Senior Engineer
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Job Location:
Port Macquarie - Australia
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
5 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Are you an experienced engineer ready to make a real impact on the reliability and safety of overhead energy assets
Essential Energy is looking for a Senior Engineer to join our overhead network engineering team driving excellence in overhead network engineering across NSW. This role will be based in Port Macquarie NSW.
Working closely with engineering specialists operational teams internal stakeholders regulators and external partners the Senior Engineer will provide technical leadership and strategic insight to support current and future network performance. This role requires strong analytical capability sound engineering judgement and the ability to influence outcomes across a complex operational environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead asset failure trend analysis and investigations for overhead assets and components.
- Provide expert engineering input into HSE incident investigations.
- Provide expert engineering input to improve reliability models and drive improvements to maintenance and inspection programs.
- Develop and own maintenance strategies and regimes to meet performance targets.
- Define inspection schedules corrective task timeframes and tolerances.
- Set and monitor maintenance quality standards focusing on inspection quality.
- Track maintenance programs and corrective actions highlighting delays or quality issues.
- Develop construction and maintenance standards and technical specifications.
- Perform evaluation of new technologies and solutions for implementation across the network.
About You
- Extensive experience in energy electrical or utilities engineering.
- Experience in developing and improving electrical utility asset maintenance processes and systems.
- Strong analytical problem-solving and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Commitment to safety diversity and inclusion.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor of Engineering meeting Engineers Australia professional membership requirements (or equivalent aligned with the Washington Accord).
- Current Drivers Licence.
- Attainment and ongoing successful maintenance of all regulatory industry and business required licenses authorisations and other such certificates deemed necessary for the role.
- WorkCover NSW Construction Induction Certificate (or willing to obtain).
Why Essential Energy
Essential Energy employees benefit from a wide range of partnerships programs and wellbeing initiatives including fitness passport wellbeing subsidy health fund options and corporate offers across travel technology and lifestyle brands. Learn more on our employee benefits page.
We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for All Women.
For further information please contact Deepak Pais on.
Applications close at 11:55pm AEST on Friday 20 March 2026.
Passionate people. Global thinking. Regional heart. Building a better energy future.
Essential Energy is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages applicants to apply regardless of gender age ethnicity sexual orientation or disability.
As an organisation our aim is to champion inclusivity in the workplace and celebrate the difference in all our employees.
At Essential Energy we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process as well as during employment. To discuss adjustment requirements please contact or call us on.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- APIs
- C/C++
- Computer Graphics
- Go
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- AWS
- Library Services
- Assembly
- GraphQL
- High Voltage
