Protection and Secondary Engineer

About Us

Zinfra is a leading infrastructure services provider committed to delivering exceptional solutions in the energy, utilities, and infrastructure sectors. We pride ourselves on our innovative approach, technical expertise, and dedication to safety, quality, and sustainability. Our 2000 strong team members across Australia, consistently strive to exceed our client’s expectations and make a difference in the communities we serve.

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Protection and Secondary Design Engineer to join our engineering team, focusing on the design and configuration of protection systems within the distribution network.

This newly created role supports growing demand in protection design across distribution and substations projects. Based in Glen Waverley, you’ll be responsible for delivering protection and control designs, including fuse reach studies, ACR settings, and secondary systems for new substations and associated assets.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and review protection and secondary designs for distribution networks, including fusing schemes and Auto Circuit Recloser (ACR) protection settings.
• Prepare schematics, wiring diagrams, and logic drawings for protection and control systems as required.
• Configure and validate protection relay settings for various distribution applications
• Conduct fault studies, coordination analysis, and grading reports
• Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards, regulatory requirements, and internal design guidelines
• Producing design documentation for zone substation projects
• Supporting engineering design and commissioning activities
• Auditing internal and subcontractor designs
• Investigating protection anomalies and proposing solutions
• Assisting with scopes, estimates, and specifications
• Contributing to team development and capability building

About You

You’re a qualified electrical engineer with a strong technical foundation and a detail-oriented approach. You’re ready to grow in a specialist function and contribute to building in-house capability.

You’ll have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 3–4 years’ experience in distribution protection settings or secondary design
• Strong understanding of distribution network protection principles, including fusing, ACRs, and relay coordination.
• Hands-on experience with switches, ACRs, and substation protection settings
• Knowledge of SCADA or secondary systems (advantageous)
• Proficiency in using design tools such as PowerFactory, ETAP, NEPLAN, or similar.
• Familiarity with AS/NZS standards, utility design practices, and SCADA/RTU integration.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
• Strong understanding of protection principles and commissioning processes
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively

Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

Our people are our energy source, and we offer meaningful benefits and rewards that work for you. We offer the opportunity for long term career growth as part of our talent development and succession planning process.

Join our team and make a meaningful impact toward Australia’s “Net Zero” targets through the delivery of critical infrastructure projects and be a part of our journey to shape the future of the energy and utilities industry.

Diversity & Inclusion

We champion inclusion and are committed to gender equity targets and increasing First Nations representation in our workforce. 

We welcome applications from all people especially women, First Nations peoples, those with differing abilities, LGBTIQA+ community members, those with neurodiverse abilities, those with culturally diverse backgrounds, and from all age groups. You belong here.

Recruitment Process

During our recruitment process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks including pre-employment medical, reference checks and a national police check

Notice to Third Parties: Zinfra does not accept unsolicited resumes (or liability associated with fees or costs) from recruitment agencies, search firms or third parties. Interested candidates are welcome to submit their application independently.