Senior Secondary Engineer

Enerven delivers electrical infrastructure and telecommunications solutions that are vital to connecting communities across Australia. Our design, construction, and maintenance services ensure reliable power generation, transmission, and distribution to homes and businesses nationwide – and our commitment to renewable energy and resilient grid infrastructure sets us apart.

The expertise and dedication of our people span the entire electricity network, so careers at Enerven are defined by meaningful contributions and impactful work.

At Enerven, we’re connecting you with tomorrow.

About the role

Join Enerven as a Senior Secondary Engineer, where you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality designs for HV/UHV substations and renewable energy systems. Reporting to Protection & Secondary Engineering lead, you’ll contribute technical leadership, mentorship and expertise across complex projects.

As the Senior Secondary Engineer, you will provide technical support and guidance to team members, act as a technical authority of secondary designs whilst playing a key role in the successful delivery of designs across the project portfolio. You will support the Secondary Team Lead and contribute expert knowledge across all Secondary‑related deliverables.

Day to day you will

- Develop HV/UHV substation and renewables designs, including SLDs, schematics, general arrangements and cable schedules, load calculation, etc.

- Provide technical authority, guidance and mentoring to the Secondary engineers within the discipline

- Support the development and improvement of engineering processes, procedures and templates

- Support the business development team with conceptual designs, estimates and proposals for complex projects

- Collaborate closely with engineers, designers and drafters to ensure efficient, high-quality project outcomes

- Providing technical engineering advice, you will make sound decisions based on technical, commercial, and contractual requirements and work with internal and external stakeholders.

About you

You will be required to have detailed knowledge of secondary design, familiar with protection schemes, substation and renewables engineering principles, knowledge in HV and UHV transmission protection design and power engineering fundamentals. You also need to be competent with technical management skills in leading, structuring and delivering processes, procedures and templates along with estimating skills for engineering.

What you will need

- University degree in Electrical Engineering

- Registered with Engineers Australia – desirable

- CPEng / RPEQ registration - desirable

- Project and Design Leadership / Management experience

- Experience carrying out designs for major transmission utilities (particularly with Transgrid)

- Current drivers’ license

About us

The work behind the network

When you join Enerven, you are working for a team guided by its core values of dependability, proactiveness and collaboration.

A skilled and diverse workforce

Our broad industry skillset enables us to meet complex challenges with agility and expertise. Our team is at the forefront of change – building a more sustainable future by connecting Australia with tomorrow.

Outstanding culture of safety and well-being

Health, safety and well-being form the foundations of our operations, and we have an unwavering commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our people, our customers and the community we serve.

Flexible work options and employee benefit programs

Enjoy flexible working conditions that ensure you can have a better work, life balance, all in a collaborative, safe and supportive work environment. Our variety of employee benefits include:

- Flexi-time accrual

- 17.5% leave loading on annual leave

- 13% superannuation

- Up to $900 in electricity reimbursement each year

- Automatic coverage from our income protection scheme

- 18 weeks paid primary carers parental leave

- Ability to purchase extra annual leave of up to 20 days

- Salary sacrifices towards novated lease vehicle

- Corporate discount towards health insurance and gym memberships

- Leadership and career development opportunities

An inclusive and equal opportunity organisation

We value and respect the unique backgrounds and experiences of our employees, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. As members of the Diversity Council Australia, our employees can receive full access to research, events and expertise on all aspects of diversity and inclusion.

Given safety is at the forefront of everything we do, candidates will undergo comprehensive pre‑employment screening, including a medical and a police check.

Don't let this opportunity pass you by. For further information or any queries about this role, reach out to us at recruitment@enerven.com.au

Be part of something bigger. Join Enerven and help connect Australia with tomorrow.

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