Senior Protection Engineer – Power

Senior Protection Engineer – (Power)

Our energy future is being transformed by technological innovations that will deliver more sustainable outcomes, bringing greater energy security & affordability to businesses & communities.

Our power teamwork throughout Australasia on iconic projects that are shaping the energy transition journey to net-zero carbon emissions. We deliver innovative technical solutions to our clients in high voltage power generation, transmission, and distribution.

The Opportunity

With a strong pipeline of exciting projects, our team is growing. We are seeking a Senior Protection Engineer (Power) based in Sydney to strengthen our delivery capability for renewable energy projects and high voltage substation designs for an enviable list of transmission and distribution clients. This opportunity will allow you to take a leadership role in major energy transition projects across Australia and New Zealand, working alongside a high-performing team to deliver innovative solutions that support the region's evolving energy landscape.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement protection and controls systems for distribution, sub-transmission, and transmission substations (up to 500 kV).
• Conduct fault studies using industry-standard software to ensure optimal system performance.
• Lead teams of engineers on larger work packages, providing mentorship and training to junior staff.
• Deliver concept and detailed designs, reviewing protection schemes from high-level R&I diagrams through to detailed schematics and protection settings.
• Ensure compliance with legislative design standards while performing quality checks to maintain high standards of delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide expert technical advice to clients and drive delivery excellence across the Power team.

This is an interesting and varied role that will provide career growth and challenge and suit an enthusiastic individual willing to grow into a leader of an employee-owned business.

What We'll Like About You

Your design engineering expertise is built on solid fundamentals and demonstrated through the successful delivery of complex power engineering projects. As a Senior Engineer, you are experienced in leading teams and have a passion for coaching and mentoring emerging engineers to help them grow professionally.

Preferably, you will bring extensive experience in electricity transmission and distribution projects, with a strong understanding of multidisciplinary engineering principles and advanced expertise in secondary and protection design. You will have a deep understanding of HV power design, including regulations, policies, and procedures, as well as comprehensive experience with modern protection relay technology, substation automation systems, and their application through to commissioning. With strong project management capabilities, you excel at coordinating, implementing, and integrating complex systems while demonstrating exceptional organisational skills and the ability to think creatively to solve challenging problems. Your proven ability to manage stakeholder relationships effectively is complemented by excellent interpersonal and communication skills that enable you to articulate complex technical issues clearly to both internal and external stakeholders. Results-oriented, you possess a robust technical foundation in transmission, distribution, or rail traction power systems alongside significant experience in managing project delivery. Relevant tertiary qualifications in Electrical Engineering further support your expertise.

Any consultancy experience is advantageous but not essential. We are looking for an engineer who along with the above skills, will further enhance our team culture.

A career with Beca will provide you with:

• Flexibility & Wellbeing: We recognise that achieving a work-life balance is unique to everyone. Enjoy flexible working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement.
• Belonging & Ownership: Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive, and you can bring your whole self to work. You may also have the chance to take advantage of our unique shareholder opportunities, sharing in our collective success.
• Parental Leave: Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders.
• Career Growth & Development: Your growth is our priority Benefit from continuous learning and professional development through our company training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia. Work alongside industry leaders and gain hands-on experience to unlock your career potential.

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.

Who is Beca?

Beca is one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest employee-owned professional services consultancies. Our team of over 4300 professionals is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.

'Creative people together transforming our world' is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose – to make everyday better. Our four values – partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care – sit at the heart of everything we do, reflecting how we work every day with each other and our clients.

At Beca we make everyday better for our clients, our people and our community and your involvement makes it possible. Our size and agility mean you're not just on the fringes; you're making a visible difference, partnering to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up.

As a people-focused business, we understand that work-life balance means a lot of different things to different people and that it's not always easy juggling work with everything else life throws at us. This is why we are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for all opportunities in the Beca team.

Ready to make the move? / Apply now

If you want to make every day better, apply online today If you have any questions, you can find out more about our people and projects by visiting www.beca.com