Associate Electrical Engineer (Water)

This role will see you enhance your capabilities and the reputation of WSP’s Water Infrastructure team. You will collaborate with talented professionals working on iconic projects to drive future-ready outcomes that will benefit clients and communities.

At WSP you’ll find the scale and reach you need to do the kind of work the world needs – and the culture and people that make it the best work of your life.

Our Water team promotes holistic, sustainable water resource management for governments, investors, developers, manufacturers, utilities, and corporations, helping with network maintenance and development, risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, cost reduction, and future-ready strategies.

Joining our team as a Senior or Associate Electrical Engineer, you will...

• Work as part of a national multi-disciplinary team to deliver on project goals
• Undertake liaison with project stakeholders including clients and vendors
• Produce high-quality technical documentation, that presents complex information and results effectively, to technical and non-technical clients.
• Undertake field and desktop investigations related to the condition, appropriateness, and capacity of existing electrical infrastructure related to capital upgrades
• Prepare detailed documentation and specification requirements for Electrical components in order to support procurement and delivery of allocated projects.
• Technical and commercial acumen with a focus on successful outcomes for our projects and our clients.
• Active involvement in shaping the industry through committees, industry bodies, delivery papers etc.
• Electrical specific specialist safety knowledge/understanding (protection, arc flash, earthing, hazardous areas, and machine safety principles).

You will have experience leading the delivery of efficient and effective engineering consultancy services to our public and private sector clients including the preparation of client-focused proposals.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent tertiary qualifications.
• Chartered Engineer, or working towards
• RPEQ certification an advantage
• Experience working within an engineering consultancy, or in a design role for a contractor or asset owner. Experience in the Water industry is preferred.
• Understanding and demonstrated experience in the development of standards, conceptual, and detailed design, and design management of Electrical infrastructure, particularly relating to the water utility sector or similar.
• Design background in PTW design, LV and ELV electrical systems, PLC/telemetry, and Instrumentation and Control.
• Emerging experience in project management.
• Provide technical contribution to proposals and/or pursuits.
• Consult with our clients in an effective and professional manner.
• Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, team members, and peers. Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal. 

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms, bringing together approximately 6,000 talented people across 15 offices in Australia. We are technical experts who design and provide strategic advice on sustainable solutions and engineer Future ReadyTM projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come. 

At WSP, we want you to embrace your curiosity and work in a culture that celebrates different perspectives. With access to global scale and reach, you’ll connect with the brightest minds in the field to make the best work of your life.

We want here to be a place where you’ll always find new ways to grow – where you’ll design your path and do what truly matters to you.

We believe that in imagining a better future for us all, you’ll imagine a better future for you.

To find out more about our commitment to the health and well-being of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive click here: WSP Benefits.

Imagine a better future for us all – and a better future for you.

WSP. With us, you can.