Senior Distribution Design Engineer

Overview

Lead end-to-end distribution design projects, ensuring safety, compliance, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• design leadership
• technical support
• resource planning
• stakeholder advice
• change management
• compliance standards

Tasks

Based in our Perth CBD office, you’ll play a key role within our Engineering and Design team, overseeing complex technical designs and leading the delivery of innovative, safe, and efficient solutions for both Western Power and customer-connected facilities. In this senior role, you’ll take the lead in coordinating, analysing, and approving complex engineering designs across the distribution network. You’ll conduct in-depth engineering investigations, manage technical information, and champion technical development and process improvements that strengthen our network and enhance performance across the business. -Lead by example to continuously improve health and safety performance, with a strong focus on safety in design. -Provide technical leadership, coaching, mentoring, ensuring own work and that of other contributors is to the defined standard. -Contribute to resource planning and project prioritisation, supporting leaders in balancing workloads and aligning deliverables. -Respond to stakeholder queries and correspondence, providing timely and expert technical advice. -Provide high-level technical support and mentoring, sharing specialist expertise across teams and the wider Western Power community. -Apply sound change management practices to projects, programs, and processes, ensuring appropriate documentation and governance. -Plan and schedule your own work, to achieve agreed project outcomes and performance targets. -Ensure compliance with design standards and specifications, and strong knowledge of distribution design standards, regulations, and procedures. -Lead the design projects and protect delivery timeline with quality, safety and environmental requirements. -Drive a culture of excellence, collaboration, and customer focus within the Engineering and Design team.

Requirements

• engineers australia
• electrical engineering
• utility experience
• problem solving
• pls cad
• microstation

What You Bring

-Eligible for corporate membership of Engineers Australia. -Able to identify and to develop innovative new methods, processes and systems for continuous improvement. -A Degree in Electrical Engineering. -8 – 10 years’ experience in a utility background. -Ability to analyse complex design drawings, assess risks, and propose cost-effective, constructible solutions. -Demonstrated skills in problem solving and root cause analysis, manage shifting priorities, and data management. -Competence in design review processes, identifying non-conformances, and specifying remedial actions. -An extensive knowledge of overhead and underground distribution design standards, policies, tools and procedures like AS7000, AS3000, Overhead and underground design guidelines Poles and Wire, Neara, PLS Cad, MicroStation etc. -Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. -Demonstrated experience delivering end-to-end distribution design projects from scoping to delivery. -Ability to quickly integrate into the team while respecting diversity and cultural differences.

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

About Western Power

-Focus on modernizing infrastructure with smart grid technology to enhance reliability and reduce outages. -Key role in connecting renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, to promote cleaner energy solutions. -Typical projects include construction and maintenance of substations, distribution lines, and cutting-edge technology integration. -Noteworthy projects involve automated fault detection systems and grid resilience initiatives for extreme weather events.

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