Grid Connection Specialist

Energy Australia external • Full-time • Victoria, VIC, AU • 1m ago

About us

EnergyAustralia is actively transitioning its portfolio - we are doing not just talking. We continue to make substantial investment commitments across utility storage (lithium ion and pumped hydro), flexible gas generation, and customer assets - all of which will support a high renewables grid.

This is a role at the pointy end of the market transition, with an opportunity to directly influence the development and delivery of utility scale storage assets.

The team

This is a new and exciting permanent opportunity to join the Grid & Power Systems team within the wholesale Trading & Transition business unit. You will work with a passionate and collaborative team who are focussed on the National Electricity Market transitioning to a low emissions grid with high levels of renewable energy and storage.

About the role

This is a critical role that will fundamentally drive the successful development and delivery of utility scale storage projects (>$500m) as EnergyAustralia actively transitions its portfolio within an evolving high renewable and low emissions NEM.

Whilst directly reporting to the Head of Grid & Power Systems in the Trading & Transition business unit, the role will support two key projects – one project in the approval stage pre-FID, and the other in the execution delivery stage.

The role will be directly accountable for providing exemplary project and stakeholder management capability coupled with technical and commercial expertise, and specialist knowledge to manage the full end to end grid connection process - from project conception through to investment approvals and into project completion and operations - so from R0 to R1, to Registration and R2 testing and commissioning.

Key functions include:

Commercial contract negotiation
Risk, schedule and resource management
Grid connection process management
Connection studies and technical expertise
Financial modelling supporting project optimisation.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will bring a dedication to process and completing things. Furthermore, you bring curiosity, problem solving, technical expertise and energy industry knowledge in particularly in project delivery, stakeholder management, generator performance standards, and power system modelling. You’ll have the following qualifications, skills and experience:

Tertiary qualifications in electrical engineering or another relevant quantitative discipline
Highly effective communication skills to liaise with internal and external customers and strong negotiation and influencing skills – you will be able to easily talk across all technical, commercial, legal and regulatory aspects of grid connections
Experience in power system modelling and its interpretation (for example PSS/E, PSCAD, PowerFactory) and analysis for grid connections, including steady state load flows studies, fault level studies, harmonics, dynamic/transient stability studies, etc
Experience with storage technologies is advantageous, including performance characteristics of grid forming and grid following inverters

How to Apply

If you’re ready to join us ‘doing - not just dreaming’ towards a sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy future for all, click the 'Apply’ button. For specific questions please contact Adam DeCaria, Talent Acquisition Lead via adam.decaria@energyaustralia.com.au

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Why Us?

We embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective.
Employee discounts on electricity and gas, plus savings on major brands and products
20 weeks paid parental leave – completely gender-equal
Energise Program – flexible working that’s team-centric, enabling teams to agree and succeed together
Performance recognition and incentive programmes – tailored to different roles and teams to reward great work throughout the year
Supportive leaders and a down-to-earth culture where you can be your authentic self