Network Access Manager

**Network Access Manager**

Mount Waverley, VIC, AU, 3149

**About us**:
We're a team that cares about you and your community. United Energy (UE) is an essential service, supplying reliable, safe and affordable electricity across the east and south-east of Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula, vital for our customers and a clean energy future.

In designing and delivering these services, our people are united by a real sense of purpose to empower customer choices in ways that are important for our communities and the environment. Using advanced analytics, knowledge built through years of practical expertise, partnerships with leading researchers, and the courage to experiment, our people are proud to be disruptive influencers amongst the electricity industry.

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.

**About the Role**:
Reporting to the Head of Network Control and Operations you will be a member of Network Control Centre (NCC) leadership team, accountable for the efficient and safe provision of the operational planning function and staff on the United Energy distribution network.

Using your strong leadership experience and technical knowledge of sub transmission, distribution of HV and LV electrical network, you will lead the Network Access Planning Team to ensure the team is providing the timely delivery of switching instructions and availability of network operating resources. Your strong communication and stakeholder management skills will help you coordinate critical network outages to minimise customer impact and improve customer engagement.

This includes developing and maintaining technical operating standards, operational planning schedules, the timely delivery of all switching instructions, and ensuring that key metrics are delivered and reported accurately.

The perfect career opportunity for someone to mix their strong people leadership capabilities with their technical knowledge driving operational success.

**What you'll deliver**:

- Lead the activities of the Network Access Planning team and ensure that all personnel perform activities in a professional and timely manner
- Ensure Network Operations requirements in the works program is delivered including:

- Effective communications with personnel from internal and external organisations
- Ensure that all work requested by customers and stakeholders is completed within specified timeframes.
- Assisting to prepare programs for commissioning of major system elements.
- Assisting review of system design proposals.
- Ensure systems (GIS/DMS/SAP) are updated with proposed delivery state prior to work execution.
- Maintain operational planning schedules, timely planning and efficient allocation of field operating resources using UE systems (i.e. NARs), to ensure the preparation of switching instructions within specified time frames
- Develop and drive the performance of the team through technical systems and operational processes, supporting the overall success of United Energy's high-performance culture

**To succeed in this role, you'll have**:

- Associate Diploma or Advanced Diploma of Electrical Engineering / or equivalent
- Very good working knowledge of the operation of Sub transmission, Distribution HV & LV Networks
- Knowledge and understanding of construction, maintenance and testing activities associated with an electrical network including protection and control schemes
- Working understanding of VESI & Company Operating procedures, practices and outage planning
- Experience in leading teams and providing technical direction
- Demonstrated ability to create high quality reports / presentations using data.
- Proven interpersonal skills to successfully work in and lead a close team environment and to build good working relationships with both internal and external organisations

**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, sa