Senior Electrical Engineer - Transmission and Distribution I NSW

Company Description

Come and grow with us.

AECOM’s Energy practice provides a wide range of services from consulting and engineering design to energy engineering, energy procurement and construction (EPC) for power, energy efficiency, and renewable energy clients. Our understanding of the big picture – and the interconnection between generation, distribution, storage, and the demand side of the meter – allows us to deliver holistic strategies that improve and modernise next generation energy infrastructure. We connect knowledge and experience across our global framework to bring together a unique combination of engineers, planners, scientists, and project managers who advance cleaner, secure, and more sustainable energy solutions.

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Job Description

Develop your career in this Senior Electrical Engineer - Transmission and Distribution role, supporting and leading the delivery of a broad range of transmission and distribution projects for clients across Australia, New Zealand and globally.  This is your opportunity to guide project delivery teams across complex work packages, shape technical standards, and make a tangible impact on critical energy infrastructure. 

You will be working across client sectors, including water, rail transport, major industrial infrastructure, and private sector clients applying your transmission and distribution design abilities.  You will also be ASP Level 3 accredited engineer, demonstrating your electrical design abilities across complex high voltage systems.

How you’ll make a difference:

• Provide and complete engineering reviews, designs, calculations and technical advisory tasks, meeting project technical requirements.
• Supporting and leading project delivery excellence through arranging technical verification tasks are completed, working within AECOM’s technical standards and processes.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across transmission, distribution, and related engineering disciplines, to deliver innovative and technically outstanding solutions.
• Build and maintain client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor on secondary systems matters and ensuring high-quality communication and service.
• Raising design discrepancies and contributing to problem solving, within a collaborative team environment.
• Work with the current local team to help mentor graduate and early-stage career engineers, developing their technical and project abilities.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced Electrical Engineer with a track record across transmission line and distribution design projects.   You will be known for your ability to work independently, leading the delivery of projects, working collaboratively in teams, with a project and client-first focus.  Experience and exposure to working across different project types, site requirements, and geographies at utility scale will be an advantage. 

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

The qualities that help you thrive:

• Extensive experience (more than 5 years’) delivering complex electrical transmission and distribution design.
• The ability to lead projects and work packages, with experience managing multidisciplinary teams, project budgets, and timelines in a consultancy environment.
• Strong client engagement and communication skills, with the ability to advise, influence, and maintain long-term client relationships.
• ASP level 3 accreditation is a must have for this role, supported by a relevant tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering.
• Experienced and proficient in AutoCAD, Neara, 3E Earthing, Neuron Earthing, Cymcap, Cable Pull, Voltage drop Calculator and PLS-CADD.

Additional Information

Why you’ll love working with us

• Flexible work arrangements available, aligned with the market and client facing role requirements
• Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year         
• Volunteer and representation leave
• Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.

Applications are reviewed as they come in, and the role may close earlier than expected, so if this opportunity sounds like you, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses.  Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.