Protection & Control Tester

About us

At CitiPower and Powercor, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 1.3 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people. As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand. If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

About the role

Due to ongoing growth and investment in our network, we have multiple opportunities available for experienced Field Testers (also known as Protection & Control Tester internally) to join our teams across Melbourne Metro and Regional Victoria areas.

These positions form part of a specialised, field-based technical team responsible for delivering electrical services in alignment with defined performance standards. Emphasis is placed on technical proficiency, safe work practices, and timely service execution through effective planning and assessment.

In this role, you’ll play a critical part in ensuring the safety, reliability, and performance of our electrical network. You will be responsible for the maintenance, operation, and commissioning of protection, control, metering, and communications equipment across a range of sites — including zone substations, EHV terminal stations, distribution substations, HV customer installations, and pole-top assets.

You’ll be contributing directly to our mission of delivering a safe, reliable, and cost-effective electricity supply to our customers, while meeting key service and performance objectives. This is a great opportunity to work on diverse infrastructure projects and be part of a highly skilled, forward-thinking team in the energy industry.

We are open to provide relocation assistance for the right candidate, however we’re not able to provide sponsorship for these roles at this stage, so holding full working rights in Australia is mandatory for these roles.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform maintenance testing, operating and commissioning of Electrical Plant, Protection, Control, Metering & Communications equipment for clients in accordance with relevant Occupational Health and Safety legislation and Customer procedures.
• Investigate causes of malfunction of Electrical Plant, Protection, Control, Metering & Communications equipment and carry out the necessary modifications, repairs and testing to improve reliability.
• Ensure correct use of test equipment, procedures and knowledge of the operation and performance of various types of relays and equipment to provide reliable Protection & Control.
• Complete all relevant field reports in a timely & accurate manner.
• Maintain the requirements of the Company’s Quality & Customer Service Charters.
• Develop & maintain client relationships & partnerships.
• Provide “on the job” leadership to project teams.
• Coordinate projects, consisting of mainly of secondary systems, including resources & equipment to ensure customer needs are met.

What you’ll need from day one

• Experience in testing and commissioning of primary and secondary equipment in transmission, substation, distribution environments, both on green field and brown field sites.
• Experience with IEC-61850 Protocol.
• Experience with Omicron and Doble test gear.
• Proven experience providing or assisting in testing services of Electrical Plant, Protection & Control systems up to 500kV in a relevant industry.
• Experience in performing electrical testing on medium to complex systems in accordance with established work practices and regulations.
• Operating procedures, practices and outage planning.
• Hold a Sanction for Test authority (SFT) and effectively test plant in accordance with the SFT authority.
• Competent in the use of the IT systems; which will include SCADA, GIS, EDNAR, RESIS (Relay Equipment Settings Information System), Google Enterprise, ENMAC via Webview.
• A practical understanding of business escalation & incident management processes.
• Working understanding of the Company’s work practices & procedures relating to primary & secondary equipment testing.

To progress, please attach the following documents during the application process: 

• Advanced Diploma (ESI Power Systems); or any Australian recognised equivalent qualification.
• ESI Worker (compulsory for Victoria based candidates, no requirement to attach evidence as information is already included in ESI Worker).
• Statement of Attainment for Competency Standard Units.
• Current Refresher Training records.
• Construction Induction Card.
• High Risk Licences. (optional)
• Car Vehicle Licence.
• Switching training / authority. (optional)

Preferred candidates must successfully pass the following pre-employment checks as part of the recruitment process: medical examination (hearing test, colour blindness and physical examination), drug and alcohol testing, fitness to work assessment, reference checks, evidence of working rights and police check.

Key Benefits

We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow. Some of our benefits include hybrid work options, purchased leave, 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave, health and wellbeing subsidiary, career development and planning opportunities, and exclusive discounts. Visit our company website to learn more.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to support a fair workplace for all

We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we’re working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. Explore our partnership with Work180.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTIQA+ community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise how people from marginalised groups can face extra barriers and self-select out of recruitment processes. With this in mind, we’re committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.

What’s next

Submit your application via our Careers website by 1 February 2026. To make a confidential reasonable adjustment query, please contact Luke Castro from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to succeed. By making sure our workplace is physically and mentally safe, so that our people can be their authentic selves, share their unique perspectives and can thrive.