Conduct job studies and finalize the Bill of Materials (BoM) and budgeted man-days for project execution.
Perform risk assessments related to design and implement mitigation plans as needed.
Identify and implement cost optimization opportunities across all design phases.
Develop and maintain the project strategy, Master Document List (MDL), and delivery schedule.
Prepare and validate basic and detailed technical designs, engineering calculations and drawings; ensure compliance with customer comments and specifications.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical & Electronics) or (Electrical)
Lead technical authority for secondary systems, protection and control engineering in Australia, providing strategic leadership across transmission, substations, renewable energy, battery energy storage systems, interconnectors, and major energy infrastructure projects.
Responsibilities
Act as Hatch's Australian Subject Matter Expert (SME) for secondary systems, protection and control engineering.
Provide technical leadership across transmission, renewable energy and energy transition projects.
Lead technical assurance, peer reviews and governance activities for complex engineering deliverables.
Oversee the delivery of secondary and protection engineering scopes from concept through to commissioning and operational support.
Lead the development and review of protection philosophies, relay applications, secondary system architecture, SCADA interfaces and substation automation systems.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
Lead engineer responsible for spearheading protection and control system designs for HV/EHV substations, working on projects like the National Grid's 'Great Grid Upgrade'.
Responsibilities
Prepare Protection & Control engineering designs for HV/EHV substations (11kV–400kV or above)
Provide expert-level input to develop and oversee Protection Single Line Diagrams (SLDs), AC/DC Schematics, Wiring Diagrams, Terminal Plans, Cable Schedules, and Interconnection Diagrams
Design Protection Relay Panels, Control Panels, Annunciation Panels, Metering Panels, and RTU/SCADA interfaces
Prepare Protection Relay Settings philosophy and coordinate with system studies where applicable
Perform protection coordination and review relay configurations
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Nice to have: experience in UK, Middle East, Europe, or international utility projects
Lead design of protection and control systems for high voltage substations, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring compliance with international standards.
Responsibilities
Prepare protection & control engineering designs for HV/EHV substations
Develop and oversee protection single line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, terminal plans, cable schedules, and interconnection diagrams
Design protection relay panels, control panels, annunciation panels, metering panels, and RTU/SCADA interfaces
Prepare protection relay settings philosophy and coordinate with system studies
Perform protection coordination and review relay configurations
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Lead protection and control design engineering for high voltage substations, develop system designs, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and ensure compliance with international standards.
Responsibilities
Prepare protection & control engineering designs for HV/EHV substations
Develop and oversee Protection Single Line Diagrams, AC/DC Schematics, Wiring Diagrams, Terminal Plans, Cable Schedules, and Interconnection Diagrams
Design Protection Relay Panels, Control Panels, Annunciation Panels, Metering Panels, and RTU/SCADA interfaces
Prepare Protection Relay Settings philosophy and coordinate with system studies
Perform protection coordination and review relay configurations
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
Nice to have: Experience in UK, Middle East, Europe, or international utility projects
Spearhead design activity for protection and control system designs for HV/EHV substations, working on projects like the National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade.
Responsibilities
Prepare Protection & Control engineering designs for HV/EHV substations (11kV–400kV or above)
Provide expert-level input to develop and oversee Protection Single Line Diagrams (SLDs), AC/DC Schematics, Wiring Diagrams, Terminal Plans, Cable Schedules, and Interconnection Diagrams
Design Protection Relay Panels, Control Panels, Annunciation Panels, Metering Panels, and RTU/SCADA interfaces
Prepare Protection Relay Settings philosophy and coordinate with system studies where applicable
Perform protection coordination and review relay configurations
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Nice to have: Experience in UK, Middle East, Europe, or international utility projects
Spearhead design activity and responsibility for protection and control system designs for HV/EHV substations, working on projects like National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade.
Responsibilities
Prepare Protection & Control engineering designs for HV/EHV substations (11kV–400kV or above)
Provide expert-level input to develop and oversee Protection Single Line Diagrams (SLDs), AC/DC Schematics, Wiring Diagrams, Terminal Plans, Cable Schedules, and Interconnection Diagrams
Design Protection Relay Panels, Control Panels, Annunciation Panels, Metering Panels, and RTU/SCADA interfaces
Prepare Protection Relay Settings philosophy and coordinate with system studies
Perform protection coordination and review relay configurations
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Nice to have: Experience in UK, Middle East, Europe, or international utility projects
Complete detailed design and implementation of protection and controls systems for distribution, sub-transmission, and transmission substations for High Voltage (HV 220kV) and Extra High Voltage (EHV 500kV) projects
Conduct fault studies using industry-standard software to ensure optimal system performance
Lead teams of engineers on larger work packages including coaching, mentorship and supporting training on-the-job of the next generation of Power engineers
Deliver concept and detailed designs, reviewing secondary and protection schemes from high-level R&I diagrams through detailed schematics and protection settings
Provide technical advice working with clients to provide project scoping, design and delivery, aligned to their requirements
Requirements
A degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical subject
Provide technical leadership across complex transmission and distribution projects while helping shape the future of Beca's Secondary & Protection capability.
Responsibilities
Lead the design and implementation of secondary and protection systems for transmission and distribution substations up to 500kV.
Provide technical leadership across complex projects, ensuring high-quality and fit-for-purpose outcomes.
Lead and mentor engineers, supporting technical development, knowledge sharing and capability growth.
Develop and review protection schemes, secondary systems, fault studies and power system analyses.
Partner with clients to provide technical advice, project scoping and practical delivery solutions.
Requirements
Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering
Nice to have: Chartered status
Nice to have: Registered Professional Engineer status
Responsible for engineering design, review and implementation support of protection, control, SCADA, Substation Automation Systems, and secondary systems for high‑voltage substations.
Responsibilities
Develop protection philosophies, coordination concepts, relay selection studies, protection logic, tripping and interlocking schemes, and relay settings calculations.
Prepare and review substation control philosophies, bay control architecture, control logic, Functional Design Specifications, and station and bay‑level control systems.
Design and review SCADA and Substation Automation Systems, including communication architecture, RTUs, gateways, HMIs, signal lists, point lists, I/O schedules, and IEC 61850 implementation.
Prepare and review secondary engineering documentation including protection single‑line diagrams, three‑line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, wiring diagrams, terminal block diagrams, panel layouts, and tripping logic diagrams.
Design AC and DC auxiliary systems including battery chargers, UPS systems, battery banks, DC distribution boards, load schedules, sizing calculations, and redundancy architecture.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Nice to have: Renewable energy grid connections
Nice to have: Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects
Principal Engineer - Secondary and ProtectionNewHatch · Melbourne, Australia