Title:
Senior Electrical Engineer
Our Perth Electrical team is growing! We’re looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer with experience in infrastructure projects (renewable energy, transport, port, defense) to drive impactful design and implementation initiatives across Australia, including a pivotal role in an innovative renewable hydrogen project.
If you're experienced in cross-functional teamwork, from concept to detailed design, construction support, and design management, and you’re committed to engineering excellence and continuous improvement, this role could be for you. You'll thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple projects and collaborating effectively with colleagues and stakeholders to drive meaningful results and to develop long lasting relationships with our clients.
Reporting to the Electrical Team Leader, the position offers an exciting mix of design and engineering and design coordination activities.
Key Responsibilities:
Engage in engineering projects, including concept, detailed design, construction support and commissioning related to the electrical discipline.
Provide electrical engineering support in the delivery of owner's engineer roles on large/medium scale renewable projects.
Develop and review electrical designs for LV and MV power system (e.g. Single lines, schematics, layout, GA, cable/equipment schedules).
Develop engineering documents including scopes of works, calculation, drawings mark-ups, datasheets, design report etc.
Interfacing with multidisciplinary internal/external project team, client and supplier to ensure compliance against relevant standards, project’s basis of design document and functional specification.
Involve in tender process for preparing bid documents, identifying deliverable list and developing relevant engineering hour estimates.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to young engineers by sharing best practice, industry knowledge, and innovative approaches to foster professional development within the team.
Skills & Experience Required:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering.
Seeking candidates with significant professional electrical engineering experience in consultancy, utility, mining or resources environment.
Ability to perform power system analysis (i.e. load flow, fault level) and protection studies utilising ETAP or PTW electrical software to assist with general electrical designs.
Previous experience with power distribution (i.e. MV & LV) and equipment specification (i.e. power transformers, MV/LV switchgear, cabling, lighting, Earthing, Lightning).
Design knowledge of applicable codes and standards (both Australian and international)
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, able to effectively communicate and work with team members, clients, internal and external stakeholders.
Why Join KBR?
Our people are the heart of our business; they are what make us successful. That’s why we’re committed to creating conditions in which they can flourish and feel valued, so they can focus on doing what they do best.
Our Purpose
We are driven by our purpose of Together, delivering infrastructure for a better tomorrow. Our results and reputation for excellence are underpinned by our people and our culture of caring, collaboration learning and trust to deliver innovative professional services for our customers.
We leverage our global network and work in seamless partnership with our customers to deliver innovative, creative and sustainable solutions that will make a lasting impact on communities around Australia.
Our Values
Everything we do at KBR is centred around our people, customers, and the communities that we strive to elevate. We work together as a OneKBR team of teams to drive our shared purpose and address our customers’ growing needs. The results we deliver are underpinned by our collective focus on excellence, passion for the people we work with and the innovations we create to deliver them.
We act with integrity and encourage our people to follow rewarding careers and empower them to strive for excellence and deliver the best results for our customers and communities. We are dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive work environments that uplift our people and help them to reach their full potential, while steering our business into the future.
Our culture
We are a people company — great people doing great things, and we look for people who bring passion as well as technical excellence to their jobs as we believe every employee is integral to shaping the future of our business.
That’s why we create conditions where everybody can flourish, and foster a culture of inclusivity, caring and learning that is driven by our shared purpose – to deliver infrastructure for a better tomorrow.
With the feel of an agile company and the capability of a large company, we encourage and give our people the autonomy to strive for opportunities that exist in all directions and equip them with the resources to become leaders of tomorrow.
Our Infrastructure Services business offers fulfilling careers with room to explore their creativity and regularly step up and swim outside of their lane.
Learn more about Infrastructure Solutions Australia including who we are and what it is like to work at KBR https://kbr.foleon.com/is-australia/who-we-are/
In addition to working on some fantastic projects, KBR offer an array of benefits https://kbr.foleon.com/flex-work/magazine-copy-3/ focused on providing our people with a great working environment, continual career development, Family friendly flexible work arrangements and work/life balance
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KBR values an inclusive and diverse work environment, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Our hiring decisions are based on the key requirements of each role and candidates are selected based on their unique strengths and experiences.
