Senior Electrical Engineer

at  ACCIONA

ACCIONA is a global company, leading in the development of regenerative infrastructure that creates a positive impact on society. Our workforce consists of more than 60,000 professionals, present in more than 40 countries across the five continents, all contributing in our mission to design a better planet. Are you a passionate individual who wants to make a difference, promote sustainable development, and find solutions to the biggest global challenges including climate change, overpopulation, and water scarcity? Come and join us in building the infrastructure our planet needs to achieve a sustainable future.
Job Description
ACCIONA Agua is a global leader in water treatment solutions, dedicated to sustainability and innovation. We are committed to delivering high-quality projects that meet the needs of communities and industries worldwide.
We are seeking a talented Electrical Engineer to join our team either in our Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, or Adelaide offices. This role involves facilitating the safe delivery of projects by undertaking the electrical design, project management, and administration of allocated projects. You will interface with key stakeholders to ensure project timelines, milestones, and key requirements are met.
Key Responsibilities:
Design:
Contribute to the electrical design process by providing electrical planning, conceptual, and detailed sustainable and value-engineered designs for large-scale desalination water treatment plant projects.

Duties include:

• Planning, conceptual, and detailed electrical design.
• Developing and completing technical calculations, technical documents, and schedules, including procurement specifications.
• Preparing and managing digital electrical design information related to drawing registers, transmittals, change request documents, etc.
• Preparing and presenting D&C cost estimates.

Project Delivery:

• Contribute to the delivery phase activities by:
• Developing and compiling project documents, communicating with clients and partners, and coordinating and providing inputs to site visits, project progress, and technical meetings.
• Ensuring the selection, construction, and installation of electrical equipment meets the design requirements and project specifications.
• Managing the scoping, definition, specification, and tendering during the procurement phase.
• Coordinating and filing project documentation, including tender and contract documents, correspondence, safety, quality, and environmental documentation.
• Contributing to the development of management plans, functional descriptions, commissioning, ITPs, performance test, and O&M documentation.
• Managing the resolution of non-critical project issues through the collation and analysis of relevant information and making appropriate recommendations.
• Communicating with the project team, third parties, and head office counterparts on specific technical issues in civil, electrical, and other areas.
• Completing requests for quotations for electrical vendor equipment.

Other Responsibilities:

• Contribute solutions to improve the project within your field of action.
• Glean pertinent information from the project and convey it in training activities.
• Propose new solutions that meet the project’s needs.
• Make presentations within the project or externally.
• Maintain working relationships with clients and vendors in business support activities, project follow-up, or analysis of requirements.
• Coordinate planning, and resources, and enforce the deadlines of the parts of the project assigned to you.

Manager/Supervisory Role Competencies: ACCIONA Management is committed to:

• The prevention and elimination of potential injury ill health and negative impacts on the environment.
• Continual improvement of WHS and environmental management and performance, striving for industry best practices.
• Compliance with all WHS and Environmental Acts and Regulations and all applicable legal requirements.

Required Skills and Competencies

Minimum Qualifications & Skills:

• Degree qualifications in Electrical or related Engineering field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a comparable technical field.
• Strong communication skills in both verbal and written English (including technical report writing).
• Ability to prioritize and work autonomously on tasks.
• Ability to work within a team and autonomously.
• Driver’s license recognized by Australia.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel interstate and overseas.
• Spanish language skills preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• Experience in the electrical design of desalination water treatment processes.
• Previous experience working within a design team or similar position.
• Capabilities in supervising engineering design development, including preparation of process calculations, specifications, and drawings in a digital engineering environment (e.g., BIM).

ACCIONA has been given the Top Employer 2022, 2023 & 2024 certification in Australia, which certifies the company’s commitment to excellence in human resources management and those who focus on putting their people first through their exceptional HR policies. Since establishing a presence in Australia in 2002, ACCIONA has made significant investments in local opportunities and project development. ACCIONA employs more than 3,000 people in its renewable energy, infrastructure and water projects across Australia & New Zealand.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and promote equality and diversity. Indigenous Australians and candidates from minority groups are encouraged to apply

Duties include:

• Planning, conceptual, and detailed electrical design.
• Developing and completing technical calculations, technical documents, and schedules, including procurement specifications.
• Preparing and managing digital electrical design information related to drawing registers, transmittals, change request documents, etc.
• Preparing and presenting D&C cost estimates

Other Responsibilities:

• Contribute solutions to improve the project within your field of action.
• Glean pertinent information from the project and convey it in training activities.
• Propose new solutions that meet the project’s needs.
• Make presentations within the project or externally.
• Maintain working relationships with clients and vendors in business support activities, project follow-up, or analysis of requirements.
• Coordinate planning, and resources, and enforce the deadlines of the parts of the project assigned to you

Manager/Supervisory Role Competencies: ACCIONA Management is committed to:

• The prevention and elimination of potential injury ill health and negative impacts on the environment.
• Continual improvement of WHS and environmental management and performance, striving for industry best practices.
• Compliance with all WHS and Environmental Acts and Regulations and all applicable legal requirements