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Senior Design Manager

Downer 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Onsite Full-time Senior

Lead multidisciplinary engineering design delivery for high-voltage transmission, substation, renewable energy, and battery storage projects throughout the project lifecycle. Manage design teams, consultants, technical governance, risks, reviews, stakeholder relationships, and engineering support through procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multidisciplinary engineering design delivery for high-voltage transmission, substation, renewable energy, and battery storage projects throughout the project lifecycle. Manage design teams, consultants, technical governance, risks, reviews, stakeholder relationships, and engineering support through procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.

Requirements

  • Requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical, civil, structural, or a related engineering discipline, a current driver’s licence, and more than ten years of power transmission and substation experience. Candidates should have led multidisciplinary teams and major high-voltage projects, understand EPC and design-and-construct delivery, and demonstrate strong communication, organisation, quality, safety, and environmental practices; chartered status is preferred.

Benefits

  • Health And Wellness Benefits
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Retail Discounts
  • Career Development Opportunities

Key Skills

Leadership Multidisciplinary engineering design High‑voltage transmission design Substation design Renewable energy design Battery storage design Project lifecycle management Design team management Consultant coordination Technical governance Risk management Design reviews Stakeholder relationship management Engineering support during procurement Construction phase coordination Commissioning oversight Handover processes EPC knowledge Design‑and‑construct delivery Strong communication Organisational skills Quality assurance Safety practices Environmental compliance

About Downer

Enabling communities to thrive. It’s what we’ve done for more than 150 years. Solving problems. Making the extraordinary run smoothly every day. We’re keeping the lights on and the water flowing. Running the hospitals that take care of us. Delivering the transport that takes us from A to B. Maintaining communication networks that keep people connected. Helping our Government and Defence customers keep them protected. Delivering train fleets. Building bridges, roads and streets. Now we’re building momentum too. Moving forward even faster. Across Australia and New Zealand, we’re transforming the way we work. Unlocking our potential to lead by example. Using our passion and expertise to deliver complex projects and turn fresh ideas into solutions that make society a better place. Creating opportunities for our people, growth and value for our shareholders, and world-class solutions for our customers. Imagining. Innovating. Engineering. Enabling.

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