Grid Integration Lead

**Description**

Job Title

Grid Integration Lead

Reporting to

Manager - Grid Connections

Location

Sydney, Brisbane, or Melbourne

Hours

Full Time, Permanent

RES Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the areas that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

**About RES**:
RES is the world’s largest independent renewable energy company with over a 22GW portfolio and the expertise to develop, engineer, construct, finance, and operate projects around the globe and is active in a range of energy technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar, energy storage and transmission and distribution. RES is also responsible for the operational asset management of over 7.5GW on behalf of Clients.

We are driven by our vision to create a future where everyone has access to affordable zero carbon energy. We are proud of the 21 million tonnes of carbon offset each year by our global portfolio of renewable energy projects and we are proud of the people that developed and built them.

**Culture of Care for our People, Our Planet, and Our Product**:
In joining RES, you chose to become part of an organisation built on a long history of operational excellence and care. We have always cared about our employee’s safety, wellbeing, and personal growth. We truly value and respect the individual contributions of our people and believe that diversity provides an important range of perspectives. A fair and inclusive culture makes us stronger. Our culture of care and inclusion extends to the environment and to external communities, stakeholders, clients, suppliers, and the carbon footprint we leave.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, relation, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status.

RES is a LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employer and Certified as a Family Friendly Workplace.

**What we offer**:
At RES you can expect to join a warm and welcoming team in a business that wants you to succeed. Employee satisfaction is of paramount importance, and we show this through a wide range of benefits including a competitive bonus, genuine flexible working, generous and gender-neutral parental leave, 25 days leave (including the ability to swap cultural days of significance), annual skin checks, flu vaccinations, eye care, professional trade subscriptions, professional body membership, 4 paid volunteer days, and charity matching,

We are also dedicated to the personal and professional development of our employees via training and development opportunities and sponsored education.

**Context - The Discipline and the Team**:
The topic of Grid Connection is fundamentally important and increasingly challenging for all stakeholders in the NEM, reflective of evolving technical and regulatory challenges, and associated potential risks and costs. RES Australia (RES Au) recognises that maintaining a strong presence in the sphere of Grid Connection is paramount to our ongoing success in this market.

The Grid Team (the Team) serves the wider RES Au business by providing all Grid Connection deliverables required for the successful progression of the business’ Projects within its target market(s). Core to this function, the Grid Team undertakes and facilitates the end-to-end grid connection process for RES Au’s active Projects, progressing the necessary actions towards successful achievement of all necessary regulatory obligations and achievable contractual commitments to allow for safe and efficient operation of the plant. The Team’s deliverables include technical analysis, optimization, strategic guidance to the wider business, industry & market advocacy (including influencing regulatory frameworks such as the National Electricity Rules) and oversight of external resources. The Team’s scope encompasses all of RES Au’s target technologies (typically wind, solar and storage), and spans all Project phases from site selection and parsing, through to ongoing commercial operation.

**The position**:
The Grid Integration Lead is a senior member of the Team responsible for ensuring that the wider business is availed of Team deliverables within specific jurisdictions or for specific projects as allocated by the Manager - Grid Connections. The Grid Integration Lead(s) facilitate clear communication and visibility of deliverables with stakeholders and assist with the scheduling and prioritization of work within the context on the business’ needs. The Grid Integration Lead is required to possess a deep understanding of the grid infrastructure and regulatory landscape within allocated jurisdictions so that RES Au can locate, develop and integrate projects in a strategic manner that mitigates risk and capitalizes on opportunities. The role of the Grid Integration Lead(s) s