Outage Project Lead

Synergy is seeking an Outage Project Lead for its Cockburn Power Station in Western Australia. This role involves coordinating major maintenance outages, ensuring safety, and providing technical advice. The position requires at least 10 years of experience in managing maintenance contracts within power generation. Candidates should have relevant qualifications in project management or engineering. This role is integral to achieving Synergy's goals towards a sustainable energy future.
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The time to join Synergy has never been more exciting because you’ll be helping us to deliver on our commitment towards becoming a net zero carbon emission business by 2050.

We are investing $3 billion in large-scale renewables development and creating unlimited opportunities for our people to contribute to the growth of innovative solutions in our operations as we invest. This is your chance to help us transform the energy industry and build a more sustainable future for Western Australia.

Synergy is proud to be Western Australia’s largest electricity generator and energy retailer. We deliver secure electricity to homes and businesses throughout the Southwest Interconnected System (SWIS) from Coral Bay in the north, to Kalgoorlie in the east, and to Esperance in the south

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Role Description

The Outage Project Lead is an exciting opportunity based at our Cockburn Power Station site. Reporting to the Manager Cockburn and Kwinana Gas Generation, the Outage Project Lead works as an effective member of the Cockburn team and demonstrates a commitment to drive safety, stakeholder focus and alignment with the culture of Synergy.

The Outage Project Lead will ensure the effective execution of contracted major maintenance outages, leading the coordination of outage activities and providing specialist technical and commercial advice to achieve the agreed outage objectives.

The Outage Project Lead plays an integral role in the execution of the Gas Generation strategy and achievement of the underpinning business unit initiatives. The Outage Project Lead will focus on fostering operational and maintenance excellence practices at Cockburn and Kwinana supporting the implementation of continuous improvement ideas.

Job Responsibilities
• Estimate and schedule scopes of work to be performed by contractors and plan and execute outages in accordance with GG outage framework.
• Support the development of the annual business plan including budgets for major outages aligned to the Gas Generation asset strategy.
• Take responsibility for the safety of Cockburn Gas Generation employees and contractors in accordance with relevant legislation and Synergy’s and/or contractors OSH policies and procedures.
• Develop and deliver Major Maintenance Outage work scopes that are in accordance with the asset lifecycle plans for the Cockburn Gas Generation assets.
• In collaboration with Procurement, develop, implement, and maintain a robust contract management framework and system for extracting maximum value from existing Gas Generation (GG) supplier relationships.

What You Will Bring
• Tertiary qualifications in Project/Contractor Management or Business/Frontline Management or formal qualifications in engineering or Electrical/Mechanical trade certification.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience managing and supervising successful delivery of maintenance and outage contracts in power generation and/or industrial process industry
• Extensive outage and maintenance management experience leading and managing multiskilled teams and a history of delivering major projects successfully meeting safety, quality, budget, and schedule objectives.
• Extensive knowledge of gas turbine and generator power station safety and maintenance systems, equipment, processes, and practices
• Extensive knowledge of contract management and financial management processes.

What We Offer

Working for an employer of choice also means you will enjoy:
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Purchased Annual Leave
• Best practice parental leave

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Every Voice Matters

Our employees have a choice to work for Synergy and it’s a choice we respect and value. In addition to our focus on creating a greener future, Synergy is committed to its ‘people first’ culture and providing an exceptional place to work where our people experience a sense of belonging and have opportunities to learn and grow.

We understand that it is important for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the community in which we operate. We are proud to be recognised as an inclusive employer since 2021 by the Diversity Council of Australia. Whatever your background or however you identify, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.

Applications close 25th March 2025, however Synergy reserves the right to close applications when a suitable pool of candidates is identified.

Please email recruitment@synergy.net.au if you require assistance with submitting your application.