In Schneider Electric, everything we do is geared towards advancing progress and sustainability for all-our colleagues, customers, partners, and the communities and societies we serve. Whether it's through our products, software, and services that propel the digital transformation of energy management and automation, or through our corporate citizenship and volunteer activities, we make a meaningful impact by empowering people and organizations to become more resilient, electric, and digital. Which is where you come in. Working at Schneider Electric means working toward a cleaner, better world. You're part of a global team built on inclusion, mastery, purpose, action, curiosity, and teamwork, turning sustainability ambitions into actions.

The Role: Lead Engineer

We're looking for a Lead Engineer, preferably based in Australia, however, we are also open to candidates located in New Zealand. Reporting to our National Engineering Manager, this is a key technical leadership role within our Industry (Projects and Services) team. The Lead Engineer will be responsible for leading a diverse portfolio of projects and services, including the design and development, testing, commissioning, maintenance, and support of identified systems and/or components. You will make a significant impact as a key interface with a diverse range of customers who will rely on your expertise as we provide solutions to help them navigate the complex and evolving New Energy Landscape.

The Team

Our Industrial Automation team is focused on solutions that drive Automation, Electrification and Digital Intelligence in Industry, helping our Customers achieve greater resilience, competitiveness and sustainability within an industrial landscape that is rapidly evolving.



As a proven market leader that supports various Customers (Energy, Mining, Metals, Food and Beverage, Water, Data Centers and Transport), we provide unique expertise across; Automation, Digitalisation, Industrial Intelligence, Software/AI and a range of Lifecycle Services and Advisory.

This rarely available engineering leadership role will see you join a true market leader and a global organisation that maintains a growing footprint across a variety of critical markets. You will leverage your proven leadership experience, draw on your valued technical knowledge and deploy your passion for project delivery with an organisation that will provide you with all the tools to succeed.

What will you do?

- Technical leadership and oversight in relation to the delivery of various projects and services across: Automation, Control Systems, Software, Digital Twin, Industrial Intelligence and other upcoming technical solutions as they come to market
- Lead project and services delivery including; planning, scheduling, resource allocation/utilisation and overall Customer delivery through proactive relationship management
- Oversee project tasks on-site, proactively ensuring all HSE and Quality requirements are met and manage key Customer relationships through high levels of agile service delivery
- Ensure adherence to relevant standards, procedures,



productivity tools and other best practices within an organisation that embraces digital
- Promote our reputation as a market leading solutions provider, focusing on business opportunities and ensuring secure, on time and on budget completion of various technical projects
- Collaborate with various technical and non-technical stakeholders and related functions such as; Engineering, Sales, Pre-Sales, HSE, Supply Chain and others on a local and global scale
- Focus on Customer delivery and satisfaction as you utilise your experience to support; End Users, Partners, Vendors, Contractors and others that you influence in this role
- Ensure a level of Mastery within the team, actively developing new skills and ensuring that we are developing the workforce of the future through ongoing professional development opportunities

What qualifications will make you successful?

- Tertiary qualifications in Engineering (Engineers Australia Certification is great)
- Previous experience delivering Industrial Automation Engineering projects with a strong focus on; control systems, digital solutions, ideally using AVEVA System Platform (Application Server, AVEVA Historian, Visualisation) and/or AVEVA MES and/or AVEVA Production
- Strong understanding of industrial networking concepts including; switches, routers, firewalls, network architectures and familiarity with network security principles for industrial environments
- Domain experience to competently interpret process descriptions and to develop technical specifications and system designs
- Exposure to Industry 4.0 technologies (IoT, data analytics, edge computing), cloud integration and cybersecurity for industrial control systems is desirable
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📌 Lead Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 Schneider Electric
📍 Sydney