Senior Airport Systems Engineers

3 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia SAGE AUTOMATION Full time

Automation Engineering

North Sydney, New South Wales

Permanent

Oct 20, 2025

SAGE Automation is Australia's leading independent industrial automation and control systems integrator. A recognised leader in the design, delivery and support of industrial and electrical control solutions, the SAGE Group of companies bring the best thinking to clients across infrastructure, transport, manufacturing, resources, Defence and utility sectors.

Join our airport-based team as a Senior Systems Engineer and showcase your advanced knowledge and experience of airport systems including Baggage Handling Systems (BHS) and Airport Management Systems (AMS).

In these roles:

Reporting to the Team Lead, you will have proven advanced technical expertise in electrical engineering, automation and control systems engineering – specialising in BHS and/or AMS. You will be accountable for successfully and competently delivering complex engineering solutions for projects within requirements, schedule and budget in their area(s) of expertise. You will provide mentoring and leadership to Graduate/Junior Engineers and have the ability to lead a technical team and manage their delivery performance. You will be confident in liaising directly with clients in developing and refining scopes of work as needed.

As an Engineer within AMS, you will be based at Sydney Airport (Mascot) and have strong experience of Siemens TIA Portal, Ignition, and MODBUS TCP/RTU.

As an Engineer within BHS, you will be based at Sydney Airport (Mascot) and have strong experience of Siemens S7 TIA Portal combined with previous BHS experience. There will be regular night shifts with this role.

About you:

You will have an appropriate Electrical Engineering qualification combined with at least 5 years of verifiable experience working within the automation industry including airports.

You must have demonstrable knowledge of airport systems including BHS and/or AMS.

Candidates with excellent communications skills with the ability to engage with stakeholders to elicit and understand their requirements to deliver a high-quality service, will be highly regarded.

You must have current unrestricted Australian Work Rights.

Join an industry leader:

SAGE Group offers you the opportunity to:

Develop your career in a dynamic environment with exciting projects.

Work in a supportive and collaborative environment with a strong friendly team culture.

Achieve competitive remuneration and employee benefits.

SAGE Group is committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly, and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that supports a diverse and inclusive workforce and would like to encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

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