Senior Data Engineer

About us:

At CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 2 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.

We believe in an inclusive, welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, valued and respected. From offering great benefits to creating real opportunities for growth, we’re committed to supporting you, your career and wellbeing. It’s why our people stick around, whether you live in the city or across regional and rural Victoria, we’re doing the work where it matters most - right in your own community.

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:

We are currently seeking an experienced Data Engineer professional to join our Network Analytics team in a full time and permanent role based at our Melbourne CBD head office.

The role itself will lead the development of cutting-edge Smart Meter applications that power our electricity distribution networks. In this role, you’ll design and build ETLs, data pipelines, analytical tools, dashboards, and reports that enable smarter decision-making and more reliable energy delivery. You’ll also play a key role in providing operational support across our divisions to ensure our solutions deliver ongoing business value.

What you’ll deliver:

• Build scalable, fault-tolerant ETL workflows (batch & stream) to ingest, transform, and load master data into analytical stores.
• Maintain and enhance the business data model to support evolving analytical use cases.
• Implement automated data quality checks, anomaly detection, and monitoring processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data-related incidents, working closely with engineering, operations, and IT security.
• Collaborate with SMEs and technical specialists to shape high-level solution designs that meet business needs.
• Develop secure, high-quality applications, dashboards, and reports.
• Validate solutions against business requirements and scope of works.
• Monitor performance of existing solutions to ensure they continue delivering business value.
• Act as a subject matter expert for ETLs, data pipelines, metering, asset, and network automation systems.
• Translate Smart Grid strategies into operational design projects, leveraging expertise across United energy.

To succeed in this role, you’ll have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineer or IT/Computer Science or business-related discipline (preferred)
• Proven experience developing ETL workflows, data pipelines, and analytical solutions.
• Strong SQL and database expertise, with a passion for data integrity and quality.
• Python programming experience
• Well-developed statistical modelling skills
• Machine and Artificial Intelligence experience.
• Experience with data visualisation tools and dashboard/report development.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work across multiple business units.
• Strong communication skills to liaise with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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 to check out our benefits.   https://work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/powercor/benefits

Our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. This includes their physical safety – ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday – as well as their psychological safety, by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance and be the best they can be.   

What’s next?

If this sounds like a role that is of interest please submit your application via our careers website by 28 August 2025.

For the full Position Description, please reach out to Tom 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.