Senior Project Engineer - Lines

• Provide specialised engineering expertise on projects >new lines > renewable connections > asset replacement & augmentation
• Innovate > Engage > Communicate > Influence diverse stakeholder groups
• Careers with Purpose > Collaborative > Inclusive > Flexible Work Environment

At AusNet, we play a key role in the clean energy transition and in providing essential energy to every Victorian family.

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future.

Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing.

We are going through an exciting period of growth and with that we have a great opportunity for a Senior Project Engineer – Lines to join us! This role will see you developing front end engineering solutions and/or delivering detailed designs for substations and lines projects across the Projects portfolio.

You will work with internal stakeholders, and Design and Installation Service Providers to ensure projects are delivered in a cost-efficient way and to high standards of quality

With a hybrid split (Office/WFH)), this role is based in Southbank, Melbourne and is part of our Engineering Solutions team within our Distribution line of business.

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• Provide technical support into Customer and Company initiated projects across AusNet’s Electricity distribution network
• Apply technical engineering knowledge to ensure efficient solutions can be reached on complex design projects
• Develop and/or review scopes, detailed design and installation scope of works
• Provide technical input into staging, constructability, operability and maintainability (COM) and safety in design reviews
• Work closely with specialist engineers including Primary/Secondary and Lines teams and design partners to identify opportunities to develop new or improved standards
• Support the Engineering Solutions management team by providing mentoring, informal training and support to other engineers
• Take ownership of process improvement initiatives, specification and standard improvements and develop new methods where necessary

You don’t need to tick every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

• Tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering
• Detailed technical knowledge and extensive experience in electricity networks engineering
• Ability to simplify complex engineering analysis for non-engineers (e.g. summarising key decision-making during delivery of detailed design)
• Detailed understanding of project lifecycles and application of engineering principals with extensive design and construction knowledge covering performance, functionality, operation, maintenance and risks
• Extensive experience working in substation or lines engineering, project delivery &/or design role
• Demonstrated experience within the utilities industry
• Proven capability in development of concepts &/or delivery of designs

A real place to belong.

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart:

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life
• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service
• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you
• Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead.

So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward!