Senior Electrical Engineer, Adelaide

This role will see you enhance your capabilities and the reputation of WSP’s Transmission & Electrification team. You will collaborate with talented professionals working on iconic projects to drive future-ready outcomes that will benefit clients and communities.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will support the Transmission & Electrification team by undertaking electrical engineering design & working on multi-disciplinary engineering projects. Work from the Adelaide office.

At WSP you’ll find the scale and reach you need to do the kind of work the world needs – and the culture and people that make it the best work of your life.

Energy

Our Energy team helps clients maintain safe and reliable power supplies, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and deliver future energy schemes to support sustainable city transitions.

What you’ll do:

• Undertaking electrical engineering design and/or review and verify engineering drawings and reports. 
• Lead, manage or undertake design development for a range of multi-disciplinary engineering projects. 
• Undertake field and desktop investigations related to the condition, appropriateness, and capacity of existing electrical infrastructure. 
• Write technical documentation and communicate discipline requirements to other members of the project team.
• Promote the continual improvement of best practice OHS&E and Quality systems and behaviours. 
• Promote the continual improvement of best practice OHS&E and Quality systems and behaviours.
• Foster and evolve client relationships through successful project delivery.
• Provide expert input into pursuits and proposals.
• Supervise and coordinate junior to mid-level engineers.
• Experience with power systems software is preferred.
• Proactively participate in future projects aimed at de-carbonisation such as renewable projects under development or being delivered. 
• Should you wish to take on the challenge, be a contributing Owner’s Engineer, Independent Certifier or Lender’s Technical Advisor 
• Depending on your industry preference, be part of the team to pursue, develop and deliver present and future planned Renewable Energy Zones.

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in electrical technical advice or design of critical electrical systems (such as mining, water, processing plants or transport) or the power industry (such as generation, transmission or distribution utilities).
• Relevant tertiary qualifications – e.g. degree in Electrical Engineering or similar. 
• A fundamental knowledge of key Australian Standards. 
• Demonstrated experience in a sub discipline of electrical engineering at either the high voltage and/or low voltage level (such as secondary system design and protection system). 
• Demonstrated experience in the development of specifications, conceptual, and detailed design of electrical industrial/infrastructure projects. 

About WSP

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come. 

At WSP, we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture that celebrates different perspectives. With access to global scale and reach, you’ll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life.

We want here to be a place where you’ll always find new ways to grow – where you’ll design your path and do what truly matters to you.

We believe that in imagining a better future for us all, you’ll imagine a better future for you.

To find out more about our commitment to the health and well-being of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive click here: WSP Benefits.

Think this could be the opportunity for you? Apply now to begin your journey with WSP.

Imagine a better future for us all – and a better future for you.

WSP. With us, you can.