ABOUT US

Peracon, part of Egis Group, is a specialist engineering practice that focuses on delivering Power Transmission and Distribution, Network & Substation Design solutions for clients across Australia. We work closely and collaboratively with our clients to achieve the best outcomes possible. We have strong technical capability, direct industry experience and a team that is comparable in size to the other players in the market.
Being a part of Egis Group further strengthens our ability to provide the best service to our clients locally and nationally. Egis is an organisation with the capacity to make meaningful industry and community change in the space of place-making, sustainability and creating connected cities. Different to other engineering firms, Egis offers true end-to-end capability across the entire design-to-operation lifecycle, offering advisory, architecture, engineering, design, asset management and operations services.
We are committed to creating great teams doing innovative work and would love you to join us to Impact the Future.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Secondary Engineer working with the Transmissions team, your impact will be in the design of panel layouts, schematics, protection settings, cable/wiring schedules and related documentation related to the design of HV and EHV terminal stations and substations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Undertaking secondary design for substations and terminal stations to a high technical standard
• Manage outcomes within budget and project programme constraints whilst maintaining high levels of technical performance
• Review work as part of the peer review process from time to time as may be required
• Effectively manage the detail design from concept through to final design implementation to agreed scope, quality, time frames and budgets
• Identify and manage scope variations according to client and/or project requirements

To be successful in this opportunity, you will ideally have a minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience with demonstrated experience on electrical transmission projects. A requirement of this role is to be embedded in our client’s team and office for several months to gain familiarity with their processes and standards, prior to working full-time back in home office. In addition, you will also have:

• An Electrical Engineering Degree (or equivalent)
• Relevant work rights to live and work full-time in Australia
• Demonstrated experience with secondary design in networks above 66 kV
• Experience with IEC 61850
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills to manage stakeholders at all level