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Senior Traction Power Engineer

Arcadis -
Sydney NSW

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Qualifications

Management
Microsoft Office
Communication skills

Full Job Description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Working closely with our Discipline Leads, you will play a key role in delivering national projects within the Rail Traction Power sector. You’ll lead project teams and provide technical expertise, support, and guidance to junior engineers, helping to build their knowledge and capabilities. This role is integral to supporting the growth of the team from within, while ensuring high-quality outcomes on significant national projects. You will also receive ongoing support and training to further develop your skills and advance your career.

Role accountabilities:

Preparing and delivering complex designs, reports, proposals and presentations to clients in the following areas:
- AC and DC traction substation system design including preparation of single line diagrams, layouts, circuit diagrams, earthing and bonding schematics, and coordination of the design with communication, civil, structural and mechanical design disciplines
- AC and DC traction power system studies including equipment sizing, fault calculations and insulation coordination studies
- Coordination of the traction power system with overhead wiring and signalling system design
- Lightning protection system design
- Earthing system analysis and design including pipeline LFI studies
- Earthing, bonding and electrolysis assessment and design
- AC and DC traction protection systems analysis, setting, specification and design
Manage the delivery of specialised components of projects, advising on the most effective team to achieve this.
Working in collaboration with other design disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design
Leading and mentoring upcoming team members
Provide technical expertise and overview to client and stakeholders and to assist clients through technical decision-making and provide alternative options/solutions if there are changes to project parameters.
Liaising with the Project Manager and the client to keep informed of all developments associated with the project

Qualification & Experience:

7+ years’ experience as power systems engineer, with at least 3 years recent experience in traction power system design or equivalent (significant experience in the utility power sector with sufficient knowledge of rail systems would also be considered);

Tertiary qualification in electrical/power engineering, preferably chartered engineering and RPEQ status;
Excellent spoken and written communication skills including a working knowledge of MS Office;
Highly regarded skills include:
- Experience in a design consultancy role
- Demonstrated ability to lead the design teams and and deliver traction design packages
- The experience of working with traction power system modelling software tools.
- The ability to develop earthing and induction models in CDEGS earthing system software is desirable
- HV substation design, Protection system design, Power system studies
- The ability to develop traction power system models in ETAP or equivalent software tool.
- The ability to develop transient studies in ATP/PSCAD/EMTP
- The ability to develop EMC management plans and manage the EMC management procedure.
- The ability to develop maintenance strategies and procedures, commissioning plans and documentation

Note: Not all these skills above are expected and training will be given to develop these.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skill-based approach, where you can hardness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

As an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity at Arcadis and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Veterans and spouses are invited to apply.

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