Make it yours
Experience the excitement of building your career in an evolving construction company where people and performance make amazing things happen.
Who we are
We're Searo, a self-performing, multi-disciplinary electrical contractor, delivering smart, dynamic solutions across renewable energy and infrastructure. We’re designing high-performance energy systems that revolutionise how businesses and communities think about power.
Partnering with Symal, a national construction group, we’re redefining energy, together.
The role:
The Symal Group have entered a Joint Venture Partnership with an intent to deliver a circa $800M Solar and BESS project in Victoria, and we are seeking an experienced Engineering & Design Manager to represent the Symal Group and lead the delivery of this project.
Reporting directly to the Project Director and at times, the JV Steering Committee, you will take ownership of the engineering and design function of the project and will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team (civil, structural, electrical) and drive both inhouse and external engineering firms to develop early-stage design through to construction-ready issuance.
You will operate under tight fixed price D&C Contract constraints, driving value engineering to protect margins while ensuring absolute technical compliance with strict client specifications and network connection agreements.
This is a unique opportunity to join and help further develop a highly capable and collaborative team where your technical expertise, insight, and knowledge to directly influence the project success.
Key Responsibilities:
- IFC Package Delivery: Manage specialized engineering consultancies to deliver detailed, multidisciplinary IFC drawings (civil, structural, DC/MV/HV electrical) strictly aligned with the construction schedule.
- Hybrid Control & EMS Strategy: Collaborate closely with SCADA and key OEM Systems to embed advanced control algorithms. Optimize the system whilst strictly complying with PPR requirements to ensure systems operate in accordance with technical specification requirements.
- Value Engineering: Identify and execute design optimizations (e.g., optimizing DC/AC ratios, reducing trenching yards, consolidating inverter blocks) to strip out unnecessary material and labour costs.
- Procurement Interface: Translate technical designs into precise Bill of Materials (BOM) specifications for procurement teams.
- Constructability & RFI Management: Work in lockstep with the site-based Senior Project Manager to resolve Request for Information (RFI) queries, structural anomalies, or soil variances discovered during piling.
- Thermal & Safety Engineering: Oversee rigorous safety design pathways including fire protection, thermal management and noise control.
- Commissioning & As-Built Documentation: Structure the technical testing procedures for the physical DC coupling stages, bridging the gap between site construction and commissioning teams and support R1/R2.
Who are you?
You will bring strong project delivery leadership, commercial discipline and the ability to manage multiple complex stakeholder relationships. Ideally you will have;
- Extensive experience in renewable energy and a project delivery environment, with a particular focus on utility scale Solar Farm delivery.
- Experience with BESS is also highly valued, and even moreso any experience with DC Coupled BESS
- Experience in delivering HV projects in Australia
- Strong people leadership capability, with experience guiding teams and supporting team development
- The ability to present to senior management and larger groups
- Contractor-side experience will be highly regarded, although client-side experience will also be considered
A career with us
At Symal, we know that people and performance make amazing things happen. Work like ours needs problem solvers, bold thinkers and genuinely good people. If you're looking for a passionate team and a pathway to career success, now's the time to make it yours.
There are plenty of good reasons to dig into a career at Symal.
- Forge pathways: We open doors to diverse, challenging and future-shaping construction projects to expand your experience and develop your career.
- Get ahead: From early career support and specialised learning to leadership development, we back you with tailored development programs to help you reach your goals. Success is defined by your direction and progress.
- Keep well: A healthy and happy workplace builds a brighter future. With wellness benefits, discounted health insurance, a perks and rewards platform and an industry-leading employee assistance program, we’re here to support you when you need it.
- Stay social: People are the core of Symal. Our leading-edge work and breakout spaces stocked with snacks bring the best out of our teams and keep them fuelled for their next challenge, while our social calendar is stacked with events to connect, celebrate and reward our people.
Diversity of thought fuels our progress
Our inclusion offerings are designed to open doors for individuals who may not see a traditional entry point into the construction industry. We’re empowering women to thrive in construction through Shine, championing veteran career transitions through Resolve and building meaningful careers for Aboriginal people with Wamarra - helping you build a future where you belong.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans and individuals from diverse cultural and life experiences are encouraged to apply.