Senior Telecommunications Project Engineer

Company: Western Power
Location: Washington
Posted on: March 7, 2025

Job Description:

Senior Telecommunications Project EngineerLocation: Perth Office - CBD, WA, AUDate: 24 Feb 2025Senior Telecommunications Project Engineer - Permanent Full Time - Perth CBDWe're looking for a Senior Telecommunications Project Engineer to drive the successful delivery of cutting-edge engineering and design projects. Using innovative, cost-effective solutions and optimized project management techniques, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of Western Australia's power network. If you're ready to take on exciting challenges and make an impact, we want to hear from you!Your Role in Action

• Effectively manage safety-in-design risk to as low as reasonably practicable, through the active use of safety-in-design principles and practices and in line with Western Power's Electricity Network Safety Management System.
• Lead, from a technical perspective, engineering professionals to provide a coordinated design service.
• Accountable for ensuring that project scope is fit-for-purpose; negotiate, set, and monitor design project performance (cost, quality, time, risk, resources).
• Manage design regulatory and legislative compliance, reporting non-compliances where necessary.
• Relentlessly drive continuous improvement, utilisation of standard designs (and updating thereof) to achieve sustained delivered value, while seamlessly contributing to the overall business.
• Manage own performance to improve personal effectiveness, while proactively providing technical guidance and coaching to design engineers.
• Where design work is outsourced, undertake contract management of outsourced design contractors against established frameworks. Identify contractor technical areas for improvement and contribute to development and coaching of design contractors.What Makes You a Great Fit
  • A degree in an engineering discipline.
  • Eligibility for corporate membership of the Institution of Engineers Australia.
  • Extensive and broad engineering experience and expertise, preferably in operational telecommunications design in an electricity utility or design consulting environment.
  • Project management experience in a utility, design consulting, or industrial environment.
  • Sound understanding of the interactions of related disciplines impacting on transmission substation and lines design, including civil/structural issues, environmental issues, and safety issues.
  • Experience of best practice project management and work management processes.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership and technical coaching experience.
  • Sound understanding of risk management and its application to safety-in-design.By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:
    • Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
    • Flexible work arrangements to support part-time work, working hours, and working from home arrangements.
    • The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
    • Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
    • An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
    • An innovative team culture that's enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
    • In addition to standard leave, enjoy two wellness leave days each year.
    • Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Perth office and South Metro Depot, perfect for cyclists.
    • On-site caf-- available for convenient meals and refreshments throughout the day.
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