Secondary Designer

24 hours ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Egis Group Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year
Company Description

Peracon, part of Egis Group, is a specialist engineering practice that focuses on delivering Power Transmission and Distribution, Network & Substation Design solutions for clients across Australia. We work closely and collaboratively with our clients to achieve the best outcomes possible. We have strong technical capability, direct industry experience and a team that is comparable in size to the other players in the market.

Being a part of Egis Group further strengthens our ability to provide the best service to our clients locally and nationally. Egis is an organisation with the capacity to make meaningful industry and community change in the space of place-making, sustainability and creating connected cities. Different to other engineering firms, Egis offers true end-to-end capability across the entire design-to-operation lifecycle, offering advisory, architecture, engineering, design, asset management and operations services.  

We are committed to creating great teams doing innovative work and would love you to join us to Impact the Future.

Job Description

As a Secondary Designer working with the Transmissions team, your impact will be in the preparation of panel layouts, schematic designs, switchroom/terminal station layouts, cable/wiring schedules and related documentation related to the design of HV and EHV terminal stations and substations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Undertaking design drafting of substations, overhead and underground sub transmission and distribution to a high technical standard
  • Review and assess brownfield and greenfield sites
  • Manage outcomes within budget and project programme constraints whilst maintaining high levels of technical performance
  • Review work as part of the peer review process from time to time as may be required
  • Effectively manage the detail design from concept through to final design implementation to agreed scope, quality, time frames and budgets
  • Identify and manage scope variations according to client and/or project requirements
Qualifications

To be successful in this opportunity, you will ideally have a minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience with demonstrated experience on electrical utility projects. In addition, you will also have:

  • Technical qualification such as a Diploma of Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
  • Relevant work rights to live and work full-time in Australia
  • Current full Victorian Driver's License
  • Demonstrated experience within the Electrical Transmissions/Distribution industry
  • Understanding of Electricity Distribution systems and process requirements related to design work
  • Experience and knowledge in overhead and underground line design of sub transmission and distribution systems
  • Proficiency with AutoCAD and MicroStation
  • Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills to manage stakeholders at all levels
Additional Information

We are open to considering this role on a full-time, part-time or job-share basis. Please let us know of your flexibility requirements.

Egis is committed to creating an inclusive, creative culture that embraces diversity and flexibility. We offer generous parental leave, support flexible work practices and strive to create an environment where employees can connect, collaborate, grow and succeed.

Imagine. Create. Achieve. A sustainable future

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