Protection and Control Engineer

About us: 

CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks servicing 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. These customers include a large number of households, as well as commercial and industrial businesses, world class arts, health and sporting precincts, popular tourism regions and the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria. 

We provide reliable, safe and affordable electricity and our businesses are independently rated as the best in the country for their efficiency. Sustaining this is all the more critical and challenging as greater electrification of homes, fleets and industries becomes a core strategy for reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change.    

We value inclusive leadership and teams and celebrate the results of succeeding together.

 
But our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. 

About the role: 

The Protection & Control engineer is responsible for optimising the performance of secondary assets (i.e. protection, control, operational metering, monitoring schemes) through the analysis, development and implementation of cost effective asset management plans, polices and standards, in order to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the network. 

This role has coverage across the United Energy, CitiPower and Powercor electricity distribution networks, and Australian Energy Operations and Powercor Transmission assets. 

What you’ll deliver:

•    Develop, maintain and communicate engineering policies, standards, technical specifications, processes and procedures for secondary assets that support sustained business performance whilst ensuring alignment with recognised standards and compliance with statutory, licence and regulatory obligations.
•    Prepare and review technical scopes of works for projects and other works on the network.
•    Develop and maintain lifecycle management plans and long term investment plans for secondary assets to feed into the business planning cycle and business approval process.
•    Follow a risk framework aligned with the corporate risk model for a structured and systematic assessment of risk associated with the operation of assets.
•    Develop and maintain working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including asset management, design, delivery and operational teams, customers, regulatory and industry bodies to ensure business outcomes are achieved.
•    Prepare asset and business reports as required for both internal and external stakeholders.

To succeed in the role, you’ll have: 

•    Tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
•    When eligible it is mandatory to obtain and maintain a Registered engineering credential with the Victorian Business Licensing Authority Business. 
•    Demonstrated experience in asset management and/or protection & control applications.
•    Technical report writing skills.
•    Previous experience in electricity utility desirable.
•    Good understanding and knowledge of protection & control schemes for assets including feeders, busbars, lines, capacitor banks, transformers and distributed energy resources.
•    Good understanding and knowledge of resonant earthing, utility grade standards & protocols like IEC61850 & DNP3.0, synchrophasors, protection & metering class current & voltage transformers, ac and dc auxiliary supply systems, local and wide area network control and automation schemes. 
•    Clear understanding of the role that SCADA & distribution management systems and related communication systems play in the operational support of electricity distribution networks. 
•    Experience with industrial IP networking and/or writing scripts/querying large data sets is highly desirable.

Your career with us:

We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability. We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be. 

With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees.  We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for all women. Click here for more information on how we create and support a diverse and equitable workplace.  

Understand how our benefits can support you. We offer a health and wellbeing subsidy (up to $600 per year), paid parental leave of up to 15 weeks for the primary carer, and more.  

What’s next? 

If you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily check every box, or would like to discuss a different or flexible way of working, please still get in touch with us at careers@powercor.com.au

Please submit your application via our careers website by 27 November 2024. For the full Position Description, please reach out to Luke Castro from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au     

We encourage applications from all communities; people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability. 

If you require adjustments as part of the recruitment process to accommodate your needs, please don’t hesitate to discuss these with us. 
 

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 work hard to ensure our organisation is inclusive and diverse. This means everyone can feel valued, trusted, authentic and safe at work.