Senior Associate – Transmission Line Engineering

Beca Power & Energy – Senior Associate – Transmission Line Engineering

Beca's Power business operates as a truly combined Asia Pacific business, with teams based in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Indonesia. Working collaboratively, our teams are passionate about renewable energy and the delivery of critical energy projects working across the full project lifecycle from scoping, detailed design through to procurement and construction support. Together they deliver large, complex energy and renewable projects across Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, and HV Power services to key utilities, energy developers, major contractors for the commercial, industrial and infrastructure sectors. Further details available here:

The Opportunity

In this role, you will be working collaboratively with a link-minded peer group of specialist and highly experienced subject matter experts across transmission concept and detailed design projects. Together you will have responsibility to lead the technical excellence and delivery across Beca's Australasian Power Transmission Line, Distribution and engineering technical professional areas to deliver a vast range of critical Power Transmission related projects. You will gain wide-ranging experience through leading and working on a variety of project types that differ in scale, scope, geography and client types supporting the energy transition across Australia and New Zealand.

In this role, you will be:

• Working with our Technical Directors and Principals providing critical design verification for highly specialised and complex transmission and distribution projects.
• Ensuring scope, design and delivery projects exceed client specifications, safety, industry technical standards, and delivery requirements.
• Completing and supporting design teams to prepare designs using PLS-CADD and other sector design tools considering structural loads, electrical clearance and extreme weather.
• Coaching and mentoring the next generation of transmission engineering expects empowering them, from graduate to Senior career levels, through on the job coaching.
• Providing subject matter support to Technical Development programs for Transmission engineers.
• Support and provide input into client bidding and proposal preparation processes displaying commercial judgement in understanding design, project, task and project budgets.

Career development opportunities exist across technical, design, technology, people, client or business leadership pathways. This is an interesting and varied role that will suit an enthusiastic individual willing to grow into a leader within an employee-owned business and multi-discipline consultancy firm like Beca. Learn more about Beca's transmission line capability and projects via these links:

About You

You will bring extensive experience in electricity transmission and distribution projects, with a strong understanding of multidisciplinary engineering principles demonstrated through the successful delivery of complex projects. Your specialist technical engineering experience will focus on transmission line, distribution and related projects across diverse geographies with expertise across structural load calculations, clearance design requirements and extreme weather. This experience could be from a range of backgrounds such as consulting sector or working for an asset owner in the transmission sector. Extensive concept and design skills are important as well as experience in the associated PLS CADD and Tower design tools.

You are motivated to learn and grow within a team, managing multiple tasks with enthusiasm and a focus on outcomes. You will be leading effective stakeholder relationships and use excellent people and communication skills to clearly explain complex technical issues to both internal and external stakeholders. You will be motivated to learn and grow within a team, managing multiple tasks with enthusiasm and a focus on outcomes with an ability to think creatively and solve challenging problems. 

A relevant tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering, Structural, Mechanical or related disciplines will be required for this role. In addition, you will be working towards, or have met, the Registered Professional Engineering or Chartered Professional Engineer requirements. Experience working in an engineering consultancy environment is advantageous for this role, however not essential. 

You'll be a valued team member with opportunities to grow your career working in an inclusive and international team from diverse backgrounds, including client, consultancy, design-build contractors, and industrial businesses. We invite applications from a broad range of backgrounds.

Who is Beca?

Beca is one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest employee-owned professional services consultancies. Our team of over 4000 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.

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