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Primary Engineer

Egis in ANZ
Department:Engineering
Type:ON-SITE
Region:Melbourne
Location:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Experience:Entry level
Estimated Salary:A$80,000 - A$120,000
Skills:
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGPOWER TRANSMISSIONSUBSTATION DESIGNAUTOCADMICROSTATIONPROJECT DELIVERYPRIMARY DESIGNNETWORK ENGINEERINGCPENGNER
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Job Description

Posted on: January 8, 2026

Company Description Peracon, part of Egis Group, is a specialist engineering practice that focuses on delivering Power Transmission and Distribution, Network & Substation Design solutions for clients across Australia. We work closely and collaboratively with our clients to achieve the best outcomes possible. We have strong technical capability, direct industry experience and a team that is comparable in size to the other players in the market. Being a part of Egis Group further strengthens our ability to provide the best service to our clients locally and nationally. Egis is an organisation with the capacity to make meaningful industry and community change in the space of place-making, sustainability and creating connected cities. Different to other engineering firms, Egis offers true end-to-end capability across the entire design-to-operation lifecycle, offering advisory, architecture, engineering, design, asset management and operations services. We are committed to creating great teams doing innovative work and would love you to join us to Impact the Future.Job Description As a Primary Engineer working with the Transmissions team, your impact will be in providing engineering design and technical support in the development of transmission and substation projects. Key Responsibilities:

  • Undertaking primary design for substations and terminal stations to a high technical standard
  • Develop scopes and specifications for design and construction
  • Manage outcomes within budget and project programme constraints whilst maintaining high levels of technical performance
  • Review work as part of the peer review process from time to time as may be required
  • Effectively manage the detail design from concept through to final design implementation to agreed scope, quality, time frames and budgets
  • Identify and manage scope variations according to client and/or project requirements
  • Review and assess brownfield and greenfield sites

Qualifications To be successful in this opportunity, you will ideally have a minimum of 3 years of relevant industry experience with demonstrated experience on electrical utilities projects. In addition, you will also have:

  • An Electrical Engineering Degree (or equivalent)
  • NER high desired, motivated and willing to work toward CPEng status
  • Relevant work rights to live and work full-time in Australia
  • Detailed technical knowledge and experience in electricity networks engineering
  • Demonstrated experience with primary design in electricity substations engineering, project delivery and/or design roles
  • Proficiency with AutoCAD and Microstation
  • Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills to manage stakeholders at all levels

Additional Information We are open to considering this role on a full-time, part-time or job-share basis. Please let us know of your flexibility requirements. Egis is committed to creating an inclusive, creative culture that embraces diversity and flexibility. We offer generous parental leave, support flexible work practices and strive to create an environment where employees can connect, collaborate, grow and succeed. We are expanding in Australia and New Zealand and are excited for you to join our growing team. APPLY NOW!Imagine. Create. Achieve. A sustainable future.

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