About Us:
Varley Group is an Australian company that has a rich history spanning over 138+ years. We have evolved into a highly successful, diverse, and multi-national engineering and manufacturing firm servicing a wide variety of major sectors including emergency service, defence, health care, cyber security, mining, marine, rail and more.Varley Group’s network of subsidiaries includes: Norship, SEM Fire & Rescue, Air Boats International, EMC Electric Vehicles, IDES, Introspectus and Frame Group.
With over 1,200 employees in the Varley Group, our company reputation is built on providing first-class work, manufacturing quality products, and providing unsurpassed service. It is our broad but specialised skills base, and employees that have a passion for doing a good job that gives us a competitive edge.
The Role:
We have a permanent position for a motivated and talented Electrical Design Engineer to join our team at Integrated Design and Engineering Solutions (IDES), our Melbourne subsidiary. IDES is a company specialising in product development, systems integration, advanced engineering, and engineering support services, primarily operating in the Defence Land and Special Vehicles segments.
This is a unique opportunity where you will:
• Work on exciting new system integration projects as a member of the IDES Engineering Team including Defence LAND programs.
• Liaise with customers and key stake holders to understand and meet technical requirements.
• Have design authority for IDES Electrical system designs and sign off.
Deliver engineering & technical solutions for the integration of electrical systems. (Power & Radio frequency)
• Develop electrical budget, electrical circuit designs, safety reviews – in accordance with applicable defence and commercial standards.
• Support and / or undertake Project Management as required, including budgeting, scheduling, supplier performance and resource management ensuring high quality outcomes.
• Undertake analysis using engineering tools such as DFMAs, DFMEA, Risk Analysis, and Root Cause Analysis
• Review and apply customer specified standards and relevant regulations
• Prepare and conduct test and evaluation programs.
• Undertake system design Safety analysis, Maintainability analysis and trade off analysis of technical proposals.
• Prepare Project Deliverable Documents (e.g. UHB, EMEI, DID’s etc.)
• Coordinate and manage release of CAD, RFQs and SOWs to suppliers, manage schedule, inspection and acceptance of supplies.
• Support tender response preparation activities, and IDES team and project activities & goals.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering – meeting NER qualification requirements (or equivalent tertiary education).
• Ideally you have worked on projects where you have designed, developed and tested electrical systems. (Defence or Automotive preferred).
• Design experience integrating Defence prime equipment or similar including signing off electrical designs.
• Experience creating wiring routing design drawings.
• Electrical Systems testing plans and reports
• Experience working with vehicle standards/regulations (Electrical focus)
• Experience working in a structured project driven environment
• Australian Citizen (Mandatory).
• Eligibility to hold Security Clearance (active security clearance desirable).
Benefits:
Our people matter to us, so we provide:
• Variety of work on innovating and market leading projects
• Permanent Position Discounted access to the Fitness Passport – giving you access to hundreds of fitness and sporting centres across Australia
• Opportunity for career development and encouragement to work across teams to build your skills and experience
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program
To Apply:
If this sounds like the role you are looking for, please send you’re Resume and a Cover letter outlining your experience. As part of the recruitment process of this role, a set of screening questions will be emailed via our candidate application platform. These questions are designed to further understand your experience, career goals, and assess how they align with the requirements of the role.
Please note that it is crucial to complete the screening questions to proceed with your application. Applicants who do not complete these questions will regrettably not be considered for further steps in the selection process. We appreciate your prompt attention to this matter and look forward to reviewing your responses.
We know that diverse teams are high performing teams. At Varley Group, we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, and we are an Equal Employment Opportunity and Employer.
Would you like a copy of the job advertisement in an alternative format or need support with your application? Please contact us via recruitment@varleygroup.com.
