Secondary & Protection Engineer (Senior or Principal)

|Industrial & Energy - Electrical & Energy|Australia

Secondary & Protection Engineer (Senior or Principal)

  • Renewable Energy Focused Projects
  • Melbourne CBD or Sydney CBD
  • People Focused business

 
If you’re a Senior or Principal Secondary & Protection Engineer interested in an Engineering Consultancy focused on sustainability via renewables projects and who really value and grow their people, read on! 
 
About The Company
This Australian owned and operated engineering consultancy has built their reputation on solving complex power and energy challenges that others shy away from. They’re not your typical corporate engineering firm – they’re agile, employee-owned, and deeply committed to sustainability, with a large percentage of their current projects in renewables and goals to keep increasing this.

What makes them special? It’s their real value of people. Their approach to growing engineers into leaders. And engineers who can become part owners in the business they work in if they wish.  

Culture & Working Style
This Company believe in balancing collaboration with flexibility. Their hybrid working model is majority of days in office, so this translates to a typical 3 days or more in the office per week or more. The team values knowledge sharing through initiatives like lunch-and-learns and regular technical discussions.
 
The Opportunity
You’ll be joining a close-knit Secondary & Protection team where you can balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership. This is a role where you’ll genuinely contribute to Australia’s renewable energy future while working on a variety of challenging and innovative projects.
 
What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead 4-5 concurrent projects with budget responsibility
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring (70% of your time)
  • Get hands-on with technical design work (25-30% of your time)
  • Conduct protection studies and run simulations
  • Develop protection schemes from concept through to detailed design
  • Work collaboratively with the Primary Team and Civil & Structural Team on multidisciplinary projects
  • Enjoy getting face to face with clients directly on project delivery 

 
Technical Responsibilities

  • Secondary electrical design for distribution, sub-transmission & transmission substations (up to 500 kV)
  • Electrical schematic development
  • SCADA mapping tables and cable schedules
  • Relay configuration file development
  • Protection set point calculations
  • Power systems modelling
  • Design review and verification

 
Required Experience & Qualifications

  • 7 years’ + Secondary & Protection experience
  • CPEng or NER registration (RPEV and RPEQ advantageous)
  • Proficiency in DIgSILENT Power Factory, SKM Powertools, and AutoCAD (2D)
  • Experience with IEC 61850
  • Power utility experience (ideally with companies like AusNet)
  • Consulting background
  • Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEng)
  • Understand Controls and Instrumentation for process industries

 
Why Consider This Role?

  • Great People who also value people highly
  • Contribute to sustainability and Australia’s energy transition to renewables
  • Key Focus on professional development and leadership growth
  • Competitive salary package
  • Employee equity opportunities for high performers
  • Flexible working arrangements – hybrid model
  • Collaborative team environment
  • Complex, varied, and challenging projects that larger firms often pass up
  • An agile environment without big corporate bureaucracy
  • A Company committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion

So, if you’re passionate about renewable energy, enjoy both technical work and leadership, and want to join a company where your contribution is valued and makes a difference, I’d love to have a confidential discussion about this opportunity.
 
To Apply
To express your interest, click ‘Apply’.
If you have any inquiries, contact me.

Contact David Milmine (Recruitment Consultant)
Email: david@trs.co.nz
Phone: +64 4 595 4102
 
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Keywords: Protection Engineer, Secondary Systems, Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Renewables, Solar, Wind, BESS, Transmission, Distribution, Substations