Protection Technician

Date: 31 Jan 2025
- Location: AU
- **Permanent full-time | $102k - 112k + 15.5% + relevant allowances + Regular OT Potential | Work Vehicle and tools Provided**:

- **Receive a Fortnightly Rostered Day Off (RDO) in support of work life balance As a well as a generous paid parental leave program**:

- **Based at our Muswellbrook location**

Ausgrid is on an exciting transformation journey and now is the time to be a part of something big. We are proud to service Australia’s east coast, as a leading business in energy distribution, delivering a safe and reliable electricity supply to more than 1.8 million homes - that’s over four million Australians relying on us every day.

Our vision is simple; for our communities to have the power for a resilient, affordable net zero future.

We take pride in knowing that the work we collectively achieve today, will transform the world tomorrow. We value a culture of working and living safely, being customer focussed, commercially minded, collaborative, honest, accountable, and respectful. Our values are not just initiatives driven by leaders; they define the way we work.

**Your new role**

Is a safety-first culture important to you? At Ausgrid, safety is not just an initiative driven by leaders in the business, it is embedded in our core values. Our employees progress and develop their career in a safe environment.

This role is based in the Upper Hunter, servicing the local network, including the newly approved Renewable Energy Zone.

Reporting to the Field Supervisor, the Protection Technician will oversee the maintenance and commissioning of protection, automation & control equipment within distribution, zone and sub-transmission substations and networks. This role is crucial in ensuring the safety, reliability, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness of our services for customers and the integrity of our network assets.

Responsibility may include being available and participate in on call and after-hours response. This role has the potential to provide a pathway to the Protection Automation & Control roles within Ausgrid.

You will be given an opportunity to broaden your knowledge and skills as part of a highly talented team and elevate your career in a business that is revolutionising the world of energy.

**Spark our interest**

Our hiring decisions are not only based on your experience and skills, but your passion, attitude, and alignment to our core values.

We are looking for someone who:

- Has a thirst for knowledge and continual learning.
- Is resilient to change and willingness to learn new and unfamiliar technology.
- Takes pride in providing a quality service.
- Has a keen interest in working on technologically advanced systems in an ever-changing industry.

**To be successful, you must have**:

- Qualification in a relevant electrical trade. (Cert III Electrotechnology or equivalent)
- A Class C drivers’ licence.
- A WH&S Work Cover - General Induction
- Experience in analysing electrical drawings (schematic diagrams is desirable)
- Sound computer skills for both office-based & industry-specific programs for testing, commissioning & interrogation of network assets.

**Skills & Qualifications (Not essential but advantageous)**:

- Experience in fault finding & problem solving
- Knowledge of industrial electrical systems, including control systems, instrumentation and automation equipment. (PLC, instrumentation, SCADA or other operating systems)
- Cert III, cert IV, Diploma or Advanced Diploma in relevant discipline (Power Systems, Industrial Electronics, Instrumentation etc)
- Proven experience in HV (High Voltage) Switching.
- Experience with Permit to Work systems.
- Demonstrated experience with a computerised maintenance management system.

**Grow with Ausgrid**

To continue building on our rich heritage, we actively invest in our people’s development through secondments, onsite training, mentoring circles, e-learning, Australian Graduate School of Management programs (UNSW) and study assistance.

It is through our investment in our people that the average tenure across the business is 14 years and our current turnover is sitting at a market competitive rate of just 3.9%.

**Ausgrid Perks**

Revel in more than just a competitive salary Our employees enjoy a dynamic range of market leading support and safety services, wellbeing programs, corporate discounts, and flexibility arrangements in many forms.

Our people are paramount to the continued success of Ausgrid, therefore celebrating great work is important to us It’s not just the big wins that count, we have provided our employees the opportunity to applaud peer successes daily through our Amped Recognition Program. But let’s not forget the major milestones For those ready to exceed expectations, anticipate a nomination for a CEO award at our formal end of year Award gala.

Ausgrid has a Remuneration & Progression Framework in place to recognise performance & provide opportunity for career progre