Power Transmission Expert – Regional Expert

Power Transmission Expert – Regional Expert (Australia)

Role: Power Transmission Expert – Regional Expert (Australia)

Location: Melbourne / Sydney / Brisbane

Role ID:

Level: Principal Consultant

Overview

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world. We are looking for an experienced Power Sector expert to join our Clean Power team. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make a profound impact, driving the transition towards a cleaner and greener world. You will be a "seller-doer" playing a key and leading role in growing our business in Australia with a focus on technical due diligence for developers, investors, and owners of renewable energy, storage, and power network infrastructure. In projects, your role will be to provide technical expertise with a focus on transmission networks including grid connections.

Responsibilities

• Drive business growth in Australia as a seller-doer, focusing on technical due diligence for developers, investors, and owners of renewable energy, storage, and power network infrastructure.
• Provide expert technical guidance on transmission networks, including grid connections, in projects.

Qualifications

Must have

• University and master's degree in energy economics / economic regulation, electrical or mechanical engineering, or similar.
• Significant experience in lead generation and business development, with a strong track record establishing lasting relationships with private sector customers in the renewable and storage industry and with power utilities in Australia.
• Significant experience working for private sector customers in the renewable and storage industry and with power utilities in Australia.
• Specific experience carrying out and overseeing transmission planning studies, including steady-state and dynamic stability studies.
• Excellent understanding of Australian and global power networks and power systems, power sector regulation, electricity markets.
• Solid experience in successfully leading teams and managing complex projects.
• Excellent written communication skills
• Native or professional-level competence in English

Desirable But Not Essential

• Experience using DigSilent, PSS/E, and/or Powerworld or equivalent.
• Experience with transmission-level concept design.
• Experience reviewing and implementing technical regulations including grid codes.
• Experience with power market design studies.
• International experience in power sector consultancy – demonstrable experience in North America, Europe, Africa or Latin America is an asset
• Relevant experience using Helioscope, PV/Syst, Homer Pro and/or PLEXOS.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place. We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

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