Senior Project Engineer - Future Networks

Be part of the team building future networks enabling the energy transition with customer energy resources.

Your new company
Working in collaboration with energy infrastructure utilities to develop the roadmap for Future Networks, the Senior Project Engineer plays a key role in flexible service operating model design to optimise network utilisation incorporating customer energy resources.

Your new role
This role will ideally suit an experienced Electrical Project Engineer from the Transmission & Distribution sector with a strong understanding of network operations, customer energy resources and the data-led innovation behind flexibility services with non-network alternatives.

Your technical background will be valued, but your deliverables will be primarily focused on collaboration between multiple stakeholder groups and project management outputs of governance, reporting, management cost, schedule and risk.Key project outcomes include:

• Coordination of the joint programme, ensuring alignment across commercial, regulatory, customer and technical work streams.
• Evaluate and prioritise network flexibility opportunities and customer energy resource use cases, to align with Future Networks & Markets strategic priorities and energy transition initiatives.
• Development of business cases, strategic plans and innovative solutions that inform the design and selection of flexible service products, including dispatch processes, performance measures and customer participation insights.
• Contribute to Future Networks & Markets strategic priorities and energy transition initiatives.

What you'll need to succeed

• Degree qualification in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems (or equivalent) combined with some associated commercial and/or project management training.
• Foundational technical understanding and industry experience with electricity distribution networks, customer energy resources (CER), flexibility services and non-network alternatives.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks, energy markets and emerging technologies supporting the energy transition.
• Demonstrated experience with project engineering / project management in an environment requiring executive level reporting to the Steering Committee.
• A natural with data analytics, and functionally conversant with DERMS and network planning datasets, will be very highly regarded.

What you'll get in return
This is a very rare moment in time, where our best and brightest are collaborating to shape the energy transition for businesses and consumers, developing innovative solutions and a more sustainable future. It's an opportunity to expand your sphere of influence and work with industry leaders, to genuinely leave your mark on future generations.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now on +61 3 8602 9809.
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