Electrical Engineer (Water Infrastructure)

Acciona

The Role

Overview

Lead electrical engineering for water treatment and desalination projects

Key Responsibilities

  • design review
  • technical docs
  • bid coordination
  • vendor relations
  • system optimisation
  • data sheets

Tasks

-Coordinate with cross-functional teams to enhance collaboration and improve bid quality. -Lead the review of detailed electrical engineering requirements for water treatment and desalination plant designs. -Review technical documentation post-purchase and ensure compliance with project specifications. -Propose technical improvements to enhance bid competitiveness and feasibility. -Supervise and guide assigned team members, ensuring high-quality deliverables. -Extract and communicate key technical information from bid documents. -Prepare and contribute to client proposals, presentations, and bid defences. -Monitor detailed electrical engineering progress through to project completion. -Support the bidding team in standardisation tasks and contribute to consistent technical approaches. -Maintain accurate documentation throughout bid and project phases. -Build and maintain strong relationships with vendors and subcontractors. -Provide technical oversight during the bidding process, including evaluation and assessment of proposed electrical systems. -Conduct detailed electrical system optimisation for water treatment projects. -Prepare electrical equipment data sheets and perform technical tabulations for desalination plant components.

Requirements

  • electrical engineer
  • water infrastructure
  • bidding
  • coordination
  • communication
  • electrical design

What You Bring

-Familiarity with bidding processes, technical documentation, and vendor engagement. -Proven experience as an Electrical Engineer or Senior Electrical Engineer in water infrastructure projects. -Excellent coordination and communication skills, with the ability to work across multiple disciplines. -Demonstrated involvement in major tenders within South Australia. -Strong understanding of electrical systems design, optimisation, and equipment specification.

The Company

About Acciona

-Born from early 20th‑century engineering firms, it reinvented itself in 1997 as a champion of green infrastructure and renewable energy. -Headquartered near Madrid, it went public on Spain’s IBEX‑35 and now spans over 40 countries. -In infrastructure, it engineers and builds major transport corridors, bridges, tunnels, desalination plants, and urban light‑rail systems. -Its water division tackles everything from drinking‑water treatment to large‑scale desalination and wastewater reuse projects. -It also designs sustainable urban real‑estate and provides financial, mobility, and social‑infrastructure services. -Flagship projects range from the Eurus wind farm in Mexico and Sydney light‑rail to Australia’s pioneering waste‑to‑energy plants. -Unusually, it spun off its turbine unit into Nordex yet remains a top shareholder—spanning full clean‑energy value chains. -It even crafted the world’s first prefabricated lighthouse, blending innovation and practical construction expertise.

Sector Specialisms

Industrial

Energy

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Transport

Utilities

Government

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