Senior Substation Physical Designer

About us 

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions. 

Purpose:
You will provide transmission line design services to Worley and its Customers as an integral part of the Power Networks team.

Responsibilities:

Independently perform tasks that typically include:

• Prepare scaled physical electrical drawings for high voltage substation projects such as one line diagrams, general arrangements, plan views and elevation views, grounding plans and details, conduit plans and details, with minimal amount of supervision and engineering input.
• Develop a complete design drawing package for checking or check the design drawing packages prepared by others.
• Interface with other disciplines in the development of the drawing package.
• Create and/or review bills of material, conduit, and cable schedules for ubstation projects.
• Work closely with engineers and other disciplines to ensure coordinated design systems.
• Read and interpret vendor supplied drawings, construction specifications and other project related documents.
• Works in a team environment, takes direction from the lead engineer and creates project drawings.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Work at times with limited direction and have the ability to assist with conceptualizing layouts using go-by information.
• Effective technical and practical electrical design and drafting skills ability to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work to Worley and its clients.
• Ability to travel to job sites to perform site walkdown.
• Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable drawing standards and responsible for the proper document management procedures are followed.
• Ability to complete tasks in accordance with project procedures, applicable codes and/or standards, on schedule and within budget.

What you will bring

Technical and Industry Experience: 

• Extensive relevant design experience
• Has a competent understanding of regulations, electrical codes, manufacturing standards and industry standard practices.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and MicroStation. 3D CAD is a plus.
• Proficiency with the manipulation of scaled vector and raster drawing files in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation.
• Ability to understand and implement a wide range of client CAD standards.
• Familiarity with electrical design codes and standards.  
• Familiarity with MS Office (Word, Excel and Access). 
• Candidate must be self-motivated, organized, and be able to work independently.
• Ideal candidate should have strong interpersonal and written communication skills that permit working efficiently alongside senior substation engineers and designers in a team setting.

Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training:

Required:

• Associate Degree or Diploma in Electrical Design / Drafting with discipline specific training.
• Substation design and familiarity is required.

Preferred:

• Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in electrical design and drafting.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.

And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.