About the Company

Every day our people provide reliable and trusted water services for more than 1.8 million South Australians. Our work helps ensure this state is a sustainable and healthy place to work and live. Our business supports our state’s prosperity and is significant in both size and impact. With a commitment to being climate-ready, we are guided by sustainability goals and practices that enable continued service delivery, not just for today’s community, but for future generations. For more than 165 years we have been delivering services for South Australians. Ongoing adaptation is necessary, and our people are encouraged to share and develop innovative solutions and fresh ideas. In short, we make a positive different to the lives of South Australians and the communities they live in every day.

About the job

Join our team as a seasoned Electrical Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in guiding our Corporation's Electrical Engineering team. Your extensive experience will be instrumental in offering technical guidance, conducting thorough investigations, and providing design recommendations aligned with water and wastewater standards. As a trusted advisor, you'll engage in audits and deliver insightful advisories on all facets of infrastructure, ensuring compliance and optimal performance.

This role extends beyond technical proficiency; it's about fostering collaboration and synergy among team members and external consultants. You'll excel in stakeholder management, cultivating robust relationships that facilitate seamless project execution. Your leadership will be pivotal in nurturing a cohesive team environment, empowering engineers at every level to excel. There are opportunities for honing technical skills by way of working with subject matter experts in all different disciplines of Engineering. There is a definite career growth for Senior Engineers in people management and technical leadership pathways.

In addition, your responsibilities will include:

Fostering trust with our people, customers and community by providing expert advice and service that ensure we effectively communicate and engage audiences with our business strategy and its delivery across South Australia, every day.

You will:

• Contribute effectively to the team ensuring efforts are aligned toward achieving team goals
• Contribute effectively to the team ensuring efforts are aligned toward achieving team goals
• Electrical, instrumentation and controls engineering design capability
• Provide timely, accurate, appropriate, and adequate information and documentation to customers, with a focus on minimising delays and providing cost effective solutions.
• Work effectively within all facets of electrical, instrumentation and control engineering within SA Water and with multi-disciplinary teams from our technical partners.
• Ensure SA Water’s technical standards and guidelines are best for business solutions that meet Asset Management’s asset design life requirements, while providing cost effective, fit for purpose outcomes.
• Determine suitability of new and emerging technologies and recommend they are adopted by the Corporation where benefits are identified.

Your success in this role will come from:

• Tertiary Electrical, Instrumentation or Control Engineering qualification is essential
• Recognised Chartered Engineer from Engineers Australia or prepared to work towards obtaining the registration
• Post graduate qualifications and affiliation and recognition of discipline expertise by Engineers Australia
• Detailed knowledge of Electrical, Instrumentation & Control engineering procedures and practices as applied to the water industry and/or large engineering organisations with recognised expertise as a Subject Matter Expert
• Experience in the provision of novel, complex and critical investigations, options, concept and detailed design of Electrical, Instrumentation & Control projects
• Experience in the utilisation and auditing of technical and infrastructure standards

Further information can be found in the attached PD – Senior Engineer, Electrical

To apply, click 'Apply'. Please submit and complete the application form, upload a cover letter and current resume. For enquiries, please contact Kelly from the Talent Acquisition team kelly.clement@sawater.com.au 

Applications close 4pm, 30th April 2024.

A great customer experience is best achieved by having a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTQ+ community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Our Industry is like no other. Dive into the wonderful world of water and explore the boundless opportunities. Learn more about the water industry at careersinwater.com.au