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Energy

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Your impact

Help shape the substations powering Australia’s changing energy system—and build your next career chapter with Jacobs in Perth.

As an Associate Primary Engineer in our Energy & Power business, you’ll bring your hands-on design experience to HV and EHV substation projects across Australia, including systems up to 500kV. You’ll work across a mix of renewables, grid connections, owner’s engineer and detailed design projects, contributing to infrastructure that will support the way Australia generates and uses energy.

You’ll be close to the engineering, while gaining broader project and client experience. Working alongside our Principal Primary Engineer and specialists across Australia and APAC, you’ll help turn project requirements into practical design solutions, collaborate across disciplines and take on greater responsibility as your experience grows.

This is also an opportunity to help shape a growing Perth substation capability. You’ll have room to contribute your ideas and technical experience, backed by established local teams and the depth of Jacobs’ wider Energy & Power group.

Some of the things you’ll be involved in include:

- Delivering primary engineering and design for HV and EHV substation projects.
- Developing plant layouts and specifying HV and MV equipment for different project requirements.
- Creating and reviewing Single Line Diagrams across HV, MV and LV systems.
- Working with AIS, GIS and hybrid substation solutions, including HV and MV switchgear.
- Undertaking or contributing to studies such as earthing, short circuit and insulation coordination.
- Working across primary, secondary, protection, civil, structural and SCADA interfaces.
- Engaging with clients and project teams to develop sound, buildable engineering solutions.

Here's what you'll need

We’re looking for a Primary Engineer who enjoys solving technical challenges, takes pride in good design and wants to broaden their contribution across projects and client teams.



You’ll have developed your experience within a utility or engineering consultancy and be ready to bring that experience to a growing Perth team.

You’ll bring:

- Hands-on primary substation design experience across HV transmission and/or distribution projects.
- Practical experience with primary plant, HV and MV switchgear, substation layouts and SLDs.
- Experience with AIS, GIS and/or hybrid substation solutions.
- An understanding of how primary engineering interfaces with secondary, protection, civil, structural and SCADA disciplines.
- Confidence working with clients and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Knowledge of relevant Australian electricity industry standards.
- Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status.

Why Jacobs and why this role

- Put your mark on a growing capability. Help shape Jacobs’ Perth substation presence and contribute to how it develops.
- Do work with range and purpose. Build experience across renewables, grid connections, owner’s engineer and detailed design projects.
- Stay close to the engineering. Apply your technical skills while growing your project and client experience.
- Work with people who broaden your perspective. Draw on the expertise of established Perth teams and the wider APAC Energy & Power group.
- Take on more as you grow. Contribute to technical standards, client relationships and the team’s development.
- See the bigger impact of your work. Help deliver the infrastructure supporting Australia’s energy transition.
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With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover versatile working arrangements, benefits and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs here.

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We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of diverse perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

Our meticulously curated employee benefits support ALL employees throughout every stage of life. From paid parental leave to a lifetime financial allowance for you and your partner to access family forming Fertility & IVF treatment, adoption and surrogacy assistance along with menopause and Low T treatment.

We are steadfast in our commitment to the wellbeing of you and your loved ones with a comprehensive suite of wellbeing resources supporting you physically, emotionally and financially. This is demonstrated in our company being recognised by WGEA for 12 consecutive years as an employer of choice for gender equality along with our industry leading GOLD employer status by the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

Cultural Support:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are invited to nominate a cultural representative to participate on the interview panel; please let your recruiter know in your application. No matter what drives you, you'll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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📌 Associate Primary Engineer HV Substations (Perth)
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