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About the Role

Lead CAD and drafting design activities, working across a broad range of energy project types and delivering leading design drawings to the highest technical standards. Develop leadership abilities in project delivery and people leadership while ensuring design standards and drawing deliverables are met.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure design excellence covering design models and drawings for substation layouts, equipment and associated utilities, set out drawings, single line diagrams, secondary schematics and others.
Work co-operatively with team members whilst liaising with engineers and drafters (both locally, throughout Australia, and international design teams) supporting the integration of design inputs and highest standards of technical design across projects.
Contribute to design documentation, reviewing drawings and ensure outputs meet project specifications and quality standards.
Support, manage and coordinate the delivery of design milestones, ensure deliverables meet scope, verification, standards, timeframe and budget considerations.
Provide technical guidance and support to design team members, including mentoring and training on digital design tools and workflows, across the wider Energy team.
Apply common data environment (such as with Bently ProjectWise, or Autodesk Forma and others) and CAD abilities using AutoCAD and MicroStation.

Requirements

Experienced CAD designer or CAD Team Leader, known for abilities to work collaboratively across engineering disciplines, with varied design standards, and working with others to ensure delivery.
Enjoy a challenge, be action focused, display the ability to balance competing design time commitments.
Proven experience delivering energy related CAD designs across either (or all) primary, substation, secondary, protection or related projects.
Experienced in developing concept designs to meet industry standards from scratch with minimum supervision, ensuring innovation and safety is at the forefront of all early discussions.
Demonstrated experience in design drafting for High Voltage projects, ideally with 5+ years’ experience.
Working with Australian energy client (including Transgrid, Ausgrid, Powerlink and / or Energex) design standards is a significant advantage.
Experience working collaboratively to build working relationships across multidisciplinary project teams and coordinating design inputs including with geographically and offshore based teams.
Strong understanding of design standards, quality requirements and project delivery timeframes while maintaining verification, quality standards and design excellence.
Experience leading teams or team leadership skills for CAD teams is an advantage.
A high-quality focus, and an ability to instil a similar approach across teams.
Excellent collaboration, communication and time management skill set, working across competing project timeframes.

Skills

CAD
Drafting
AutoCAD
MicroStation
Bently ProjectWise
Autodesk Forma
Transgrid ProjectWise EDMS
Powerlink Autodesk Vault
Energex Autodesk Vault
Collaboration
Communication
Time management

Location

Brisbane, QLD
Sydney

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

5+ years’ experience

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements
Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year
Volunteer and representation leave
Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
Access to industry-leading technology and thinking
Transformational work with big impact
Work flexibility
Wide array of compensation and benefits programs
Robust global well-being program

About the Company

AECOM's Energy practice provides a wide range of advisory, consulting and engineering design services to power and renewable energy clients.
Our understanding of the wider energy system enables us to deliver integrated solutions that support the transformation of next-generation energy infrastructure.
Actively leveraging our global network, we bring together multidisciplinary teams of engineers, planners and project managers to support major transmission and renewable energy projects shaping the future grid.
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.
On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.
Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.
AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.
We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses.

Equal Opportunity

Everyone belongs at AECOM
We’re committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging - because great ideas come from diverse perspectives.
AECOM is proud to be a Fortune 500 Most Admired Company, a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, #Work180 Equitable Workplace Awards 2025 Winner and an AWEI Bronze Tier LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employer.
We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.