Senior Principal Electrical Physical Designer

About Us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Purpose

You will provide electrical design and drafting services to Worley and its customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide discipline team supervision by directing project execution activities and preparing discipline-specific deliverables for one large or several smaller projects.
• Work within a team environment with a minimum of supervision and to Client, Company, and Industry standards.
• Perform moderately to difficult drafting assignments requiring a working knowledge of established drafting techniques, standards, practices, and software.
• Understand and apply company procedures as they pertain to the electrical discipline.
• Oversee the preparation of design and detail drawings from sketches, plans, or other design/specification data.
• Take responsibility for the design and drafting of HV and LV electrical installations.
• Direct the work of junior designers and/or coordinate work-sharing activities to ensure drawings meet client requirements and relevant project specifications.
• Participate in design reviews with clients and advise on technical design, drafting issues, and compliance requirements.
• Perform point-to-point reviews on complete electrical design packages.
• Demonstrate a proven track record of completing work scope within time and budget constraints.
• Develop layouts, plans, sections, elevations, and details for facilities and equipment from reference drawings or catalogues and perform routine calculations.
• Perform dimensional and routine calculations required for the preparation of drawings.
• Record and file electrical discipline documents.
• Travel to job sites to perform panel audits and walk down raceway routing.
• Work within the provisions and guidelines of the Quality Assurance system relevant to the project.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in electrical design.
• Experience with Smartplant Electrical (SPEL), Smartplant Instrumentation (SPI), AutoCAD, and MicroStation design software packages; AVEVA E3D is a plus.
• Experience with Smart Plant 3D and participation in 3D model reviews.
• Specialization in the following:
  • Detailed drawings for lighting, small power, and earthing systems.
  • HV/LV single line diagrams.
  • Wiring and control schematic diagrams.
  • AC/DC distribution panels.
  • Process area electrical equipment layouts.
  • Substation and switchyard layouts.
  • Cable tray, above-grade, and underground cable layouts.
  • Duct bank sizing and layouts.
  • Preparation of installation details, grounding plans, and lightning layouts.
• Experience with cable schedules, cable pulling calculations, cable tray sizing calculations, cable selection and sizing calculations.
• Lighting calculations (using software such as AGI32).

Qualifications

• A Degree or 2–3 year technical diploma with discipline-specific training.
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in electrical design and drafting is preferred.

About Our Culture

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. Our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection, and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low-carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here, with no barrier to your potential career success.