Operational Spatial Systems Team Leader

**Operational Spatial Systems Team Leader**:

- Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3000**About us**:
CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks servicing 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. These customers include large numbers of households as well as commercial and industrial businesses, world class arts, health and sporting precincts, popular tourism regions and the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria.

We provide reliable, safe, and affordable electricity and our businesses are independently rated as the best in the country for their efficiency. Sustaining this is all the more critical and challenging as greater electrification of homes, fleets and industries becomes a core strategy for reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change.

Increasingly, our networks are connecting new large-scale renewable energy generators and integrating technologies like solar, batteries and electric vehicles as customers change the way they generate, use, store and share power. This demand is transforming the electricity market faster than any change we’ve ever seen before. As a result, our people are at the frontline in developing and implementing innovative technologies and solutions necessary for the future of our industry not only in Victoria but globally.

We value inclusive leadership and teams and celebrate the results of succeeding together.

Our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. This includes their physical safety - ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday - as well as their psychological safety by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance and be the best they can be.

**About the role**:
This position leads, supports, develops and coordinates the daily activities of the Operational Spatial System Officers (OSSOs) who are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the Distribution Management System (DMS) and its associated systems in relation to the Operational viability of the Electricity Network.

In addition to leading the team the Team Lead will liaise with internal stakeholders and external customers to ensure a high quality and timely service is being provided. The incumbent will produce and maintain a high-level plan and resolve issues with resource and work flow disparity.

**What you’ll deliver**:

- Lead, supervise & coordinate the daily activities of the team by providing them with direction and support
- Foster & instil a team culture focused on high quality and on time delivery in order to provide the best possible organisational and customer outcomes
- Devise and implement effective process improvements that aim to deliver operational excellence and meet current and future workload requirements
- Develop and implement HV and LV DMS patches as required
- Develop and maintain processes and procedures associated with updating the DMS and GIS for Operational purposes.
- Contribute to the Network Access and Control and Operations Management teams with strategy and direction and outworking of visions and business plans

**To succeed in the role you’ll have**:

- Experience in leading and providing technical direction to a team.
- Minimum of 5+ years experience working on HV electrical network in a technical role.
- Previous work experience on the electrical Sub transmission & distribution system and appreciation of GIS and DMS.
- Knowledge of the Operational requirements of Distribution Management Systems
- Tertiary qualification in GIS, Surveying, Electrical Engineering, Technology (electrical/drafting), or substantial relevant demonstrated electrical industry experience
- GE Smallworld and PowerOn products is preferred.
- Excellent skills in writing project management and technical instructions

**Your career with us**:
We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability.

We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive, and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.

With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees.

Our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. This includes their physical safety - ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday - as well as their psychological safety, by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance and be the best they can be.

**What’s next?**
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