Principal Protection Engineer

at  Jacobs Engineering Group Inc

YOUR IMPACT:

It’s an exciting time to be part of the energy transition as our Energy and Power business continues to experience rapid growth across the APAC region, working with new and established clients 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.
Here’s what you’ll need:

Our highly regarded Substations Transmission & Distribution (T&D) team seek a Principal Protection Engineer to play a crucial role in managing and delivering consultancy engineering services in the field of High Voltage T&D. This is an exciting opportunity to join our diverse, multicultural team, in Auckland, Christchurch or Wellington, with flexibility to work from home and the office as needed. With the summer break fast approaching, we intend to talk to interested parties in January, with a view of joining early 2024. We are excited to hear from those interested in being involved in the following:

• Provide High Voltage power transmission consultancy services with a core focus on utilities.
• Manage and deliver the design of Protection schemes for T&D utilities.
• Support a diverse range of projects which include renewable connection projects, across On Shore Wind, Solar, BESS, Data center connections and both green and brownfield projects.
• Manage engineering tasks from concept design through to construction stages of tier 1 projects.
• Effectively shape the vision of the technical practice based on future focused insights, thought leadership and Jacobs’ goals.
• Offer technical expertise in Sales and proactively participate in Client engagement and business development opportunities.
• Oversee technical assessments on a variety of difficult national and international projects and provide quality assurance of technical outputs.
• Contribute to a learning environment, support fellow engineers, with the opportunity to offer mentoring, be mentored and take advantage of career development opportunities.
• Passionate about contributing to the field of Transmission & Distribution.

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.

• Provide High Voltage power transmission consultancy services with a core focus on utilities.
• Manage and deliver the design of Protection schemes for T&D utilities.
• Support a diverse range of projects which include renewable connection projects, across On Shore Wind, Solar, BESS, Data center connections and both green and brownfield projects.
• Manage engineering tasks from concept design through to construction stages of tier 1 projects.
• Effectively shape the vision of the technical practice based on future focused insights, thought leadership and Jacobs’ goals.
• Offer technical expertise in Sales and proactively participate in Client engagement and business development opportunities.
• Oversee technical assessments on a variety of difficult national and international projects and provide quality assurance of technical outputs.
• Contribute to a learning environment, support fellow engineers, with the opportunity to offer mentoring, be mentored and take advantage of career development opportunities.
• Passionate about contributing to the field of Transmission & Distribution