Principal Electrical Design Drafter

Company Description
**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

**Job Description**:
AECOM’s Energy Team has an opportunity for a Principal Electrical Design Drafter in Melbourne.

As part of this role, you will assist with providing drafting design input and technical support in the production of engineering drawings and documentation for small to large scale projects. You will play an active role in all technical aspects of small to major energy projects.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

- Manage drafting outputs to ensure on time delivery.
- Producing Electrical drawings: including electrical layouts, set outs, single line diagrams, secondary schematics, connection schedules.
- Complete drafting reviews on design drawings prepared in the team
- Quotation analysis.
- Review best practice to ensure efficiency.
- Mentor/support drafting team.

**Qualifications**:
As a successful Principal Electrical Design Drafter in our Energy team you will ideally have around 10-15 years proven experience in electrical design, as well as the following attributes:

- HV design drafting experience preferred, 500kV, 220kV & 66kV.
- Strong technical expertise with experience in designing protection and control circuits.
- Rail and Electrical Industry experience advantageous.
- Demonstrated experience in managing complex projects and meeting delivery requirements.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated time management and organisational skills.
- A strong sense of commitment, a willingness to learn and a desire to work in a dynamic, deadline driven team environment.
- Timeliness and accuracy of completing tasks.
- Experience using AutoCAD. Microstation & Revit experience advantageous.
- ProjectWise experience advantageous.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Diploma or equivalent in Electrical Engineering Design

Additional Information

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) recognises AECOM as taking a sophisticated, holistic approach to supporting women and men's participation throughout our workplace.

We provide a diverse and inclusive work environment and offer many benefits to ensure your professional development & wellbeing.
- Flexible start and finish times, working from home, part time and job share options;
- Work from home equipment packages and assistance;
- State of the art, modern and contemporary offices;
- Paid parental and partner leave;
- Purchased additional annual leave + salary packaging;
- Corporate Employee discounts from up to 400 retailers;
- Wellbeing benefits eg. Vaccinations, health insurance discounts;
- Employee stock purchase plans;
- Study assistance;
- Professional and technical development opportunities.With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibi