Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Capabilities
Electrical
Office Setup
Hybrid
Job ID
#38238
Market
Energy
At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.
Your impact
Jacobs is seeking a Senior Associate Secondary Engineer to join our Melbourne High Voltage Substations team, providing specialist secondary and protection engineering consulting services while leading and developing our Secondary and Protection capability across the APAC region.
As Team Lead, you will work closely with the APAC Section Lead – Substations to provide technical leadership, people leadership and pastoral care to the Secondary and Protection team. You’ll oversee the delivery of complex high-voltage substation projects ranging from 132 kV up to 500 kV, supporting the design, coordination, and successful delivery of safe, reliable, and sustainable power infrastructure.
In this role, you’ll combine deep technical expertise with strong leadership, influencing project outcomes, developing people, and collaborating with project, commercial, and technical leaders locally and globally. While advanced protection engineering experience is highly valued, we also welcome candidates with a strong secondary engineering background who are keen to continue expanding their protection capability.
Key Areas of Focus:
Provide daily people leadership for the Secondary and Protection team, including coaching, career development, resource planning, workload management and supporting team wellbeing.
Lead concept, tender, and detailed engineering for secondary, protection, and control systems across transmission and distribution projects.
Collaborate within multidisciplinary and geographically distributed teams to deliver projects safely, on time, and within budget.
Provide technical input alongside high-level review and assurance of engineering outputs including:
o Protection, metering, and control schemes
o Electrical single line diagrams
o Relay coordination studies and short circuit analyses
o Protection settings, logic configurations, and interlocking/inter tripping schemes
o IEC 61850 substation communication systems
Act as a trusted technical advisor on complex projects, working closely with Design Managers and Project Managers.
Contribute to client engagement and relationship development.
Provide oversight and support across bid preparation, service estimates, and method statements.
Here's what you'll need
Demonstrated people management experience, or the ability to clearly show leadership capability within a geographically diverse, matrix environment.
Extensive experience delivering secondary systems engineering for high-voltage transmission and distribution substations.
Advanced capability in IEC 61850 system architecture and implementation.
Highly developed problem-solving skills with the ability to lead and manage complex technical design challenges.
Clear, confident, and professional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Excellent working knowledge of industry standards and regulatory frameworks (e.g. National Electricity Rules, AEMO Guidelines). #LI-SK2.
With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs here .
We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of diverse perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here .
Our meticulously curated employee benefits support ALL employees throughout every stage of life. From paid parental leave to a lifetime financial allowance for you and your partner to access family forming Fertility & IVF treatment, adoption and surrogacy assistance along with menopause and Low T treatment.
We are steadfast in our commitment to the wellbeing of you and your loved ones with a comprehensive suite of wellbeing resources supporting you physically, emotionally and financially. This is demonstrated in our company being recognised by WGEA for 12 consecutive years as an employer of choice for gender equality along with our industry leading GOLD employer status by the Australian Workplace Equality Index.
Cultural Support:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are invited to nominate a cultural representative to participate on the interview panel; please let your recruiter know in your application. No matter what drives you, you'll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.
We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.
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