Senior Earthing & Bonding Engineer

Play a key role in delivering safe,compliantand high‑performance earthing systems across major rail and energy projects.

KBR is seeking an experiencedSenior Earthing & Bonding Engineerto join our expanding national Power team. With major project delivery underway across Melbourne’s transport network — including Suburban Rail Loop (SRL)Linewideand Stations and theNorth WestProgram Alliance — this role offers the opportunity to shape critical safety systems at the heart of Australia’s future transport and energy infrastructure.

As a Senior Earthing & Bonding Engineer, you will work both autonomously and within multidisciplinary teams to deliversafeearthing, bonding, and lightning protection designs. You will collaborate closely with Primary, Secondary, StructuralandCivil teams, ensuring fully integrated and compliant solutions for HV substations, rail systems, and complex transport infrastructure.

You will help support the delivery ofearthing and bonding designs in other markets, such as Defence, Maritime,Waterand Industrial.

Whatyou’llbe doing

Technical Delivery

• Deliver detailed earthing and bonding design for HV substations, stations, tunnels andlinewiderail systems.

• Conduct complex earthing studies, including: 

• Soil resistivity modelling

• Step & touch potential assessments

• Earthing grid design and optimisation

• Rail tractionreturnand stray current management

• CDEGS Modelling

• Develop designs for lightning protection systems, surgeprotectionand equipotential bonding networks.

• Produce calculations, earthing layouts, schematics, earthing gridmodelsand installation documentation.

• Review and interpret utility standards, rail safety requirements, and national electrical codes.

• Ensure compliance with AS/NZS 3000, AS/NZS 7000, AS 2067, ENA guidelines and project‑specific standards.

• Carry out site investigation and conducttesting (Soil Resistivitytesting,Current Injection Testingetc…) to support design development

Coordination & Collaboration

• Work closely with Primary, Secondary, Protection, StructuralandCivil engineering teams to ensure end‑to‑end design integration.

• Coordinate withstakeholders, contractors and equipment suppliers across the design and delivery lifecycle.

• Support design reviews, site assessments, constructabilityworkshopsand safety‑in‑design processes.

Leadership & Growth

• Provide guidance and mentoring to early‑career engineers.

• Support design checking, QAprocessesand compliance verification.

• Contribute to proposals, bid responses, technicalmethodologiesand project strategies.

• Assistin maturing and standardising national earthing and bonding best practices and tools.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Washington Accord accredited or equivalent).

• Chartered status (CPEng / RPEQ / RPEV) desirable or progressing toward attainment.

• Proven experience delivering earthing, bonding and lightning protection systems in rail, substations,utilitiesor major infrastructure.

• Proficiencyin CDEGS /SESShieldor similar earthing modelling software.

• Strong understanding of tractionreturnsystems, stray current control and metallic asset bonding.

• Experience working with DNSPs/TNSPs or rail operators (e.g., MTM, ARTC, Sydney Metro) highly desirable.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination skills.

• Ability to manage multiple design tasks,prioritiesand deadlines in fast‑paced project environments.

Why join KBR?

At KBR, we partner with our clients and delivery partners to deliver exceptional outcomes — driven by collaboration, technicalexcellenceand our One Team approach.

Withnearly 2,000employees across Australia, we offer:

• Access to iconic projects in Transport,EnergyandDefence.

• Genuine opportunities for professional development,certificationand career progression.

• A collaborative, people‑first culture where you are valued and supported.

• Flexible work arrangements and work/life balance.

• National career pathways and exposure to multidisciplinary teams.

Join a team where people matter, yourexpertiseis respected, and your work directly shapes critical Australian infrastructure.

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