Octopus
Lead Electrical Engineer - Octopus Australia
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Sydney, NSW, au
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- A practical mindset, sound judgement and a commitment to ensuring safe, bankable and constructible renewable energy projects.
- Strong electrical workstream management skills, and willingness/desire to take ownership of budget, scope, programme, risks and quality.
- Ability to work well in teams with diverse professional/personal backgrounds – focusing as much on what needs to be done as well as how to work together best as a team.
- Commercial awareness, technical depth and comfort operating at the interface between engineering, development, procurement, finance and construction.
- Proactiveness, self-motivation, and conscious prioritization of workload in alignment with Engineering Manager.
- Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders and ability to translate engineering issues into actionable recommendations.
- An appreciation of the value of quality, genuine relationships with colleagues – we spend most of our week with our colleagues so we might as well enjoy it!
Full description
- Own, define, structure and manage the scope, budget, schedule, HSE, risks and quality of the electrical scope - from generation/storage equipment (solar PV, wind turbines, BESS) through to grid connection, on a portfolio of projects, through pre-acquisition due diligence processes, design, procurement, financial close, NTP, construction, commissioning and operations phases.
- Demonstrate technical leadership and provide mentoring/support to colleagues, with a focus on continuous improvement of electrical engineering standards, lessons learnt, and development of templates and governance processes covering HV/MV systems including:
- MV collector and reticulation systems
- Main power transformers
- AIS/GIS and switchgear
- HV cables and overhead/underground transmission lines
- Substations and electrical balance of plant
- Protection, control, earthing and power-quality studies
- Construction and installation methods/techniques of all of the above
- Own electrical interfaces with civil, grid, SCADA, environmental, planning, land, commercial, construction and asset management teams, and educate key internal stakeholders with regards to electrical workstream objectives, risks and opportunities.
- Contribute to project contracting strategies, scope definition, tender documentation, technical evaluation, contract negotiation and post-award engineering management.
- Manage OEM and contractor performance from design through construction.
- Prepare/review concept designs, single line diagrams (SLDs), cable layouts, protection philosophies, bills of materials, technical specifications, employer's requirements/principal's project requirements, design reports, design certificates and construction documentation.
- Review, challenge and evaluate EPC / Owner’s Engineer’s / contractor’s design submissions, RFIs, variations and non-conformances with a focus on proactive practical issue resolution, technoeconomic optimization and risk management.
- Manage resolution of electrical-related punch list issues on operating assets post-COD.
- Coordinate and manage design reviews, site inspections and technical workshops as required.
Ideally, you will have some or all of the following qualifications, skills and experience:
- Demonstrated electrical engineering experience (7-10 yrs) on Australian utility-scale renewable energy projects, ideally across wind, solar PV, and / or battery energy storage systems – experience on hybrid solar/BESS projects and projects involving complex generation performance standards requirements in particular highly regarded.
- Experience working for an EPC contractor, engineering consultant, utility, independent power producer or renewable energy project developer.
- Proven involvement in both pre- and post-financial close/construction project phases, acting as the owner's representative for the electrical package, and managing package delivery from design through to handover to operations.