GHD

Job Description

In the problem-solving business, it helps to be restlessly curious to deliver community change.

Our vision is to ensure energy, water and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come. You can lead the way into a new future for our industry, inspiring the next generation of driven and committed people in the process.

The Energy team works on all things Energy. The way we make, move, store and use energy is changing rapidly across the global energy landscape. We work with our clients in the private and public sectors to help accelerate their transition to sustainable energy use and achieve set decarbonisation targets. We do this by offering end-to-end expertise across the energy supply chain – renewables, hydrogen, hydrocarbons, power generation, transmission and distribution. Our team of 90+ engineers, designers, project and study managers can provide high-level studies, detailed designs, construction and commissioning support and asset management services.

Working closely with and under the direction of the Team Leader - Hybrid Systems and Energy Storage, this role will support innovative client solutions, whilst working in collaboration with a dedicated and high performing team. This position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Liaise with clients, build new and maintaining existing client relationships with Power clients
• Concept and detailed design (layouts, SLDs, comms block diagrams, P&IDs, functional descriptions), documentation, and management of Hybrid Power Systems, Microgrid and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects and contribute to power generation opportunities including associated asset design projects, i.e., large-scale wind and solar and battery storage, and associated substation and transmission line design
• Timely delivery of services to meet scope, quality, safety and budget requirements for our valued clients
• Techno-economic modelling and optimisation/sizing studies for microgrids/hybrid systems (i.e. solar, wind, BESS installed capacity based on site and network constraints, load data, and agreed weighting criteria including emissions abatement, CAPEX/NPV/LCOE etc)
• Feasibility Studies and capital estimates, through to cost control of projects
• Bidding docs such as Tech Specs, Scope of works, tender returnable schedules
• Testing and commissioning of Hybrid Power Systems, Microgrid and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) assets including documentation preparation including but not limited to ITP, ITR and Commissioning plans
• Coordinate the electrical infrastructure with other infrastructure in multidiscipline projects
• Assist overall team members with projects and Quality reviews, including developing and mentoring junior engineers

What you will bring to the team:

• A recognised degree in Electrical Engineering or similar (CPEng or actively working towards obtainment preferable but not required)
• Client focus, with ability to provide agile solutions
• Minimum 5 years industry experience - Engineer Consulting experience preferable, with a high degree of understanding of inter-discipline dependencies
• Experience in design and delivery of Solar, Wind or BESS projects
• SCADA and control experience is ideal
• Well-developed communication skills - both verbal and written
• Team player, cooperative with other staff with open sharing of information and knowledge
• Ability to work independently
• Sound judgement and decisiveness
• Proactive, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Interested? Apply now.

Contact Kate Chamberlain

Ph +61 8 6222 8403

GHD is an equal opportunity employer, and we want everyone to be able to fully participate in our recruitment process. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all identities.

GHD embraces hybrid work arrangements to create a work environment focused on well-being, flexibility and productivity where GHD people can thrive, this supports the diverse needs of our workforce while balancing the benefits of remote working with the value of face-to-face collaboration in the office.

We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

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About Us

Come together and make a meaningful impact.

We bring our people together to create something bigger and solve some of the world's most complex problems. Come and experience the power of commitment and see strategy and ideas come to life when you join GHD.

Let's drive real change.

Our Pledge to You

At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.

That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.

See where your commitment could take you.

That’s the #PowerOfCommitment

Who we are

GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.

The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.