Initiated Works Program Lead

**Initiated Works Program Lead**:

- Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3000**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**:
This is an exciting permanent role for a Initiated Works Program Lead to join in our Program Delivery and Performance group within United Energy.
In this busy and hands on role, you will be accountable for the end-to-end management of maintenance delivery performed by service providers outside the primary maintenance contract, including targeted network-initiated programs that are delivered under a unit rate agreement.
Bringing your past experience in electrical distribution asset inspection, maintenance and asset management principles, this role is an amazing opportunity to join our team and continue your career with a leading distributor.

**In this role you will**:

- Liaise with stakeholders prior to program delivery to ensure financials, resourcing and scoping is accurate upon initiation.
- Package and issue works in an effective manner to assist with timeline compliance
- Monitor and manage the status of notification, orders and WBS.
- Develop provider capability models, and work with the Program Delivery and Performance Lead to identify forward view of program of works.
- Issue appropriate works as per agreed model and strategy, and manage service providers to fulfill delivery obligations.
- Work with all stakeholders to assist with defect rectifications, including ESV, New Connections, Control Room, REC and works practices teams.
- Run and review reports on the delivery of all programs and monitor, items at risk.
- Participate in annual external and internal audit programs and assist in monthly contractor auditing.
- Assist in budget submissions with detailed trend analysis and predictive modelling, identifying future projects.
- Perform monthly invoice verification for service provider claims, and perform monthly KPI measures.
- Develop stakeholder engagement through consultation, communication, negotiation, compromise, and relationship building.
- Drive the development and optimisation of operational policies through controls and performance metrics.
- Provide support to the Maintenance Service Officer role where required.

**To succeed in this role you will have**:

- A Tertiary Qualification in an Engineering / Technical / Program Management or associated area/discipline
- Detailed knowledge of electrical distribution asset inspection, maintenance and asset management principles
- Broad analytical skills to assess strategy, tactics and plans to achieve commercial and technical asset performance
- Deep understanding of power distribution capital, operational and maintenance programs
- Strong verbal communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience in electrical distribution program delivery and project delivery (mandatory).
- Experience in Project Management and Contract Administration (advantageous)
- Extensive technical experience in electricity distribution

**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 eve