Senior Electrical Designer 12-Month Contract | Site-Based - Residential Role | Industrial Processing Operations
An established engineering and project delivery organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Electrical Designer to support a major operating industrial facility. This is a site-based contract role offering the chance to work across sustaining capital projects, shutdowns, brownfield upgrades and improvement initiatives.
You will play a hands-on role in the delivery of electrical and instrumentation design packages, working closely with engineering, operations and project teams from concept development through to construction and commissioning.
Key responsibilities

- Produce high-quality electrical and instrumentation design deliverables across a portfolio of projects.
- Develop practical, fit-for-purpose design solutions that consider safety, operability, maintainability and constructability.
- Prepare and review design documentation including drawings, layouts and technical deliverables.
- Support project execution from concept design through to commissioning and as-built documentation.
- Participate in project reviews, design workshops and multidisciplinary coordination meetings.
- Identify technical issues and contribute to the development of effective engineering solutions.
- Coordinate with electrical, mechanical, process, structural and control systems disciplines.
- Ensure compliance with applicable Australian standards, project requirements and internal design procedures.
- Support project planning activities including estimates, schedules, forecasts and reporting where required.
- Maintain design quality through checking, review and change management processes.

About you




- Advanced Diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology or equivalent design qualification.
- Electrical trade background highly regarded.
- Electrical licence advantageous.
- Demonstrated experience in Electrical and Instrumentation (E&I;) design within industrial, mining, resources, manufacturing or heavy process environments.
- Strong understanding of project delivery from study and design phases through to construction and commissioning.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.

Technical experience Candidates should have experience with some or all of the following:
Design software

- MicroStation
- AutoCAD
- Microsoft Office Suite

Electrical design
- Single line diagrams
- Electrical schematics
- Termination diagrams
- Block diagrams
- Cable routing and cable schedules
- Equipment and panel layouts
- Lighting design
- Earthing systems and layouts

Control systems and instrumentation
- Instrumentation and control system interfaces
- Integration between field devices and control systems
- Construction support and commissioning activities
- As-built documentation development
- Brownfield modification projects and shutdown environments

What's on offer
- 12-month contract with extension potential
- Full-time site-based role
- Exposure to a large operating industrial facility
- Diverse portfolio of brownfield and sustaining capital projects
- Supportive multidisciplinary engineering team
- Opportunity to contribute across design, construction and commissioning phases
- Competitive contract rates

This role would suit a Senior Electrical Designer who enjoys working closely with operations and project teams and has a strong background delivering practical electrical and instrumentation designs within industrial processing environments.

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