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WSP Australia is seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to join our Brisbane Building Services team. As a key member of our engineering team, you will contribute to a range of exciting projects across a range of sectors. This is an excellent opportunity to work on high-profile projects, demonstrate leadership, and contribute to the continued success and growth of our business.
About the Role:As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will provide expertise in electrical design for both single and multi-disciplinary projects. Your role will involve leading small to medium-sized design projects, ensuring best practice delivery while managing costs and timelines, and developing strong relationships with clients. We are currently working on major projects in transport, defence, civic infrastructure as well as small to medium sized projects in a range of other sectors. This role is also an opportunity to drive the development of our Building Services team and contribute to the achievement of our strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities:- Electrical Design Expertise: Provide electrical design leadership on both single and multi-disciplinary projects, across a broad range of sectors.
- Project Leadership: Lead small and medium-sized engineering design projects and support larger, more complex projects to ensure effective and efficient delivery.
- Client & Stakeholder Communication: Maintain clear and consistent communication with external clients and authorities, as well as internal colleagues and managers, to ensure alignment and successful project outcomes.
- Best Practices and Cost Optimization: Deliver best practices to achieve optimal outcomes for clients, focusing on saving time and reducing costs without compromising on quality.
- Client Relationship Development: Build solid, long-term relationships with clients, identifying new business development opportunities and understanding their evolving needs.
- Business Unit Development: Contribute to the development and growth of the business unit by supporting strategic goals and initiatives aimed at enhancing overall success.

Key Requirements:- Bachelor of Electrical Engineering;
- Strong expertise in electrical building services engineering and design documentation;
- 6 to 10+ years’ industry experience on Australian building services projects, ideally in a consulting environment;
- Well versed in effectively delivering multiple, concurrent projects ranging and scale and sector - experience on rail/ train station projects will be highly regarded.
- Strong client relationship management and project management skills;
- Capacity to lead, train and mentor junior engineers across technical and project delivery aspects;
- Strong leadership, teamwork, interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills;
- Sound working knowledge of relevant Standards and Codes (AS/NZS 3000, NCC etc.);
- Understanding of BIM, NavisWorks and Revit MEP (advantageous).
- Ability to drive business development and recognize new opportunities for growth.
- A proactive approach to client service, team collaboration, and problem-solving.

What We Offer:- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- The opportunity to work on impactful and innovative projects.
- Career development and professional growth opportunities.
- A dynamic, collaborative, and inclusive work environment.
- Work from home arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.
- Flexible working hours and working from home;
- Global mobility;
- Parental leave and self-funded additional annual leave (up to 4 weeks);
- Corporate employee discounts and offers;
- Salary continuance insurance;
- Wellness at work and social club

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
An employee Share Purchase Plan is available to all our permanent employees who wish to become owners and vested partners in WSP’s collective success. To find out more about our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people, and the programs we’ve designed to help you thrive, go to our Employee Benefits page.
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Great people. Great places. Great projects. kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP company, is a high-performance, fast-paced consulting engineering firm designing data centers and mission critical environments across the globe. We hire smart, responsive, team players to work in collaborative and mentoring office settings. Our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls,... telecommunications, and security building system designs keep many of the world’s top Fortune 100 financial, technology, enterprise, hyperscale, and colocation companies up and running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 

We work on innovative, award-winning, large-scale projects. We travel to construction sites to see our designs being built. As part of WSP, we are able to offer our employees increased professional development and career opportunities in addition to kW MCE’s office culture which is consistently recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work.”  Join our great people at our great places designing great projects.

This Opportunity

kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP USA company, is currently initiating a search for a Telecommunications Designer to work at hybrid schedule based out of any of our kW office (Troy NY, New York, NY, Atlanta GA, Milwaukee WI, Tempe AZ or Herndon VA). As a Telecommunications Designer with us, you will design Outside Plant Pathways and other building systems including MMR/IDF layouts, Cable Tray layouts, Wireless Access Point layouts, and structured Cabling infrastructure layout to support the Controls Network

Your Impact


- Work independently to perform a variety of BIM/CAD design assignments supporting multiple engineering disciplines 

- Produce accurate 2D drawings, 3D BIM Models using Revit or equivalent BIM program  

- Design low voltage systems for buildings including telecommunications systems, audio visual, security, and electrical/mechanical control integrations 

- Meet required schedules while producing quality work 

- Perform Quality Assurance/Quality Control of design packages 

- Perform design tasks for site and building technologies including telecommunications systems, audio visual, security, and control integrations 

- Independently support the team during design and construction stages of projects

- Research & recommend fundamental components identified in designs 

- Develop equipment, conveyance and device layouts, floor plan, and riser diagrams  

- Prepare cable schedules and specifications  

- Perform construction administrations tasks 

- Survey and evaluate existing conditions 

- Work within multi-discipline project teams to develop drawing and specification documents for issuance to architects, contractors and building owners  

- Demonstrate significant understanding of the range of services provided by the kW MCE engineering and design teams & related practices 

- Implement best practice procedures  

- Integrate project requirements into mission critical facility designs

- Attend and represent the Telecom discipline in internal and client facing meetings 

- Lead Telecom design team on projects

- Mentor and lead junior designers



Who You Are

The ideal candidate is highly experienced in Revit and AutoCAD and has experience in information and communications technology. Strong communication skills, and an interest in liaising with internal and external design, client and construction team members are also necessary.

Required Qualifications


- 7+ years of experience designing low voltage systems for high performing commercial, industrial, or mission critical/data center buildings

- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent relevant work experience

- Experience with applicable software packages including AutoCAD, Revit

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Attention to detail, highly organized, self-starter?  

- Ability to travel to project sites 

- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.



Preferred Qualifications :


- Mission Critical/Data Center experience 

- Experience with international projects

- RCDD and/or DCDC certifications



Compensation and Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

Expected Salary: $95,000 - $170,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law




About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand.  Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service. 
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