Senior Project Engineer

Description

• Lead, from a technical perspective, engineering professionals to provide a coordinated design service
• Effectively manage safety-in-design risk to as low as reasonably practicable, through the active use of safety-in-design principles and practices and in line with Western Power’s Electricity Network Safety Management System
• Manage own performance to improve personal effectiveness, while proactively providing technical guidance and coaching to design engineers
• Relentlessly drive continuous improvement, utilisation of standard designs (and updating thereof) to achieve sustained delivered value, while seamlessly contributing to the overall business
• Accountable for ensuring that project scope is fit-for-purpose; negotiate, set, and monitor design project performance (cost, quality, time, risk, resources)
• Where design work is outsourced, undertake contract management of outsourced design contractors against established frameworks. Identify contractor technical areas for improvement and contribute to development and coaching of design contractors
• Manage design regulatory and legislative compliance, reporting non-compliances where necessary

Requirements

• Extensive and broad engineering experience and expertise, preferably in electricity transmission design in an electricity utility or design consulting environment
• Project management experience in a utility, design consulting, or industrial environment
• Eligibility for corporate membership of the Institution of Engineers Australia
• A degree in an engineering discipline
• Demonstrated technical leadership and technical coaching experience.
• Sound understanding of risk management and its application to safety-in-design
• Experience of best practice project management and work management processes
• Sound understanding of the interactions of related disciplines impacting on transmission substation and lines design, including civil/structural issues, environmental issues, and safety issues.

Benefits

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. As a WORK180-endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan.

• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
• Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements.
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.
• 22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave to support family and cultural connections.
• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
• On-site café available for convenient meals and refreshments throughout the day.
• Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Perth office and South Metro Depot, perfect for cyclists.

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