Senior EC&I Engineer (Nuclear)

Overview

As a Senior EC&I Engineer in Adelaide, you lead the design and delivery of electrical, controls and instrumentation for complex, safety-critical projects. You will mentor engineers, collaborate across disciplines, and ensure compliance with standards and regulatory requirements.

You’ll conduct studies and risk assessments to inform design decisions and support testing, commissioning, and validation. This role offers work on high-profile infrastructure with defence relevance, within a supportive, collaborative team that values safety and professional growth.

You’ll help shape resilient, regulated systems for critical national capabilities.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• hybrid work options
• additional annual leave
• flex public holidays
• professional development courses
• 5 days paid study leave

Responsibilities

• Lead EC&I design and engineering to meet project requirements and regulatory standards
• Prepare and review technical docs, drawings, and calculations in coordination with other disciplines
• Provide technical guidance to engineers and designers to maintain high technical delivery standards
• Perform engineering studies, option assessments, hazard/risk analyses, and other technical investigations
• Contribute to engineering justifications and safety-related deliverables for safety-significant systems
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Design Managers, architects and other disciplines to integrate EC&I solutions
• Support testing, commissioning and validation to ensure system performance
• Engage with clients and stakeholders to resolve engineering and project issues

Key requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Proven experience delivering EC&I systems across major infrastructure, industrial, defence or regulated projects
• Nuclear/defence experience highly regarded
• Strong knowledge of LV/MV distribution, PLC/SCADA/DCS/ICS/BMS and building automation
• Experience with engineering documentation across concept to detailed design, and relevant standards
• Instrumentation specification and integration; resilient power systems (standby gen, UPS), earthing/bonding/lightning protection
• Functional safety knowledge (hazard analysis, SIL), systems engineering, verification and validation
• Ability to lead across multidisciplinary teams; experience in highly regulated environments
• CPEng or Chartered status desirable; ability to meet AUKUS defence clearance requirements
• technical leadership
• cross-disciplinary collaboration
• strong communication with clients and stakeholders
• Electrical power systems
• Control systems
• Instrumentation

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