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Senior Electrical Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

Jacobs

The Role

Overview

Design and lead electrical instrumentation & control systems for infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • project lead
  • mentoring
  • technical input
  • document prep
  • task execution

Tasks

-May lead projects or project steps within a broader project or have accountability for ongoing activities or objectives. -Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience, both on projects and as part of the Jacobs team. -Provide technical input and expertise on a variety of critical infrastructure projects. -Prepare and support project lifecycle documents including proposals, concept designs, detailed designs, and operations and maintenance documents -Undertake assigned tasks independently within agreed timeframe and quality and provide.

Requirements

  • chartered engineer
  • scada
  • ot
  • iot
  • leadership
  • tertiary degree

What You Bring

-Demonstrate eligibility to be a Chartered Engineer. -Experience in one or more of the following major infrastructure sectors of Water, Power, Renewables, Rail and Resources sector. -Able to supervise and undertake designs for Electrical, Control, Industrial Communications and SCADA systems projects. -Understand quality systems and follow it on a day-to-day basis. -Experience leading teams developing EI&C designs. -Experience in Operational Technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) desirable. -Have experience developing EI&C designs in major Infrastructure environments and using this experience in water, power and renewable sectors, plus other sectors as directed. -Experience in development of proposals for complex infrastructure clients desirable. -Relevant Tertiary Degree and robust knowledge of relevant Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls standards and design arrangements. -Your experience allows you to developed design artifacts with limited supervision and support larger EI&C programs of work.

The Company

About Jacobs

-Headquartered in Dallas, it has evolved into a global powerhouse delivering consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery services. -Its portfolio spans transformative projects—clean water systems, data centers, rail expansions, offshore wind roadmaps, and wastewater plants. -Specialising in advanced manufacturing, cities & places, energy, environmental, national security & defense, life sciences, transportation and water sectors. -Jacobs has reshaped itself via key moves—spinning off government services, acquiring CH2M in 2017, and exiting traditional oil & gas units. -Projects often tackle high-stakes, complex challenges: wastewater treatment in Vancouver, LIRR station upgrades, and AI data centres in Portugal. -Unusually, the firm shifted its HQ from California to Dallas in 2016 to align with its expanding national and global reach.

Sector Specialisms

Advanced Manufacturing

Cities & Places

Energy

Environmental

National Security & Defense

Life Sciences

Transportation

Water

Cybersecurity and Operational Technology