Senior Electrical Designer in Portland

Location: Portland, Victoria

Full time site-based role

12-month contract with likelihood of extension

Customer: Alcoa

Responsibilities:

• Deliver discipline specific engineering design services that meet Worley, the client’s and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Proactive interest in leveraging digital and AI-enabled tools in day-to-day work.
• Ensure a ‘fit for purpose’ solution from concept through to as built is developed considering safe and sustainable design, operability, maintainability and decommissioning.
• Proactively seek an understanding of the safety hazards and risks associated with the asset lifecycle of the designed product, plant or structure; be responsible for action and close out where relevant.
• Identify issues and problems; develop appropriate and innovative solutions; and ask for assistance if required.
• Perform discipline specific engineering design services such as:
• Deliver tasks as per the scope of work with active awareness of the change management process.
• Prepare/support the production of calculations, drawings and related documentation.
• Support project reviews and workshops as required.
• Interfacing with other peers, seniors, engineering disciplines and Workshare team to complete engineering design and ensure delivery of high-quality deliverables.
• Where required, assist in the preparation of project documentation such as budgets, estimates, forecasts, schedules, and reports.
• Interpret and apply the applicable technical standards.
• Ensure self-check is completed on all deliverables and ensure compliance with checking and review activities as per Worley processes.
• Ensure design interfaces between work packages are clear and there is alignment across the overall design package.
• Understand interdisciplinarity interfaces across design packages.

Qualifications:

• Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology - Electrical or an Electrical Tradesperson who has completed the Electrical Design, Drafting and Estimates course.
• Electrical License (highly regarded).
• Minimum 6 years in electrical and Instrumentation design and drafting experience in a similar industry highly regarded.
• Experience across phases of engineering projects from concept design, execution, construction and commissioning.
• Excellent understanding of Australian electrical standards.
• Experience in following software and tools:
• Microstation SE and or AutoCAD 18 and above.
• Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Good understanding and proven experience in:
• Control system and instrumentation interfacing.
• Integration between equipment, control systems and field devices.
• Supporting design solutions, integration between systems, as-building, construction and commissioning.
• Understanding of shutdown planning and considerations for design.