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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