Principal Electrical Engineer, Generation & Storage

AECOM
Sydney
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Ownership","Client engagement","Communication","Multidisciplinary coordination","Technical judgment","Mentoring"]

Lead medium-voltage electrical balance-of-plant design and delivery for utility-scale wind, solar, BESS, and hybrid projects. Own the design approach across feasibility through commissioning: develop and review design bases and single-line diagrams, perform cable/transformer/equipment studies, build DIgSILENT PowerFactory models, and define protection and control philosophies. Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs, mentor engineers, support client decisions, and provide technical review during procurement, construction, and commissioning.

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Job Summary

Lead medium-voltage electrical balance-of-plant design and delivery for utility-scale wind, solar, BESS, and hybrid projects. Own the design approach across feasibility through commissioning: develop and review design bases and single-line diagrams, perform cable/transformer/equipment studies, build DIgSILENT PowerFactory models, and define protection and control philosophies. Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs, mentor engineers, support client decisions, and provide technical review during procurement, construction, and commissioning.
Location: Sydney
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the electrical design approach for medium-voltage balance of plant systems on utility-scale generation and storage projects.
  • •Develop and review design bases, single-line diagrams, equipment ratings, cable sizing/derating, and key electrical calculations including voltage-drop and short-circuit withstand.
  • •Build and review DIgSILENT PowerFactory models and undertake load-flow, short-circuit, voltage, reactive-power, harmonic, and contingency studies appropriate to the project stage.
  • •Select and review transformers and major electrical plant, including ratings, impedance, vector group, tap range, earthing arrangement, losses, and equipment duty.
  • •Develop and review protection and control philosophies, grading and coordination studies, relay requirements, interfaces, test requirements, and commissioning plans; coordinate inputs and mentor engineers.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Additional LeaveWell-being

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years designing and leading medium-voltage electrical systems (typically 11 kV to 33 kV) across concept through detailed design stages.
  • •Cable-system design expertise including ampacity/derating, voltage drop, short-circuit withstand, earthing, routing, and cable schedules.
  • •Proficiency in DIgSILENT PowerFactory with experience performing and reviewing power-system studies such as load-flow and fault-level, plus voltage, reactive-power, and harmonic studies.
  • •Strong knowledge of transformer and switchgear specification and equipment-duty requirements, and ability to develop/review protection and control philosophies, relay settings, and commissioning requirements.
  • •Registered or working toward professional registration on the National Engineering Register in Australia (e.g., RPEV or RPEQ), and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or closely related power-engineering discipline.
Experience:8+ yearsRenewable energyPower systemsEngineering consultingUtilitiesEPC contractingMiningInfrastructureIndustrial projects
Education:Bachelor's in Electrical engineering or closely related power-engineering discipline
Skills:OwnershipClient engagementCommunicationMultidisciplinary coordinationTechnical judgmentMentoring
Licenses:National Engineering Register in Australia (e.g., RPEV or RPEQ)Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng)
Languages:English
Tech Stack:DIgSILENT PowerFactorySingle-line diagramsLoad-flowFault-level studiesVoltage studiesReactive-power studiesHarmonic studiesProtection and controlRelay settingsCable schedulingDesign basesCalculationsDrawingsSpecificationsDatasheetsEPCOEMCommissioning plans

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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