Senior Design Engineer - Primary

About Beon Energy Solutions:

Beon Energy Solutions is at the forefront of energy transition across Australia and New Zealand. We deliver safe, innovative and quality energy solutions that exceed our stakeholder ambitions. 

 
We are a leader in delivery of large-scale renewable energy and infrastructure projects, with expertise in design, procurement, construction and maintenance. We strive to help the delivery of the energy transition by maintaining strong focus on supporting development of renewable generation. 

About the Role:

We are currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Design Engineer to join our growing engineering team within the primary design area in a full-time permanent role based in the Melbourne CBD.

This role will lead and deliver high‑quality primary electrical designs across a diverse portfolio of projects including solar farms, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), distribution, sub‑transmission and terminal station infrastructure.

In this senior technical role, you will provide engineering expertise and leadership, contribute to project scoping and cost estimations, and ensure the delivery of safe, compliant and innovative primary design solutions. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, maintaining a strong focus on quality, safety and customer outcomes.

This is an exciting and incredibly rare opportunity to really make your mark and be involved with multiple projects across the business.  No two days will be the same as you work with a highly skilled and successful team!

This role on occasion will require travel to project sites location across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and New Zealand.

Other key duties and responsibilities:

• Deliver high‑quality primary electrical designs for substations (up to 500kV), solar farms, BESS, and associated systems in line with standards, safety requirements and customer needs
• Lead and contribute to scoping, design development and technical advice, ensuring projects are delivered to scope, timeframe and budget
• Prepare, review and verify engineering designs, drawings and calculations, including those produced by others and external suppliers
• Collaborate with multi‑disciplinary design teams to deliver coordinated, practical and compliant solutions
• Support and drive innovation and continuous improvement in design processes, tools and standards
• Provide technical leadership, including supervising non‑prescribed engineering work and mentoring engineers
• Participate in field investigations, reporting and compliance assurance to support high‑quality project outcomes.

For a full copy of the position description please click here.

To succeed in this role you will have:

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with current RPEQ and RPEV/BLA registration
• Strong expertise in primary substation design for distribution and sub‑transmission networks (AS 2067 compliant)
• Proven experience delivering complex substation designs up to 500kV (highly regarded)
• Advanced capability in AutoCAD (or equivalent) and digital engineering tools
• Demonstrated ability to perform detailed electrical design studies and calculations
• 10+ years’ experience in the power or electrical utility industry
• Proven technical leadership, including mentoring engineers and leading design teams
• Strong communicator with experience developing and implementing engineering design standards.

Key Benefits:

We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow. Some of our benefits include hybrid work options, purchased leave, 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave, health and wellbeing subsidiary, career development and planning opportunities, and exclusive discounts. Visit our company website to learn more.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to support a fair workplace for all

We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we’re working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. Explore our benefits.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTIQA community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise how people from marginalised groups can face extra barriers and self-select out of recruitment processes.  With this in mind, we’re committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.

What’s next?

Please submit your application via our careers website by 18 May 2026. For the full Position Description, please visit our website or reach out to Tom from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to succeed. By making sure our workplace is physically and mentally safe, so that our people can be their authentic selves, share their unique perspectives and can thrive.