Lead Substation Electrical Engineer

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. Right now, we’re bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources, while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets.

We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

Purpose: You will provide engineering support for the design of substation facilities for 69kV and above for Worley and its customers as an integral part of the Power Networks team.

Responsibilities

Independently perform tasks that typically include: Substation physical design including overall engineering and analysis for new switchyards and substations, additions and modifications. Preparation of specifications and provide procurement support.

Preparation of engineering drawings including layout and general arrangements for all major equipment and structures required for high voltage switchyards or substation.

Drawings include site plans, plan and elevation views, grounding, conduit, lighting, lightning protection and shielding, control building arrangements and details, AC station service, DC systems and Bills of Material.

Perform auxiliary electrical power system studies including load flow, short circuit, voltage drop, protection and coordination, ampacity, and battery sizing studies.

Perform substation grounding calculations and studies, lightning protection and insulation coordination, lighting, bus calculations, transformer and bus sizing calculations, fault calculations, and AC and DC auxiliary system sizing calculations. Perform proposal preparation, proposal estimates