Your impact

We're looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Buildings & Places team in Brisbane and help shape the delivery of some of Australia's most complex and technically demanding projects.

This is a senior technical leadership opportunity for an established industry expert who is passionate about engineering excellence, solving complex challenges and influencing project outcomes. Working across sectors including healthcare, data centres, mission critical facilities, life sciences, transport and defence, you'll provide specialist expertise while helping clients navigate increasingly complex technical environments.

As one of our most senior technical practitioners, you'll be trusted to lead complex engineering solutions, provide technical direction across multidisciplinary teams, mentor engineers and contribute to the continued growth of our Buildings & Places business.

What You'll Do: #LI-KH1

- Provide technical leadership across major building services and infrastructure projects.
- Lead the development and review of complex electrical engineering designs and technical solutions.
- Act as a subject matter expert for clients, project teams and stakeholders.
- Support project delivery teams on technically challenging projects across multiple sectors.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to solve complex engineering challenges.
- Mentor and develop engineers at all career stages, helping to build technical capability across the business.
- Support project pursuits, client engagement and strategic growth initiatives.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, contractors and industry partners.
- Contribute to technical innovation, best practice and continuous improvement across the business.

Here's what you'll need

- Significant experience within consulting engineering, with a strong background in electrical engineering and building services.




- Recognised technical expertise within one or more sectors such as healthcare, mission critical facilities, data centres, defence, life sciences, transport or complex buildings.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical delivery on major multidisciplinary projects.
- Robust understanding of engineering standards, design governance and quality management.
- Experience providing technical leadership, guidance and mentoring to engineering teams.
- Proven ability to build trusted client relationships and influence technical outcomes.
- Experience contributing to business development, project pursuits and work-winning activities.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
- Degree qualifications in Electrical Engineering and professional registration or chartership (or working towards).

Why Jacobs?

This role offers the opportunity to become a recognised technical leader within a global organisation that is solving some of the world's most complex engineering challenges.

You'll work alongside industry-leading specialists while contributing to projects that shape communities, support critical infrastructure and advance emerging technologies. From world-class healthcare facilities and major transport infrastructure to mission critical environments and hyperscale data centres, you'll have the opportunity to work on projects that make a lasting impact.

At Jacobs, you'll find flexibility, technical excellence, career growth and a culture that empowers you to do your best work.

A Career Defining Technical Leadership Opportunity

This role is ideally suited to a highly experienced engineer who wants to remain hands-on technically while expanding their influence across projects, clients and the broader engineering profession.

You'll be empowered to lead, innovate, mentor and shape the future of our electrical engineering capability while working on some of the most technically challenging projects in the industry.

📌 Principal Electrical Engineer (Brisbane)
🏢 Jacobs
📍 Brisbane