Outage Management Specialist

**Position Details**:

- Play your part in connecting Queensland to a brighter, more sustainable future.
- Enjoy a 9 or 10-day fortnight & family-friendly work arrangements.
- Virginia or Townsville based with relocation support.

Coordinate network outages to suit customer requirements, network constraints & applicable NEM conditions to minimise risk & find the best outcome for all parties.

**At Powerlink, every possibility starts with you**:
We believe life’s about possibilities. And so’s the future.

That’s why we need you. As **Outage Management Specialist** you’ll help us connect Queensland to an even brighter and more sustainable future, providing high voltage electricity to more than five million Queenslanders and 253,000 businesses. No matter your role, your work is about every light turned on. It’s every community connected and every future made possible.

Together, we’re working at the heart of Queensland’s energy transformation. Now more than ever, we need people who want to help us deliver the new energy future and ensure we’re ready to tackle the challenge of our lives. Join us and make it happen.

**Find a career that matters and lasts**:
As an Outage Management Specialist, you’ll help deliver a brighter, more sustainable energy future as you grow your skills every day working closely with our Operations Outage Engineers to find clever solutions to interesting problems. Here’s how:
As part of the Operations Planning and Access Team with Network Operations, you’ll help deliver a consolidated schedule of outages with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) by fostering strong customer relationships and having a solutions-focused mindset, bounded by considered impacts to connected customers and the National Electricity Market (NEM).

You’ll be at the forefront of our energy transition by engaging with traditional & renewable generators, large scale mining and manufacturing companies, electricity distributors and Powerlink’s own internal projects & maintenance teams to help facilitate an annual work program in excess of $2billion.

**What you’ll bring**:

- Electrical trade qualification, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Skills in negotiating and influencing outcomes using operational and technical knowledge of power system operations.
- Basic understanding of the NEM with the ability to consider potential NEM outcomes as consequence of transmission influence.
- A current ‘C’ Class drivers' licence

We’d also love you to have:

- Demonstrated knowledge of generator testing
- Knowledge of electrical safety policy, procedures and legislation

What matters most is your drive to make an impact for the millions of people we serve. Through our core values of accountability, customer service, teamwork and safety, you’ll strive to question and challenge the ordinary every day

**Why Powerlink?**:
There’s lots to love about a career with Powerlink. But our people say there’s three things that really stand out:

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A career that matters and lasts**: You’ll shape a progressive career connecting more than five million Queenslanders to a world-class, clean energy future.
- ** Unique work and the chance to grow**: You’ll help find smart solutions to interesting problems as you develop your skills and impact every day.
- ** People who love to support and share**:You’ll build relationships with experienced, down-to-earth people who you’ll be proud to work with.

You’ll also enjoy a range of benefits including:

- 14 weeks paid parental leave - at full or half pay.
- Substitution of Public Holidays
- Bright, open office layout with free undercover parking and charging stations for electric vehicles.
- Access to a corporate health plan with employee discounts and annual flu vaccinations
- Onsite gym facilities

**Be the start of every possibility**:
There’s so much opportunity for you to grab here. If this role sounds like it would suit you, we want to hear from you

At Powerlink, we are committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and harness the unique talents, perspectives and experiences of all people.

As part of the recruitment process, the successful applicant will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include, but are not limited to: reference checks, criminal background checks, right to work eligibility, verification of academic qualifications, and bankruptcy checks.

We’re proud to be a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.

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