Senior Protection Engineer

Senior Protection Engineer at Enerven Join Enerven as a Senior Protection Engineer, where you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality designs for HV/UHV substations and renewable energy systems. Reporting to Protection & Secondary Engineering lead, you’ll contribute technical leadership, mentorship and expertise across complex projects. As the Senior Protection Engineer, you will provide technical support and guidance to team members, act as a technical authority of protection designs whilst playing a key role in the successful delivery of designs across the project portfolio. You will support the Protection Team Lead and contribute expert knowledge across all Protection-related deliverables. Day to day you will Provide technical authority, guidance and mentoring to the Protection engineers within the discipline Support the development and improvement of engineering processes, procedures and templates Support the business development team with conceptual designs, estimates and proposals for complex projects Collaborate closely with engineers, designers and design managers to ensure efficient and high-quality project outcomes Providing technical engineering advice, you will make sound decisions based on technical, commercial, and contractual requirements and work with internal and external stakeholders Lead, Mentor and develop other protection engineers/ graduate engineers and undergraduate engineers Produce engineering deliverables, develop & maintain Technical Authority/ expertise of the protection documents including: Protection Single Line Diagrams and Block Logics Protection philosophy Protection setting calculation Relay setting and configuration Modelling and networks assessment, fault analysis and load flow study Ensure compliance of design with relevant design standards, regulations & Australian Standards About you You will be required to have detailed knowledge of protection design, familiar with protection schemes, substation and renewables engineering principles, knowledge in HV and UHV transmission protection design and power engineering fundamentals. You also need to be competent with technical management skills in leading, structuring and delivering processes, procedures and templates along with estimating skills for engineering. What you will need University degree in Electrical Engineering Registered with Engineers Australia - desirable Project and Design Leadership / Management experience Experience carrying out designs for major transmission utilities (particularly with Transgrid) About us The work behind the network: When you join Enerven, you are working for a team guided by its core values of dependability, proactiveness and collaboration. A skilled and diverse workforce: Our broad industry skillset enables us to meet complex challenges with agility and expertise. Our team is at the forefront of change - building a more sustainable future by connecting Australia with tomorrow. Outstanding culture of safety and well-being: Health, safety and well-being form the foundations of our operations, and we have an unwavering commitment to the safety and wellbeing of our people, our customers and the community we serve. Flexible work options and employee benefit programs Flexi-time accrual 17.5% leave loading on annual leave 13% superannuation Up to $900 in electricity reimbursement each year Automatic coverage from our income protection scheme 18 weeks paid primary carers parental leave Ability to purchase extra annual leave of up to 20 days Salary sacrifices towards novated lease vehicle Corporate discount towards health insurance and gym memberships Leadership and career development opportunities An inclusive and equal opportunity organisation We value and respect the unique backgrounds and experiences of our employees, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. As members of the Diversity Council Australia, our employees can receive full access to research, events and expertise on all aspects of diversity and inclusion. Given safety is at the forefront of everything we do, candidates will undergo comprehensive pre-employment screening, including a medical and a police check. Don't let this opportunity pass you by. For further information or any queries about this role, reach out to us at Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Engineering and Distribution Industries Engineering Services, Renewable Energy Power Generation, and Construction Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Enerven by 2x #J-18808-Ljbffr