Associate Primary Engineer HV Substations

Your impact

Jacobs' Energy & Power business is helping clients deliver the infrastructure needed for Australia's changing energy system. We're seeking an Associate Primary Engineer to join our HV Substations team in Perth.

Working alongside our Principal Primary Engineer and Energy & Power specialists across Australia and APAC, you'll deliver HV and EHV substation projects across Australia, including systems up to 500kV.

You'll remain hands on in primary engineering and design while broadening your project and client experience. You'll work across different stages of project delivery, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and take on greater engineering responsibility as your experience develops.

Some of the things you'll be involved in include:

• Deliver primary engineering and design across HV and EHV substation projects.
• Develop primary plant layouts and specify HV and MV plant and equipment.
• Develop and review electrical Single Line Diagrams across HV, MV and LV systems.
• Work across AIS, GIS and hybrid substation solutions and HV/MV switchgear.
• Undertake or contribute to electrical studies including earthing, short circuit and insulation coordination.
• Work across interfaces with secondary, protection, civil and structural disciplines.
• Work directly with clients and project teams to develop practical engineering solutions.

Here's what you'll need

We're interested in Primary Engineers who have developed their experience within a utility or engineering consultancy and enjoy hands-on engineering and working with clients and project teams.

You'll bring:

• Hands-on primary substation design experience across HV transmission and/or distribution projects.
• Experience with primary plant, HV/MV switchgear, substation layouts and SLDs.
• Experience with AIS, GIS and/or hybrid substation solutions.
• Understanding of the interfaces between primary, secondary, protection, civil, structural and SCADA engineering.
• Experience engaging directly with clients and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Knowledge of relevant Australian electricity industry standards.
• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status.

Why Jacobs and why this role

• A genuine growth opportunity to support building Jacobs’ Perth substation capability and help define its future direction.
• The opportunity to make an early, visible impact rather than inherit a fixed team structure.
• A broad project mix spanning renewables, grid connections, owner’s engineer and detailed design work.
• The backing of established Perth teams, plus the depth of a broader APAC Energy and Power group.
• The chance to influence hiring, technical standards, client relationships and the way the team grows.
• A senior technical position where your work will contribute directly to Australia’s renewable energy transition.
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