Responsibilities
- Provide effective specialist engineering design and advice in relation to the design of zone substations, industrial substations and distributed generation network connections to a variety of standards, and in accordance with the relevant technical manuals, OH&S Act, ‘Safety in Design’ guidelines and customer requirements.
- Take ownership and liaise with internal and external stakeholders to produce formal responses and reports.
- Monitors, review and approve engineering solutions and proposals by others, as well as manufacturer supplied drawings, in accordance with agreed standards.
- Assist, develop and implement new technologies and innovative design practices and standards to meet business needs by applying technical expertise and experience.
- Highly proficient in risk management and generates cost savings through innovation.
- Defines complex issues with ambiguous information, provide technical expertise and mentoring to design personnel and stimulates critical thinking to solve complex problems.
- Synthesizes various considerations to makes tough decisions, striking a balance with trade-offs and pushing for better solutions to move forward.
- Ability to develop technical based policies and procedures relating to design, and implement change as required.
- Assess NS capabilities and identify opportunities, as well as actively engaging with the Design Leadership team to develop a collaborative and agile mindset and support peers.
- Design and validate station earthing systems using CDEGS, including conducting on-site testing and preparing technical documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
- Professional Engineer who is registered with the Business Licensing Authority (BLA)
- Chartered Engineer (CPEng) or National Engineering Registration (NER)
- Registered Professional Engineer of Victoria (RPEV)
- Design within AutoCAD and other digital tools to deliver solutions for complex problems or large projects whilst applying engineering principles to create better outcomes that meet Network Services, its clients, and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Expert design and compliance knowledge of substation design up to 500kV (preferable) in the electrical distribution and transmission networks in accordance with relevant customer and Australian Standards.
- Confidence in conducting electrical design studies such as but not limited to cable, lighting, short circuit force, insulation co-ordination.
- Demonstrated experienced in designing and validating station earthing systems
Benefits
- hybrid work options
- purchased leave
- 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave
- health and wellbeing subsidiary
- career development and planning opportunities
- exclusive discounts
Additional Information
- Submit your application via our careers’ website by 11 March 2026. To make a confidential reasonable adjustment query, please contact Nadya Kartika from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au
