Electrical Engineering - Senior Principal Engineer

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Water Corporation seeks a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to lead governance and standards development, provide expert consulting, and drive technology and process design across WA infrastructure projects. You’ll oversee planning through delivery, review design deliverables for conformity with standards, and offer specialist advice on HV and LV systems, earthing and arc flash investigations while engaging government agencies and industry bodies. The ideal candidate has an engineering degree with extensive electrical experience, strong leadership and stakeholder influence, and Chartered Professional Engineer status preferred. Apply with a covering letter and resume showing how you meet the requirements; applications close Friday 14 August 2026. Benefits include flexible work options, two wellbeing days, long service leave pro rata after 3 years, a 12% employer super contribution plus an additional 2% when salary sacrificing 2%, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leave of up to 5 days. Tips: tailor your cover letter to demonstrate governance impact, asset performance improvements, and proven collaboration and negotiation with senior stakeholders.

Join our Engineering Advisory Team as a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer. In this role, you'll lead electrical engineering governance and standards development, provide expert consulting and technical advice, and manage technology development, application, and process design across infrastructure projects throughout WA.

Real benefits that matter

• Real flexibility with options to work from home, flexible work hours
• Two well-being days each year to recharge, relax and enjoy life (separate to standard paid sick/personal leave)
• Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
• Take advantage of our co-contribution superannuation scheme. Receive a 12% employer contribution and enjoy an additional 2% employer co-contribution when you elect to salary sacrifice 2%  
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and ceremonial leave of up to 5 days so you can maintain your cultural connection and wellbeing.

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What the role will involve

• Lead electrical engineering development and innovation throughout the planning stages of new and/or modified assets
• Provide engineering consulting advice on electrical engineering to enable development and continuous improvement of best practice systems and tools
•  Lead major studies, research and electrical engineering investigations to improve the performance of existing assets
•  Provide subject matter expert advice on high-voltage and low-voltage power distribution systems, electrical earthing and arc flash investigations
• Represent Water Corporation in consultations and negotiations with Government agencies, local authorities, Water Services Association of Australia, industry bodies, consultants, developers and stakeholders
• Oversee, review, and approve in-house and consultant design deliverables for electrical engineering to ensure conformity with customer requirements and the Corporation's standards and best practices
• Lead electrical engineering initiatives and provide electrical engineering support to all sections across the business unit
• Engage widely with Stakeholders throughout the Water Corporation to develop fit for purpose electrical standards

About you

You’ll hold a degree level qualification in a relevant engineering discipline, with extensive experience in electrical engineering, along with the ability to analyse existing and/or proposed infrastructure assets to evaluate meet engineering and economic outcomes. Your demonstrated leadership, and ability to collaborate, negotiate and influence both internal and external senior stakeholders will ensure success in this role. Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) or similar engineering accreditation is preferred.

Apply: If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of the role.

As part of the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.

Applications close Friday 14 August 2026

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace 

Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community. 

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.  We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment. 

Applicants with disability who require adjustments during the recruitment process including an alternative format of the application form, can contact a Recruitment Officer at [email protected] or 08 9420 2000. To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website