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Senior & principal primary design engineers

Brisbane
UGL
Design
Posted: 21 May
Offer description

About UGL Utilities UGL Utilities team designs, constructs and maintains critical infrastructure across the power, water and renewable sectors. Ranging from HV Substations and Transmission Lines up to 500kV to power stations and wastewater treatment plants. We design and construct the following assets; substations, transmission lines, power generation, electrical distribution networks, water and waste water treatment plants and water pipelines.

About the Role esFlexibility for these roles to be based in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth or Melbourn

e. With major projects in tender, UGL is set to expand our team. There is an opportunity for you to focus on the technical or move into people management if that?s where you passion lies. Career enhancing opportunity for you to be at the forefront of major projects in 500 KV substation and transmission lin

es. Provide conceptual and detailed design of HV Substations, Transmission Line, BESS, solar and wind farms. Develop specifications and interface with management on design iss

Principal Primary Engineers Minimum experience: 15 years

Supervise and take technical control of and responsibility for groups of professional engineers engaged in complex engineering applications. Plan, direct, co-ordinate other professional and technical staff. Act as the principal technical reference authority and provide technical leadership for all engineering act. Develop a true understanding of the commercial elements of the project and maintain cost efficiency through the entire cost of the design (eg. design, procurement, installation, operation and mainten

ance)

Senior Primary Engineers Minimum experience: 6 years

Key areas of substation d

esign:Substation Configuration and Busbar Config (Single, double, 1.5CB scheme

, etc)Plant layouts, sections, and d

etailsBusbars and Connections (Fittings, Busbar Selection (Rigid, Strung), S/C Forces, Gantry forces, Sags/ Tension/ Deflection, Arrang

ement)Clearances and Layouts (Safety, Fire, Transportation and Mainte

acity)Earthing design (Fundamentals, Soil/ Grid Testing, Current S

plits)Solid understanding of HV equipment/Buildings specification and technical partic

ulars.BESS, Solar and Wind farms and their requir

ementsHV cable

ectionEMF and Corona

studyInsulation Coordination (SA Selection / Insulation Sele

designFair Knowledge on system planning, fault calculation, Power quality and Har

monics

Key areas of Electrical design of Transmission

Lines:Transposition / Impedance calc

ulationInsulators, Conductors and F

ittingsElectrical Cle

arancesEarthing

designLightning and Switching Performance / SA Selection / Insulator Se

e StudyEMF and Coron

a StudyLow frequency Induction (LFI

Study A

About You

4 year degree qualification to Bachelor status in electrical engi

neering.CPen

g StatusFundamental understanding of primary

design.Details understanding of HV cable design, Earthing design and lightning pro

tection.Solid knowledge on insulation coordination, EMF and lightin

g designProfessional level knowledge of Cymcap and CDEGS (MALZ/MALT/SESshield) design

softwareFair knowledge of EMTP, CDEGS (FCDIST, RESAP, HIFREQ, SPLITS),

PVsyst.Sound knowledge of HV and Solar farm equipment specification and ability to investigate the requirements and develop specification from basic info

rmation.Basic understanding of secondary design aspects of HV plants, solar and win

d farms.Solid understanding of the interface requirements of the civil/structural aspects of HV subs

tations.Site experience during construction/commissioning of HV substations is an a

dvantageEffectively communicate with CAD draughtspersons to optimise drawing

About UGL As a member of the CIMIC Group of companies, we value diversity in our team backgrounds, ideas, wor

k styles.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, mature aged workers and individuals from culturally diverse ba

ckgrounds.

Benefits

at we offerBenefit from 16 weeks of paid primary pare

ntal leave.Complimentary salary continuance

insurance.Discounted Medibank health

insurance.Shape your career with an Individual Develo

pment Plan.Participate in our Wellness Program with AI

A Vitality.Access our OneRewards Discou

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