Job Title: Lead Electrical Engineer

Employer: Leading Electrical Engineering Firm

Reports to: Group Manager – Engineering

Location: Perth, WA

Job Summary:

- This position is responsible for delivering technical, operational, and people leadership to the Electrical Engineering team, overseeing the delivery of high-quality electrical design, drafting, and document control services across a portfolio of projects. The role sets technical direction, applies engineering standards, and ensures design solutions are safe, compliant, cost-effective, and aligned with company’s procedures and client expectations.
- The position holds accountability for the review and oversight of engineering, drafting, and document control activities on allocated projects, ensuring project scope, standards, specifications, schedules, and budgets are achieved. Working closely with Project Managers, Operations, and clients, the Lead Electrical Engineer supports key client relationships and drives consistent, high-quality project outcomes.
- The role also leads continuous improvement initiatives by identifying and implementing enhancements to engineering processes, systems, technologies, and standards, while developing team capability through leadership, mentoring, and effective resourcing

Description of Responsibilities:

Health & Safety:

- Comply with the Company’s Management System, applicable HSE requirements, procedures and risk controls.
- Take reasonable care for their own health and safety and that of others, and promptly report hazards, incidents and unsafe conditions.
- Identify and manage risks within their area of responsibility and stop or escalate work where an unacceptable risk exists.
- Participate in training, consultation, investigations and corrective actions.





Environmental:

- Comply with management system and applicable legislative and client requirements.
- Identify and manage risks and impacts associated with their work, including pollution prevention and responsible resource use.
- Report environmental incidents, hazards and non-conformances.
- Participate in reviews, investigations and corrective actions as required.

Quality:

- Comply with management system, applicable standards and client requirements.
- Ensure work is accurate, complete, appropriately reviewed and documented in accordance with approved requirements.
- Promptly identify and report errors, defects and non-conformances.
- Participate in reviews, audits and corrective actions as required.

Governance & Compliance:

- Ensure activities comply with relevant legislation, standards (including ISO) and internal policies

Reporting:

- Provide accurate, timely, and transparent reporting in accordance with project and business requirements.

Planning and Coordination:

- Provide specialist technical leadership, advice across design and engineering activities.
- Coordinate and lead team resources to meet client.
- Manage client interfaces in support of Project Managers and Operations Manager.
- Apply engineering strategies and standards to deliver cost-effective, fit-for-purpose electrical solutions.
- Ensure project surveys, feasibility studies, calculations,



and technical reports are completed to required standards.
- Ensure site surveys are completed, chair or manage project site meetings where required, and carry out final inspections.
- Monitor and control design budgets and expenditure.
- Monitor design schedules and delivery milestones.
- Prepare and present technical and progress reports to clients and internal stakeholders as required.

Verification:

- Ensure accuracy of as-built documentation and drawing mark-ups.
- Ensure work packs and check sheets are complete and accurate prior to commissioning.
- Maintain and control audit records and findings, ensuring NCRs are closed and lessons learned are shared across the business

Leadership:

- Demonstrate and promote the company’s values, behaviours, Code of Conduct, and safety standards.
- Manage design, drafting, and document control resources, including people, systems, tools, and budgets.
- Foster a collaborative, engaged, and skilled team environment.
- Set clear direction, priorities, and performance expectations.
- Drive initiatives that improve efficiency, capability, and business performance.

Change Management:

- Ensure compliance with the company’s Engineering Change Request (ECR) processes across all projects.
- Maintain and periodically review change management processes to ensure alignment with business needs.

Experience

- Significant field experience (essential)
- Extensive electrical design experience (essential)
- Mineral processing plant construction experience (essential)
- Team leadership experience (essential)

Qualifications

- Bachelor of Engineering in a relevant discipline, or equivalent technical qualification

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