Team Lead Connections Engineering, Victoria

Team Lead - Connections Engineering Victoria

Department:System Design

Division:Onboarding & Connections

Reference number:12951

Engagement type:Permanent

AEMO at the Heart of Energy

AEMO is Australias independent energy system and market operator and system planner. AEMOs purpose is to ensure safereliableand affordable energy today and enable the energy transition for the benefit of all Australians. Australian governments are now committed to a net zero economy for Australia by 2050 and our vision is to enable this. We have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to co-design the future of our energy systems and our core values revolve around character commitment and connection. Join us as we contribute to this significant transition in the energy sector.

About the role

AEMOs System Design division plays a central role in planning the power system as Australia undergoes rapid transformation. With the shift to renewable generation and widespread electrification the number of new transmission and distribution projects is growing fast.

As a Team Lead in the Onboarding and Connections Group you will guide the endtoend process of connecting registering and commissioning new generators into the National Electricity Market. Over the next 30 years almost 7 GW of new generation will need to be integrated including onshore and offshore wind solar hydro battery storage and emerging technologies such as hydrogen.

You will oversee a diverse portfolio of projects including a growing pipeline of inverterbased large loads in Victoria. Your stakeholders will range from network service providers and developers to manufacturers consultants governments and regulators.

Your leadership focus will be developing your teams technical capability ensuring alignment to our connections frameworks and driving clear outcomefocused pathways that accelerate generator connections.

What you will be doing

• Lead and develop a highperforming technical team building capability overseeing daytoday operations and proactively managing project resourcing needs and risks.
• Provide expert technical advice and oversight across performance standard assessments power system stability system strength remediation registration and commissioning using collaborative and solutionsfocused problemsolving.
• Drive highquality transparent and evidencebased decision making ensuring documentation and recommendations are clear practical and robust.
• Strengthen AEMOs technical collaboration with developers OEMs and Network Service Providers by constructively resolving project issues and championing continuous process and outcome improvements.
• Mentor coach and guide technical staff and project stakeholders fostering growth knowledge sharing and ongoing capability uplift across the team.
• Produce clear concise and influential written and verbal communication tailored to both technical and nontechnical audiences helping build AEMOs reputation as a trusted partner across industry government and market participants.

What you will bring to the role

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering (or another powersystemsfocused discipline) with a strong aptitude for learning new technologies and a natural curiosity for understanding how things work.
• Demonstrated experience leading mediumtolarge technical project teams and delivering complex multidisciplinary projects with a serviceoriented outcomefocused and pragmatic approach to problemsolving.
• A wealth of experience in generator connection processes including assessing and resolving generator and power system performance issues supported by solid knowledge of the electricity industry NEM dispatch generator behaviour and network constraints.
• Proven ability to navigate and resolve complex technical challenges in collaboration with diverse stakeholders with a sound understanding of the commercial and legal factors shaping largescale infrastructure projects and the commercial drivers of generation developers.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear accessible language for nontechnical audiences.

In return some of our benefitsto you

• Flexible working: work from home part timejob share hybrid optionsandadditionalleave options.
• Professional development via projects industry networksjob rotation studyassistanceand more.
• Give back with up to 4 days of volunteering leave per year.
• Reward your hard work with annual performance bonuses (subject to eligibility).
• Embrace a healthier you with our wellness program discounted health insurance gymperksand our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

About Our Process

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