Senior EC&1 Engineer - Nuclear

Job Description

Our Adelaide Building Engineering team is looking for a Senior EC&I Engineer with Nuclear experience to join our growing Building Engineering team. This is a great opportunity to work on some of Australia’s most complex engineering projects, supporting critical infrastructure for Australia’s nuclear and defence capability.

This role is based in Adelaide. Relocation packages are available for suitably qualified candidates.

How you’ll make a difference:

• Lead the design and engineering of Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation (EC&I) systems, ensuring designs meet project requirements, relevant standards and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare and review technical documentation, specifications, drawings and calculations, working closely with other disciplines to deliver coordinated designs.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers and designers, helping to build capability within the team and maintaining a high standard of technical delivery.
• Undertake engineering studies, option assessments, hazard and risk assessments and other technical investigations to inform design development and project decisions.
• Contribute to engineering justifications, assurance documentation and safety-related deliverables for safety-significant and mission-critical systems.
• Work closely with Project Managers, Design Managers, architects and other engineering disciplines to integrate EC&I solutions across complex building and infrastructure projects.
• Support testing, commissioning and validation activities to ensure systems perform as required.
• Work directly with clients and key stakeholders, providing technical input and helping to resolve engineering and project issues as they arise.

Qualifications

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

• A degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent qualifications and experience.
• Proven experience delivering electrical, control and instrumentation systems across major infrastructure, industrial, defence, energy or other highly regulated projects. Nuclear experience, particularly defence, would be highly regarded.
• Strong technical knowledge across electrical power systems, control systems and instrumentation, with experience in areas such as LV/MV distribution, power system studies, PLC, SCADA, DCS, ICS, BMS and building automation.
• Experience developing engineering documentation through concept, preliminary and detailed design phases, with a sound understanding of relevant Australian and international standards.
• Experience with instrumentation specification, selection and integration, as well as resilient power systems including standby generation and UPS, and earthing, bonding and lightning protection.
• An understanding of functional safety, including hazard analysis, SIL assessment and verification, as well as requirements management, systems engineering and verification and validation processes.
• Sound technical leadership skills and the ability to work effectively with mechanical, civil, process and other engineering disciplines in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments, with an understanding of engineering assurance, safety culture and the importance of quality in technical delivery.
• CPEng or Chartered Engineer status, or a commitment to achieving professional registration, is desirable.

The ability to meet relevant AUKUS defence clearance requirements is essential. 

Additional Information

Why you’ll love working with us:

• Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, full-time, part-time, job-sharing and hybrid work options
• Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year         
• Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
• Continuous learning and growth - lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, 5 days paid study leave, global career opportunities

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.

Applications are reviewed as they come in, and the role may close earlier than expected, so if this opportunity sounds like you, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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About AECOM

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Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.