Primary Design Engineer

**About This Role** **Substation Design Engineer (Primary Electrical)** **Melbourne** **About the company** Our client are delivering renewable energy and transmission and distribution infrastructure across the APAC region. Their work spans T&D lines and substations, solar farms, wind farms and battery energy storage systems. **About the role** We're looking for an experienced Substation Design Engineer to lead the production and management of primary electrical design for High Voltage T&D projects. You'll deliver studies, tender designs, detailed design, and design reviews and verifications, while providing technical leadership and mentoring to our substation design team. **Key Responsibilities** * Deliver primary system design, including SLDs, equipment sizing, HV/LV cable design, GA layouts, earth grid, lighting, switchroom and control room design, and station service transformer sizing * Carry out studies including load flow, short circuit, short circuit forces, EMF, insulation coordination and lightning protection * Support procurement engineering, including plant specifications, datasheets, manufacturer drawing review and factory inspections * Oversee drafting work, review drawings and mentor drafters * Lead internal and inter-discipline design reviews and quality checks * Manage Safety in Design, design risk, budgets and schedules * Drive value engineering, innovation and continuous improvement **Requirements** **About you** * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Power Systems (or similar) from a recognised institution * 7+ years' experience delivering substation primary design for utility substations or large-scale renewable and T&D projects * Experience delivering EHV substation primary design * In-depth experience in short circuit forces, EMF studies, insulation coordination, earth grid modelling and lighting design * Sound knowledge of national and international standards, and of health and safety and Safety in Design requirements * Proficiency in tools such as DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSS/E, PSCAD, CYME, CDEGS, PLS-CADD and ETAP, plus AutoCAD, Revit or MicroStation * Professional membership of a national or international engineering institute * Strong report writing, communication and problem-solving skills