Team Lead - Secondary & Protection

Fyfe is a multi-disciplinary consultancy providing comprehensive engineering, environmental, planning and surveying services throughout Australia. Fyfe works with a wide range of clients in the Energy and Resources, Renewables, Infrastructure and Property sectors to provide high-quality, commercially pragmatic solutions with a strong focus on client service and delivery.

At Fyfe, we view ourselves as a partner to our clients and work toward developing long-lasting relationships. Through open communication and a commitment to outstanding service, our employees deliver professional, safe and efficient services to our clients.

The Opportunity

Fyfe is seeking an experienced Team Lead – Secondary & Protection to join our growing Energy team to be based in either Sydney or Melbourne. This is a senior leadership and technical authoritativerole suited to a highly capable secondary systems and protection engineer who is people focussed, fostering a collaborative team, drivingtechnical delivery and cancontribute to the continued growth of our power sectorcapability across Australia.

What You'll Do

• Lead and mentor a team of secondary and protection engineers, supporting capability, engagement and professional development.
• Oversee delivery of secondary and protection engineering projects across HV substation and power infrastructure works.
• Provide technical leadership across protection relay settings, secondary schematic design, SCADA/RTU integration, substation automation and IEC 61850 interfaces.
• Manage team resourcing, utilisation and forecasting in collaboration with project managers, finance and operational stakeholders.
• Prepare and review proposals, scopes and cost estimates for secondary and protection services.
• Maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships across utilities, network service providers, contractors and project partners.
• Drive quality, governance and technical standards to ensure project outputs meet Fyfe, client and regulatory requirements.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.Chartered Professional Engineer status is preferred, or a willingness to work toward chartership.
• 7-8 years of experience in secondary and protection engineering with at least 2 years in a senior or leadership rolein HV substation and power infrastructure with working knowledge of protection relay platforms and protection philosophy development across transmission and distribution applications.
• Substantial experience managing complex projects, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workloads and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and develop engineers within a project delivery environment.
• Strong commercial awareness, including budget, resource, utilisation and project performance management.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships with clients, technical teams and senior stakeholders.

Why Fyfe?

• A progressive, values-driven consultancy shaping the future of renewable energy.
• Opportunities for professional growth, innovation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Supportive culture with a genuine focus on employee wellbeing and career development.

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