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Strategy & Planning Engineer

Sydney, NSW

Posted

Full Time

228k/year - 259k/year

Power systems engineering meets data, modelling and code.
Join a future-focused electricity planning team using engineering analysis, programming and data to understand how the grid is changing.
A rare opportunity for an engineer who is equally interested in electricity networks and computational problem solving.

About the Company

This electricity distribution network operator is developing the capability required to plan for a rapidly changing energy system.
Its Strategic Planning and Forecasting team sits within Future Energy Planning and examines how emerging technologies, renewable generation, changing customer behaviour and major new loads could affect the network over the longer term.
The team is seeking an engineer who can combine traditional power systems knowledge with programming, analytics and data-driven approaches to network planning.

Requirements

  • Power systems or electrical engineering background with strong analytical capability

  • Programming capability relevant to engineering analysis, automation, modelling or data science

  • Understanding of electricity networks, power system analysis or network planning

  • Experience working with engineering datasets, forecasting, simulation or analytical models

  • Ability to connect engineering problems with computational and data-driven solutions


What's on Offer

  • Hybrid role combining power systems engineering, programming and data analysis

  • Work within a Strategic Planning and Forecasting function focused on future network requirements

  • Exposure to renewable integration, emerging technologies and major new electricity loads

  • Opportunity to develop new analytical approaches to complex network planning problems

  • Role suited to engineers seeking to move beyond conventional power systems analysis

Ritu Shripad

0468 175 360

ritu.shripad@people8.com.au

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