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Principal Network Planning Engineer

Sydney, NSW

Posted

Full Time

209k/year - 229k/year

Join an electricity distribution network at the centre of Australia’s energy transition.
Take technical ownership of complex network planning challenges involving renewables, emerging loads and an evolving grid.
This is a senior technical role for a power systems engineer who can provide depth, judgement and technical leadership.

About the Company

This organisation operates a major electricity distribution network and is investing in the planning capability required to support a rapidly changing energy system. The Future Energy Planning function is responsible for understanding future network requirements, assessing emerging constraints and ensuring the network can accommodate changing generation and demand.
The Network Planning team is strengthening its senior technical capability as renewable generation, data centres and other significant connections create increasingly complex planning requirements.

Requirements

  • Strong power systems engineering experience with demonstrated network planning capability

  • Advanced experience with power system simulation and analysis tools such as PowerFactory, PSS/E or PSCAD

  • Ability to lead complex technical studies and provide authoritative engineering recommendations

  • Experience assessing network constraints, system performance, future demand or generation connections

  • Strong technical communication skills with the ability to guide and influence other engineers


What's on Offer

  • Principal-level technical position within a Future Energy Planning function

  • Opportunity to influence the future development of a major electricity distribution network

  • Complex technical work across renewable integration, emerging loads and network transformation

  • Opportunity to provide senior technical leadership as the planning function builds capability

Ritu Shripad

0468 175 360

ritu.shripad@people8.com.au

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