Principal Wind Engineer

Market
Energy & Power

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Your impact

It is an exciting time to be part of the energy transition at Jacobs as our Energy & Power business continues to experience rapid growth. We are working with established clients across the globe to deliver the Energy Transition. From major renewable energy projects to high voltage direct current inter country interconnectors and offshore grids, we’re integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build a cleaner and more resilient energy future.

Jacobs offer a full range of Energy & Power Project services for utility scale power generation projects. Our scope of services is a mix of engineering consultancy including concept design, feasibility and pre-feasibility, design review, site investigations, techno-economic advisory services, and technical due diligence, construction management and owner’s engineering services.

Jacobs is on the lookout for a dynamic Principal Wind Engineer to join our expanding APAC Power Generation team. This role is crucial in supporting our clients in the development and execution of wind farm projects in Australia and New Zealand.

The scope of services to our clients include owner’s engineer, lender’s engineer, due diligence and other technical advisory services. The successful candidate will have experience throughout the development phase including site selection and yield analysis through to the execution phase of interacting with the OEMs throughout the engineering and construction phases of a project. 

If you are passionate about renewable energy and have a knack for technical leadership, we want to hear from you

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and Assure Quality: Oversee technical outputs by appointing and guiding qualified Technical Leaders for tenders and projects.
• Develop Technical Framework: Maintain and evolve the framework of Technical Leaders to meet the discipline’s needs.
• Inclusive Leadership: Implement priorities and goals that promote diversity and inclusion, ensuring effective succession planning and staff mentorship.
• Shape Technical Practice: Drive the direction of our technical practice with future-focused insights and thought leadership.
• Sales and Client Engagement: Provide technical leadership in sales, actively engaging with clients and participating in business development.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate technical risks in both sales and project delivery, ensuring adequate controls are in place.
• Collaborative Excellence: Work with Technical Directors to leverage the best of Jacobs on every project, fostering innovation and excellence.
• Sustainability Leadership: Align with Jacobs’ sustainability values, providing thought leadership to clients, markets, and staff.
• Talent Management: drives a culture of learning and teaching and supports hiring
• Strategy and Growth: Represents Jacobs technical excellence, including lead pursuits and proposals and presentation of papers
• Connectivity: Connecting Jacobs global network of resources through the leadership of project teams
• Innovation: Drives innovation through peer reviews, value engineering and sharing industry innovations
• Project Delivery Excellence: Leads and delivers projects including oversight of projects led by others.

Here's what you'll need

• Educational Background: Degree and/or postgraduate qualification in a relevant field of study. Membership in a recognised professional institution, preferably at a Fellowship level.
• Professional Experience: Proven experience in project engineering and delivery of onshore and offshore wind power projects in an engineering or consulting environment.
• Technical Expertise: Solid experience in power generation projects, particularly renewable projects, with knowledge of utility-scale wind farms.
• Leadership Skills: Initiative, independence, and strong attention to detail, with a proven track record in design management and project development.
• Industry Presence: Recognised and valued presence in the discipline/industry at a national or international level.
• Professional Accreditation: Professional Registration/Accreditation such as Chartered, RPEQ, RPEV (or working towards it).
• Legislative Knowledge: Familiarity with applicable engineering legislation and standards.

Why Join Us: At Jacobs, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge renewable energy projects, collaborate with a talented team, and contribute to a sustainable future. We offer a dynamic work environment where your expertise will drive innovation and excellence in wind power solutions.

If you are ready to take your career to new heights and make a significant impact in the renewable energy sector, apply now

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At Jacobs, we support your personal life and career journeys. From our inclusive employee networks to our positive mental health champions, we're committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we've gone beyond traditional ways of working to help you uncover a working arrangement that delivers the flexibility, tools and space to maximise your potential. 

We're the 2023 winners of the Consult Australia People First Award for our suite of employee benefits that support all our employees in all stages of their personal and professional lives.  

For the 6th consecutive year, we've been named an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (Australia). In New Zealand, we're a founding member of The Diversity Agenda and are committed to making our industry more inclusive and diverse. In Australia, our Reconciliation journey continues to be a considerable focus across all levels of the Jacobs community as we progress our Innovate level Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). 

Our Silver Employer status in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTI+ inclusion recognises our progress in creating an environment where our Jacobs employees can bring their whole selves to work. 

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we're inclusive, we're more connected, and if diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our eight global Jacobs employee networks centred on driving inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and our Women’s Network – find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here. 

No matter what drives you, you'll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. 

We're an equal opportunity employer and encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are invited to nominate a cultural representative to participate on the interview panel; please let your recruiter know in your application. 

Accessibility 

Please contact the team if you require support or reasonable adjustments regarding our recruitment process (for example, you need the application form in a different format). 

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from marginalised or underrepresented backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Jacobs, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align with every requirement in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles. 

Please note:  If you are being represented by a recruitment agency you will not be considered, to be considered you will need to apply directly to Jacobs.

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