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Senior Electrical Engineer – Transmission Planning X1
Position:
Senior Electrical Engineer – Transmission Planning X1
Location:
Australia, Perth
Duration:
Permanent (URGENT)
Type of Business:
Large Government Trading Enterprise
Remuneration:
Salary package: Negotiable up to $155000 per annum depending on experience & qualifications
Benefits: Flexible salary package, Paid parental leave, Flexible working conditions, Generous annual leave, Staff social club, Assistance with further formal study, Relocation & Settlement Assistance for International candidates, Visa Sponsorship.
Requirements:
- BEng Degree (Electrical) – essential, and must be eligible for Professional Engineer membership (MIEAust) with Engineers Australia
- At least 10 years’ experience in a multi-disciplined power engineering role in an electricity utility business.
- Extensive knowledge and ability to perform power system performance studies, transmission planning and/or forecasting/demand-side management. Must have experience performing dynamic stability studies using DigSilent.
- Broad knowledge of transmission and distribution system plant and its application, including the planning criteria, specifications and design requirements
- Engineering standards, regulations and procedures related to transmission networks
- Proficiency in key computer systems and specialty application
Responsibilities:
- Conduct detailed power system studies to analyse transmission network stability (dynamic stability, harmonic analysis, generator and load impact studies etc)
- Ensure the development of long-term and short-term plans that permit the transmission network expansion to proceed in a coordinated manner with due consideration to planning criteria, funding and resource availability, and external works such as new connections or generation
- Develop and implement technical criteria to meet organisational objects and governance requirements working to a divisionally approved framework
- Ensure that such projects are developed to include scope, budgets, business cases and other documentation to obtain project approval, and to achieve project approvals in accordance with the enhancement program
- Incorporate the impact of load and other forecasts, including impact of new block loads and generation, into the planning process
- Analyse and assess technical solutions to planning problems, including costing of feasible options
- Perform risk assessment, including development of contingency plans to deal with the risks associated with systems operating conditions beyond the Planning Criteria, unplanned delays of network reinforcements, unforseen load connections, etc
- Analyse the impact of new generators and loads on the performance of the transmission network
- Preparation of Project Definition Reports detailing scope of work, system and primary equipment parameters, etc, for identified system reinforcement projects
- Improving processes, and using appropriate new technology where justified
- Apply, review and revise the Technical rules, policies and guidelines for network investment, and Planning Criteria
- Build professional relationships with internal and external customers and network businesses.
Contact:
Corlia Van der Merwe
(011) 764 5654
Principle Electrical Engineer - (Four positions)
Position:
Principal Electrical Engineer (Poles & Towers)X1
Principal Electrical Engineer (Conductors)X1
Principal Electrical Engineer (Protection)X1
Principal Electrical Engineer (Asset Management Systems)X1
Location:
Australia, Perth
Duration:
Permanent (URGENT)
Type of Business:
Large Government Trading Enterprise
Remuneration:
Salary package: Negotiable up to $175000 per annum depending on experience & qualifications
Benefits: Flexible salary package, Paid parental leave, Flexible working conditions, Generous annual leave, Staff social club, Assistance with further formal study, Relocation & Settlement Assistance for International candidates, Visa Sponsorship.
Requirements:
- BEng Degree (Electrical) – essential, and must be eligible for Professional Engineer membership (MIEAust) with Engineers Australia
- Eligible for Certified Practitioner in Asset Management (CPAM) with the Asset Management Council.
- 15+ years comprehensive and broad experience in the electricity transmission and/or distribution utility industry.
- Specialist asset class knowledge (must be a recognised subject matter expert in one of the asset classes defined above)
- Ability to lead and mentor.
- Project management and business management skills preferred
Responsibilities:
- Provide professional & technical leadership, continuous improvement and innovation for
best practice asset management
- Schedule, lead and drive the work of a technical team in the section
- Undertake professional development and mentoring of a technical team in the section
- Lead and drive continuous improvement and innovation in the management of the assets
- Demonstrated collaboration with internal and external stakeholders; cross organisational
barriers in the role of sponsor to achieve asset and works program performance objectives.
- Assess and manage the asset risk, obligations and incentives within a regulatory
framework.
- Schedule, prepare and justify asset strategies and contribute to the development of asset
management plans
- Schedule, prepare and justify prudent and efficient work plans and business cases for
capital expenditure and operations and maintenance expenditure
- Engage in key decision making processes regarding problem solving and optimal technical
solutions for the nominated asset(s)
Principal Accountabilities:
- Ensures compliance with safety and other regulatory requirements
- Significantly contributes to meeting corporate reliability and network performance targets
- Improve efficiencies in the delivery of projects
- Reduction of corporate business risk associated with asset classes
- Contributes to business revenue targets through prudent and efficient justification of asset
related expenditures
- Influence industry direction and standards impacting the performance of the network and
nominated asset(s)
- Act as a key mentor to other employees and to share best practice standards
Specific Challenges Facing the New Appointee:
- Optimal decision making and problem solving with limited or inadequate data on assets and network performance
- Influencing other areas of the business to deliver work plans to required cost, quality and time.
- Development of technically inexperienced staff
- Optimising performance of the assets in a context of constrained funding.
- Achieving confidence of regulatory stakeholders with respect to management of assets
- Demonstrate a commitment to good customer service by engaging stakeholders and managing customer expectations
Contact:
Corlia Van der Merwe
+27 (0) 11 764 5654
