Senior Primary Engineer

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia AusNet Full time $70,000 - $120,000 per year

When you choose AusNet, you'll join genuine people working together, making Real Progress.

At AusNet, we're the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia's cleaner energy future.

We are going through an exciting period of growth and with that we have a great opportunity for a
Senior Primary Engineer
to join us

Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That's refreshing.

About the role

This role will see you providing engineering and technical support in the development of transmission terminal station projects, with specialist knowledge on the primary equipment and plant. You will work within a multi-discipline team, with internal stakeholders, and Design and Construction Delivery partners.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Providing technical support into Customer and Company initiated projects across AusNet's Transmission network.
  • Applying primary technical engineering knowledge to ensure efficient solutions can be reached on complex design projects
  • Developing scopes and specifications for design and construction. Review and assess brownfield and greenfield electricity terminal station designs, providing technical input into rating, staging, constructability, operability, maintainability and safety in design
  • Identifying opportunities to develop new or improved standards and to ensure the timely delivery of efficient solutions of complex technical engineering designs and standards, taking ownership of process improvement initiatives and development of new methods where necessary
  • Lead, coach and mentor personnel within the team and share knowledge and experience

About you

You don't need to tick every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

  • Tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering
  • Detailed technical knowledge and extensive experience in electricity networks engineering
  • Detailed understanding of project lifecycles and application of engineering principals with extensive design and construction knowledge covering performance, functionality, operation, maintenance and risks
  • Extensive experience working in electricity substations engineering, project delivery and/or design role
  • Demonstrated ability to develop, coach, mentor, empower and support colleagues and team members to achieve common goals

A real place to belong.

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here's what sets us apart:

  • Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we'll work with you to help balance work and life
  • Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service
  • Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you
  • Perks: we offer all the other perks you've come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more

As an industry in transformation, we're excited by the possibilities ahead. So, if you're passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward



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