guiding Principles:

• We value our people and our reputation.
• We are locally dedicated with international scale.
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo.
• We foster collaboration in everything we do.
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable.

WSP prioritises the health and wellbeing of our people by offering flexible working, 12 months parental leave, opportunities for global mobility, purchased additional leave, and competitive remuneration among many more benefits designed to help you shine. We are committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and equal opportunity workplace. We promote Indigenous voices and are actively delivering a ‘Stretch’ level Reconciliation Action Plan. Accredited by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice, we also support the LGBTQI+ community, and encourage all employees to bring their whole selves to work.

Think this could be the opportunity for you? Apply now to begin your journey with WSP.