Senior Project Engineer

Location:
Victoria, Australia

Custom Field 1: Permanent Full Time

Description:

• Provide technical support on customer & company-initiated projects on our Electricity distribution network

• Substations & lines projects across the Secondary Projects portfolio

• Careers with Purpose > Collaborative > Inclusive > Flexible Work Environment

At AusNet, we play a key role in the clean energy transition and in 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.

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

We are going through an exciting period of growth and with that we have a great opportunity for a Senior Project Engineer (Secondary) to join us This role will see you developing front end engineering solutions and/or delivering detailed designs for substations and lines projects across the Secondary Projects portfolio. You will work with internal stakeholders and Design and Installation Service Providers to ensure projects are delivered in a cost-efficient way and to high standards of quality.

You will work with internal stakeholders, and Design and Installation Service Providers to ensure projects are delivered in a cost-efficient way and to high standards of quality.

With a hybrid split (Office/WFH)), this role is based in Southbank, Melbourne and is part of our Engineering Solutions team within our Distribution line of business.

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• Provide technical support into Customer and Company initiated projects across AusNet's Electricity distribution network
• Apply technical engineering knowledge to ensure efficient solutions can be reached on complex design projects
• Develop and/or review scopes, detailed design and installation scope of works
• Provide support to address Requests for Information as required during the project lifecycle
• Provide technical input into staging, constructability, operability and maintainability (COM) and safety in design reviews
• Identify opportunities to develop new, and update existing engineering standards
• Contribute to the development of scopes and estimates for Distribution network projects ensuring cost effective and constructible business cases can be delivered
• Be a Subject Matter Expert in the field of Project Engineering, as well as your Engineering discipline of experience
• Support the Engineering Solutions management team by providing mentoring, informal training and support to less experienced team members

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

• Tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering or similar
• Detailed technical knowledge and extensive experience in electricity networks engineering
• Ability to simplify complex engineering analysis for non-engineers (e.g. summarising key decision-making during delivery of detailed design)
• Detailed understanding of project lifecycles and application of engineering principals with extensive design and construction knowledge covering performance, functionality, operation, maintenance and risks
• Extensive Secondary experience working in substation or lines engineering, project delivery and/or design role
• Demonstrated ability to develop, coach, mentor, empower and support colleagues and team members to achieve common goals
• Proven project team leadership skills
• Proven capability in development of concepts and/or delivery of designs
• Proven ability to build and grow relationships and partnerships across divisions within Ausnet as well as with external suppliers, customers and regulatory bodies

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.