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About the Role
Provide technical leadership across complex transmission and distribution projects while helping shape the future of Beca's Secondary & Protection capability. Work closely with clients, lead multidisciplinary project teams, and guide engineers through the delivery of major energy infrastructure projects across Australia and New Zealand. This role combines technical leadership, client engagement, and people development while contributing to significant renewable energy and power projects.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of secondary and protection systems for transmission and distribution substations up to 500kV.
- Provide technical leadership across complex projects, ensuring high-quality and fit-for-purpose outcomes.
- Lead and mentor engineers, supporting technical development, knowledge sharing and capability growth.
- Develop and review protection schemes, secondary systems, fault studies and power system analyses.
- Partner with clients to provide technical advice, project scoping and practical delivery solutions.
- Support project pursuits, client relationships and the continued growth of Beca's Power business.
Requirements
- Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering.
- Chartered, Registered Professional Engineer status or working towards professional registration.
- Extensive experience delivering secondary and protection designs for transmission and distribution projects, including protection relays, substation automation systems and commissioning.
- Proven ability to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers and support team development.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and problem-solving skills, with a practical and client-focused approach.
- Engineering consultancy experience is advantageous but not essential.
Skills
- Secondary and Protection systems design
- Transmission and distribution projects
- Protection relays
- Substation automation systems
- Commissioning
- Technical leadership
- Mentoring engineers
- Team development
- Stakeholder engagement
- Communication
- Problem-solving
Location
- Melbourne
- Sydney
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Extensive experience delivering secondary and protection designs for transmission and distribution projects
Education Level
- Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering
- Chartered, Registered Professional Engineer status or working towards professional registration
Benefits
- Flexible working options
- Dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement
- Shareholder opportunities
- Up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders
- Continuous learning and professional development
- Company training programs
- Support for professional accreditation
- Pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia
About the Company
- Beca's Power business operates as a truly integrated Asia-Pacific team, with experts across Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Indonesia delivering some of the region's most significant energy infrastructure projects.
- Australia is accelerating its energy transition, and Beca is partnering with utilities, renewable energy developers, major contractors and infrastructure providers to deliver projects across the full lifecycle, from concept and detailed design through to procurement and construction support.
- Work spans Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution, and HV Power services, helping shape a more sustainable energy future.
- Beca is an employee-owned business and a multi-discipline consultancy firm.