Title: Senior Earthing & Bonding Engineer
Play a key role in delivering safe, compliant and high-performance earthing systems across major rail and energy projects.
KBR is seeking an experienced Senior Earthing & Bonding Engineer to join our expanding national Power team.
With major project delivery underway across Melbourne's transport network - including Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) Linewide and Stations and the North West Program Alliance - this role offers the opportunity to shape critical safety systems at the heart of Australia's future transport and energy infrastructure.
As a Senior Earthing & Bonding Engineer, you will work both autonomously and within multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe earthing, bonding, and lightning protection designs.
You will collaborate closely with Primary, Secondary, Structural and Civil teams, ensuring fully integrated and compliant solutions for HV substations, rail systems, and complex transport infrastructure.
You will help support the delivery of earthing and bonding designs in other markets, such as Defence, Maritime, Water and Industrial.
What you'll be doing
Technical Delivery
Deliver detailed earthing and bonding design for HV substations, stations, tunnels and linewide rail systems.
Conduct complex earthing studies, including: Soil resistivity modelling.
Step & touch potential assessments.
Earthing grid design and optimisation.
Rail traction return and stray current management.
CDEGS Modelling.
Develop designs for lightning protection systems, surge protection and equipotential bonding networks.
Produce calculations, earthing layouts, schematics, earthing grid models and installation documentation.
Review and interpret utility standards, rail safety requirements, and national electrical codes.
Ensure compliance with AS/NZS ****, AS/NZS ****, AS ****, ENA guidelines and project‐specific standards.
Carry out site investigation and conduct testing (Soil Resistivity testing, Current Injection Testing etc...) to support design development.
Coordination & Collaboration
Work closely with Primary, Secondary, Protection,



Structural and Civil engineering teams to ensure end‐to‐end design integration.
Coordinate with stakeholders, contractors and equipment suppliers across the design and delivery lifecycle.
Support design reviews, site assessments, constructability workshops and safety‐in‐design processes.
Leadership & Growth
Provide guidance and mentoring to early‐career engineers.
Support design checking, QA processes and compliance verification.
Contribute to proposals, bid responses, technical methodologies and project strategies.
Assist in maturing and standardising national earthing and bonding best practices and tools.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Washington Accord accredited or equivalent).
Chartered status (CPEng / RPEQ / RPEV) desirable or progressing toward attainment.
Proven experience delivering earthing, bonding and lightning protection systems in rail, substations, utilities or major infrastructure.
Proficiency in CDEGS / SESShield or similar earthing modelling software.
Strong understanding of traction return systems, stray current control and metallic asset bonding.
Experience working with DNSPs/TNSPs or rail operators (e.g., MTM, ARTC, Sydney Metro) highly desirable.
Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination skills.
Ability to manage multiple design tasks, priorities and deadlines in fast‐paced project environments.
Why join KBR?
At KBR, we partner with our clients and delivery partners to deliver exceptional outcomes – driven by collaboration, technical excellence and our One Team approach.
With nearly 2,000 employees across Australia, we offer:
Access to iconic projects in Transport, Energy and Defence.
Genuine opportunities for career development,



certification and career progression.
A collaborative, people‐first culture where you are valued and supported.
Flexible work arrangements and work/life balance.
National career pathways and exposure to multidisciplinary teams.
KBR Values
Our KBR Values - We Value Our People, We Deliver, We Are People of Integrity, We Empower, We Are a Team of Teams - embody our people centric organisation.
Our culture, and our genuine focus on our people is a major factor in our success and we want you to be part of our journey.
We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential.
We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology‐led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders.
We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity.
We believe doing what's right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business.
We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision‐makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed.
We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments.
Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company.
We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function.
Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals.
Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries.
At KBR, We Deliver.
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📌 Senior Earthing & Bonding Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Kbr
📍 Melbourne