Senior Engineer Generation & Storage

Grow your career in this Senior Engineering role within AECOMs Generation and Storage team.  You will be applying and building your engineering abilities across a rapidly evolving sector covering utility-scale wind solar battery storage (BESS) and hybrid projects for a variety of clients asset owners and developers.  This role and project variety will provide the opportunity to develop your technical and project delivery abilities while also learning from AECOMs technical leaders.

You will also be working across project stages preparing documentation designs and engineering inputs across the project life cycle. Depending on the project you may get involved in prefeasibility studies concept design technical studies for planning approvals development of Principals requirements tender evaluation detailed design reviews on Owners Engineer (OE) engagements construction phase support (including quality assurance) and commissioning phase activities. The common thread is helping to communicate complex technical concepts and solutions in a simple and easy to understand way for a variety of stakeholders.  The fast paced and innovative nature of projects will suit a Senior Engineer looking to make a difference across major and complex projects where understanding client needs balancing engineering concepts and problem solving to ensure technical and project delivery excellence. 

Key role responsibilities include:

• Provide and complete engineering reviews designs calculations and technical advisory tasks meeting project technical requirements.
• Supporting project delivery excellence through arranging technical verification tasks are completed working within AECOMs technical standards and processes.
• 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.
• Contributing to delivery excellence maintaining AECOMs high standards of quality safety digital innovation and client satisfaction.

Qualifications :

To be successful in this role you will be an experienced Electrical Engineer with a track record of working across various project types in the Renewable and Electrical sector.  You will be known for your ability to support delivery of projects working collaboratively in teams with a project and client-first focus.

Experience across a variety of renewable projects (ideally a mix of wind solar and battery with hybrid experience highly regarded) will be important for success in this role.  Having exposure to working across different project types site requirements and geographies at utility scale will be an advantage.  While the majority of our projects are on utility-scale projects we also work on commercial and industrial scale solar and BESS projects so this experience is also valuable.

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired but if you dont tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply all applications will be considered.

• 5 years of demonstrated engineering experience working on renewable energy projects across a range of technologies and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) with experience during construction and commissioning highly regarded.
• Electrical engineering or renewable energy related engineering qualification with a developed knowledge of electrical balance of plant systems (AC and DC) equipment and project interfaces.
• Ability to own plan and complete detailed engineering technical advisory and design work packages. This can span across technical reviews site inspections reports modelling or calculations and coordinating workshops gaining technical input and verification as required.
• An ability to proactively problem solve identify discrepancies and work within agreed client timelines scopes and budgets independently.
• Strong communication skills and ability to confidently coordinate multidisciplinary inputs as the Generation and Storage team is often required to play an integration role on Owners Engineering and technical advisory engagements.
• Either registered or working towards professional registration on the National Engineering Register in Australia (such as RPEV or RPEQ) ideally supported by a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) designation or equivalent international accreditation.
• Displays a passion to grow their technical engineering and electrical knowledge learning from others as well as providing hands-on guidance to other engineers.

Additional Information :

Why youll 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 whats 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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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 youre 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. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll 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 persons potential and well help you reach yours.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time