Connections Coordinator - Commercial

At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and 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.

• Make a real difference and help shape our customers’ Energy Future.
• Elevate your career at one of Australia’s best energy organisations
• Inclusive and Supportive Culture> Flexible Work Environment

We’re an energised team who are passionate about our customers. We strive for operational excellence and a sustainable future for our people and our community.

About the Role

This role will see you ensuring a commercial focus with all external parties requiring connection to transmission network in Victoria, with a view to provide timely and effective commercial network services from AusNet Services.

At AusNet, we’re a team of 1,500 employees who service over 1.5 million Victorians. We own and operate three regulated networks: electricity distribution, gas distribution and the state-wide electricity transmission network.

Our communities’ energy needs are changing – and we’re changing to meet them. So, when you work for us, you’re shaping the energy future of Australian communities.

With a hybrid split (Office/WFH), this permanent full-time role role is based in Southbank, Melbourne with ad-hoc travel to site and is part of the VIC Transmission Connections Transmission Team. This role will report to the Senior Connections Manager – VIC Transmission Connections.

A full Australian Drivers License (Car) is required.

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

• Managing & responding to connection enquiries and applications from AEMO, Distribution Businesses (DBs), generators and load customers, and ensure that regulatory obligations are met.
• Preparation of high-quality business cases and obtaining approvals in accordance with company policies.
• Contract administration overseeing the entire lifecycle from project creation to closeout
• Creation of projects in SAP and understanding of the project lifecycle by following the governance framework for projects.
• Managing the customers’ expectations with regards to the end-to-end service of customer projects from initiation to close-out.
• Engaging internal stakeholders and customers in development and finalisation of connection requests in accordance with company policies and processes.
• Assisting in the development and continuous improvement of business processes, policies and procedures in relation to network connections and augmentations.
• Developing and maintaining effective working relationship with internal teams to ensure seamless delivery of projects.
• Ensuring effective knowledge transfer with team members to develop best practice outcomes.

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

• Min 5 – 8 years of working experience. Experience in Utilities or Energy Sector would be preferred.
• Commercial and financial acumen
• Knowledge of the electricity transmission & sub transmission networks would be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of NERs as it relates to Network connections would be preferred
• Ability to undertake independent problem solving and managing issues to resolution for assigned project work
• Undertake independent planning and completion of work without detailed supervision
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills to obtain co-operation or assistance around well-defined issues, to exchange information and discuss technical, commercial or administrative issues and communicate with counterparts in other divisions, subordinates, peers and management, and customers

We’re powering tomorrow with innovative, safe, and reliable energy solutions. Join a team where your expertise directly supports sustainable growth and customer success.

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.