Senior Engineer

Department : Western Australia & Strategy

Division: WA System Design & Transformation

Reference number: 12684

Engagement type: Permanent

AEMO at the Heart of Energy
AEMO is Australia's independent energy system and market operator and system planner. AEMO's purpose is to ensure safe, reliable and affordable energy today, and enable the energy transition for the benefit of all Australians. Australian governments are now committed to a net zero economy for Australia by 2050 and our vision is to enable this. We have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to co-design the future of our energy systems, and our core values revolve around character, commitment, and connection. Join us as we contribute to this significant transition in the energy sector.

About The Role
Focused on the future of Western Australia's main electricity system – the South West Interconnected System (SWIS), but collaborating closely across the AEMO business, you will contribute to strategic future market and power system modelling activities and AEMO's response to identified risks. in order to support our ability to maintain power system security and reliability through the energy transition.

You will support the WA Future System Design team and broader AEMO business in evolving AEMO's system modelling capabilities and communicating identified risks to the industry through the SWIS Engineering Roadmap, Electricity Statement of Opportunities and Gas Statement of Opportunities.

While preferably located in
Perth
, multiple locations are available.

What You Will Be Doing

• Support AEMO's future system planning and design activities by evolving AEMO's modelling capabilities in collaborating with industry partners and provide technical advice on mitigating identified future risks to internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide engineering expertise and advisory services to support reform development and implementation, by ensuring that new policy, regulatory and market mechanisms take appropriate account of technical and power system engineering requirements. This includes the delivery of projects and initiatives that help proponents value the service contributions from their assets, and early works for transition points, ready for handover to AEMO Operations.
• Translate AEMO's latest technical understanding from the SWIS Engineering Roadmap, ESOO and other related industry publications into a form that can be easily digested by participants, market bodies, governments and a wider non-technical audience.

What You Will Bring To The Role

• Degree in power system engineering or related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing, maintaining and analysing outcomes using PLEXOS models.
• Strength in coding with Python.
• Understanding of the operation and planning of large power systems, and the engineering challenges that need to be addressed as the SWIS transitions.
• Well-developed analytical skills sufficient to review, critique and approve the modelled outcomes that underpin key messages to stakeholders.

In return some of our benefits
to you

• Flexible working: work from home, part time, job share, hybrid options, and additional leave options
• Professional development via projects, industry networks, job rotation, study assistance and more.
• Give back with up to 4 days of volunteering leave per year.
• Reward your hard work with annual performance bonuses (subject to eligibility).
• Embrace a healthier you with our wellness program, discounted health insurance, gym perks and our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

About Our Process
At AEMO we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome people of all backgrounds, including people with disabilities and neurodivergence and those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the application or interview process, simply let us know by emailing us at

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