Job Description
Fyfe is a multi-disciplinary consultancy providing comprehensive engineering, environmental, planning and surveying services throughout Australia. Fyfe works with a wide range of clients in the Energy and Resources, Renewables, Infrastructure and Property sectors to provide high-quality, commercially pragmatic solutions with a strong focus on client service and delivery.
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At Fyfe, we view ourselves as a partner to our clients and work toward developing long-lasting relationships. Through open communication and a commitment to outstanding service, our employees deliver professional, safe and efficient services to our clients.
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The Opportunity
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Fyfe is seeking an experienced Team Lead – Secondary & Protection to join our growing Energy team to be based in either Sydney or Melbourne. This is a senior leadership and technical authoritative role suited to a highly capable secondary systems and protection engineer who is people focussed, fostering a collaborative team, driving technical delivery and can contribute to the continued growth of our power sector capability across Australia.
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What You'll Do
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Lead and mentor a team of secondary and protection engineers, supporting capability, engagement and professional development.
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Oversee delivery of secondary and protection engineering projects across HV substation and power infrastructure works.
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Provide technical leadership across protection relay settings, secondary schematic design, SCADA/RTU integration, substation automation and IEC ***** interfaces.
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Manage team resourcing, utilisation and forecasting in collaboration with project managers, finance and operational stakeholders.
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Prepare and review proposals,



scopes and cost estimates for secondary and protection services.
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Maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships across utilities, network service providers, contractors and project partners.
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Drive quality, governance and technical standards to ensure project outputs meet Fyfe, client and regulatory requirements.
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What You Bring
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Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline. Chartered Professional Engineer status is preferred, or a willingness to work toward chartership.
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7-8 years of experience in secondary and protection engineering with at least 2 years in a senior or leadership role in HV substation and power infrastructure with working knowledge of protection relay platforms and protection philosophy development across transmission and distribution applications.
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Substantial experience managing complex projects, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workloads and meet deadlines.
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Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and develop engineers within a project delivery environment.
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Strong commercial awareness, including budget, resource, utilisation and project performance management.
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Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships with clients, technical teams and senior stakeholders.
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Why Fyfe?
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A progressive, values-driven consultancy shaping the future of renewable energy.
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Opportunities for skilled growth, innovation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
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Supportive culture with a genuine focus on employee wellbeing and career development.
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Only candidates who are Australian Citizens, Permanent Residents or hold full-working rights will be considered.

📌 Team Lead (New South Wales)
🏢 Fyfe
📍 New South Wales