Lead Designer – Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls

About the role

As a Lead Designer in the Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls (EI&C) team at Aurecon, you will work on high‑impact projects such as upstream gas facilities and aluminium refining infrastructure. Based in Brisbane, you will collaborate with local and global design centres to deliver safe, reliable, and sustainable solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate EI&C design for APLNG upstream gas facilities and aluminium refining projects, including brownfield modifications and sustaining capital works.
• Own EI&C deliverables, ensuring they meet scope, schedule, budget, and client standards.
• Deliver detailed designs for HV/LV power distribution, motor control centres (MCCs), instrumentation, and control system integration.
• Manage design execution across local teams and global design centres, maintaining consistency and effective work‑share.
• Support long‑term program delivery, balancing multiple work fronts across operational assets.
• Develop scope definitions, cost estimates, and planning support for ongoing and future works.
• Drive a digital engineering approach using intelligent models and data‑driven workflows.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to designers and modelers in geographically distributed teams.
• Conduct design reviews to ensure compliance with hazardous area requirements, industry codes, and client specifications.

Required profile

• Extensive EI&C design experience in upstream oil & gas (preferably coal‑seam gas) or heavy industrial processing such as alumina refining, mining, or petrochemical.
• Proven track record delivering designs for operating facilities, brownfield upgrades, and sustaining capital programs.
• Strong understanding of power distribution, MCCs, instrumentation, and control systems.

Required skills

• Proficiency with Autodesk tools (AutoCAD, Plant 3D).
• Experience using Bentley tools (MicroStation) and/or AVEVA design software.
• Ability to work in 3D project environments, supporting layout, clash detection, and quantity tracking.
• Knowledge of digital engineering practices, intelligent models, and data‑driven workflows.