Lead Designer – Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls
At Aurecon, we are optimistic about the future. We are thinkers, solvers, and collaborators who work with our clients to deliver the infrastructure and assets that strengthen communities and create a sustainable future.
What you’ll do
As a Lead Designer in our EI&C Team based in Brisbane, you’ll contribute to projects and programs that make a real difference and be part of a team that embraces challenges, welcomes diverse ideas, and engineer solutions with people and outcomes in mind.
This role offers the opportunity to contribute to:
- Upstream APLNG gas projects delivering for a key client as their engineering service provider (ESP)
- Aluminium refinery projects ranging from FEEDs to detail designs.
- Much more
As a Lead EI&C Designer, you’ll be responsible for:
- Lead and coordinate EI&C design across APLNG upstream gas facilities and aluminium refining infrastructure, including brownfield modifications and sustaining capital works
- Take ownership of EI&C deliverables, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, budget, and client standards
- Deliver design for systems including HV/LV power distribution, MCCs, instrumentation, and control systems integration
- Manage design execution across local teams and Global Design Centres, ensuring effective workshare and consistency in delivery
- Support long-term program delivery, balancing multiple work fronts across operational assets
- Develop scope definitions, cost estimates, and support planning for ongoing and future works
- Drive a digital engineering approach, using intelligent models and data-driven workflows to improve efficiency and accuracy
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to designers and modellers across geographically distributed teams
- Conduct design reviews and verification to ensure compliance with hazardous area requirements, industry codes, and client specifications
- Build strong, enduring relationships with client stakeholders across both energy and processing sectors
What you’ll bring
You're someone who thrives in complex engineering environments, builds strong relationships, and is motivated by purposeful work that keeps critical energy assets operating safely and reliably. You will bring:
- Extensive EI&C design experience within upstream oil & gas (preferably coal seam gas) and/or heavy industrial processing (e.g. alumina refining, mining, petrochemical)
- Strong experience delivering design for operating facilities, including brownfield upgrades and sustaining capital programs
- Proficiency with Autodesk (e.g. AutoCAD, Plant 3D), Bentley Tools (e.g. MicroStation) and/or AVEVA tools, including working with intelligent models and integrated design systems
- Experience working in 3D project environments, supporting layout, clash avoidance, and quantity tracking
- Solid understanding of EI&C systems, including:
- Power distribution and reticulation
- Motor control centres
- Field instrumentation and installation
- Control systems (PLC/SCADA/DCS environments)
- Familiarity with hazardous area design requirements relevant to upstream gas facilities
- Proven ability to lead, mentor, and coordinate teams across both local and global delivery environments
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work closely with operators, engineers, and project managers
- The ability to manage competing priorities across a portfolio of concurrent projects
How we support your growth
We believe your career should be a rewarding adventure. You will tackle some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges, in an environment that supports your ambitions, where we hold ourselves, and each other, to the highest standards. Recognised by the AFR as a Best Place to Work in 2026, we embrace diverse perspectives, giving you the opportunity to make a real impact.
Who we are
We are an engineering consultancy with more than 6,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. We believe the world needs people who can engineer possibilities. They are the ones who can create infrastructure that makes life better for people and the planet. That is our purpose. Bringing ideas to life. This is The Aurecon Way.
Ready for your next adventure?
If this sounds like your next step, we’d love to hear from you. We value diverse experiences and welcome applications for flexible working arrangements. For recruitment adjustments, contact WorkplaceAdjustment@aurecongroup.com.
Our hiring decisions are made by people, not AI. We’re most interested in your individual thinking and experiences—so please ensure your application reflects your authentic perspective.
