Lines Layout Design Engineer

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We’re working at the heart of Queensland’s energy transformation. Now more than ever, we need people who want to help us deliver a world-class energy future and ensure we continue to navigate through this once in a generation energy challenge. Join us and make it happen.

We are currently seeking expressions of interest from Line Layout Design Engineers to join our Design Solutions team.

A career that matters and lasts

As a Line Layout Design Engineer, you’ll help us connect a more sustainable energy future for more than five million Queenslanders and 241,000 businesses. Your work with us is about every light turned on, every community connected, and every future made possible.  

• Competitive Salary starting from $185,735 + 14.75% Super (10-day fortnight)
• Provide specialist technical leadership around transmission line layout design
• Provide expert technical layout design intelligence to support, coach and mentor the line layout design team

We believe every employee deserves the opportunity to enjoy a work-life balance that enhances their overall wellbeing and performance through inclusive and supportive benefits.

Ask us about:

• Flexible & hybrid working options
• Career development
• Health & wellbeing programs
• Leave offerings (including 14 weeks paid parental leave – at full or half pay, plus additional leave purchasing)
• Inclusive workplace facilities
• Free undercover secure parking, with access to onsite charging stations for electric vehicles

The opportunity:

As a Line Layout Design Engineer, you will be recognised as the PLS_Cadd specialist, providing technical leadership and subject matter expertise for a variety of transmission line design activities. Your responsibilities will encompass project scoping, LIDAR services, design estimating, and line layout design, while also ensuring effective technical coordination within the PLS_Cadd platform.

In this position, you will provide expert guidance on transmission line layout design, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and organisational policies. You will be responsible for conducting cost-effective and efficient designs, offering engineering survey services, and producing technical reports throughout all project phases, from concept through to commissioning and maintenance. Your expertise will be instrumental in coaching and mentoring the design team, enhancing their skills and ensuring high standards of quality in compliance with design standards.

You will ensure that all layout designs deliver value for money and meet aesthetic and constructability requirements while adhering to safety protocols. Additionally, you will oversee engineering surveys of transmission lines, employing advanced survey equipment such as Lidar, total stations, and differential GPS.

The people you'll join:

Based in Virginia, you will join our Design Solutions group within the Delivery & Technical Services division, reporting directly to the Team Leader Line Layout Design.

What you'll bring:

Candidates must hold a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Civil, Structural, or Mechanical Engineering and possess expert experience in transmission line layout design and PLS_Cadd. You should have comprehensive knowledge of electrical clearances, insulators, conductors, and hardware, along with significant expertise in line construction and the design principles of overhead lines. Proficiency in AutoCAD and strong competencies in engineering surveys using advanced survey technologies are essential.

Find your possibility today:

To kick start your career at Powerlink, apply by clicking the button above, attaching your resume and cover letter on our careers page before midnight on Sunday 24th Nov 2024. Please be aware our recruitment team will commence the review process during this period. 
 

To discuss any adjustment requirements or for more information on the role, contact Gemma at recruitment@powerlink.com.au
 

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We know empowering people to bring their whole self to work enables them to unleash their potential. Read more about our efforts towards greater Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, by visiting our careers site for more information!

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