Team Leader Protection & Metering Design

About the Role

The Opportunity: as Team Leader – Protection and Metering Design you will lead a team of Design Engineers responsible for delivering high‑quality designs that support our projects, network operations and asset maintenance, while providing specialist technical advice and developing design standards. You will oversee the delivery of protection and metering designs both internally and through external providers, ensuring accuracy, consistency and compliance with Transgrid standards. • Lead and review protection and metering designs ensuring compliance with standards. • Plan, manage, and report on design projects, coordinating internal and external resources. • Drive peer reviews, technical assessments, lessons learned, and improvement initiatives. • Maintain team productivity, quality standards, and technical competency.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸protection design
• ▸metering design
• ▸design review
• ▸project planning
• ▸peer review
• ▸standards compliance

What You Bring

The ideal candidate holds a degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, has demonstrated experience managing engineering teams or mentoring senior engineers, and possesses strong hands‑on knowledge of protection and metering design for high‑voltage transmission, generation or distribution systems. A solid understanding of Safety in Design, the National Electricity Rules, relevant Australian standards and design quality‑assurance processes is essential. • Hold a degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent. • Demonstrated experience managing engineering teams or mentoring senior engineers. • Strong hands‑on experience in high‑voltage protection and metering design. • Knowledge of Safety in Design, National Electricity Rules and Australian standards. • Experience reviewing and approving external designs with quality assurance processes.

Requirements

• ▸electrical engineering
• ▸team management
• ▸high‑voltage
• ▸protection design
• ▸safety design
• ▸quality assurance

Benefits

Transgrid offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes corporate discounts, novated leasing options, workplace flexibility and 20 weeks paid parental leave, supporting personal, professional and social well‑being. • Access to corporate discounts, novated leasing, flexible work arrangements and 20 weeks paid parental leave.

Work Environment

Office Full-Time