Senior Substation Engineer

ElectraNet Pty Limited is seeking a Senior Substation Engineer for their team in Adelaide, SA. The role involves overseeing engineering delivery for high voltage electricity transmission projects, ensuring compliance with technical standards. Candidates should have an Electrical Engineering degree and 8-10 years of relevant experience. The position offers flexible work arrangements, including regular work from home, competitive benefits, and a supportive company culture.
About ElectraNet

ElectraNet builds, owns, operates, and maintains the South Australian high voltage electricity transmission network that delivers energy from generators to distributors and major load-connected customers, enabling power to be supplied to homes, businesses, and communities. Our employees describe our culture as one that is supportive, inclusive, and community-oriented, where we genuinely want each other to succeed.

Employee Benefits

ElectraNet is committed to empowering our people and recognising their contribution with a competitive remuneration package plus:
• Discretionary performance payment eligibility of up to 15%
• Flexible work arrangements including regular work from home.
• Fifteen (15) days personal/carers leave per year.
• Sixteen (16) weeks paid parental leave for primary carers.
• Paid volunteering leave.
• Flexibility to utilise public holiday leave entitlements for other cultural celebrations.

Aside from the benefits listed above, here’s more of what you can look forward to when you join us:
• Exciting projects across South Australia.
• Strong team spirit and an inclusive company culture.
• Excellent career development and support.
• Support for professional certification and memberships.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Regular social events and activities.

The Opportunity

It’s a good time to join the team as we have exciting projects on the horizon and are looking for highly motivated and highly skilled Senior Substation Engineers to join our Substation Engineering team in the Delivery division.

Based full time in Adelaide, South Australia, you support engineering delivery throughout the lifecycle from concept design to asset disposal within multiple capital projects and ensure compliance with ElectraNet’s governance, technical standards and agreed performance outcomes. In this role, you will be a key influencer of internal and external stakeholders, regularly generating solutions that continually adapt our substations to provide optimal performance and resilience

In this role you will also be tasked with:
• Prepare and review technical deliverables including customer service proposals, engineering scopes, concept and detailed designs, technical investigations, tender assessment, contract technical specifications and field support for Capital Expenditure projects.
• Provide technical support for whole of life substation primary and infrastructure systems from concept, design, installation, operation and performance, maintenance and disposal.
• Develop and improve functional requirements specification, substation design philosophy and design standards.
• Ensure design specifications comply with industry safety and reliability standards and ElectraNet requirements.
• Actively contribute to “Safety in Design” for substation engineering projects and operations.
• Apply organisational guidelines, processes and systems to lead the way of best practice.
• Contribute to organisational obligations related to compliance with legislative requirements and regulations.

About You

Here’s what we’re looking for in our new team member:
• Electrical Engineering degree with at least 8 to 10 years' experience with whole of life function and operation of high voltage electricity transmission networks and transmission line practices.
• Strong experience in substation primary design, substation HV plant and infrastructure installation, commissioning and testing principles and requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and review substation (primary and infrastructure design and construction) specifications, with good understanding of asset life cycle management principles.
• Good understanding of Civil and Structural design and construction in a substation context.
• Good understanding of related disciplines such as secondary design, protection, SCADA, telecommunication, transmission lines design.
• Working knowledge of Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Hazard and Operability assessment (HAZOP), Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA), Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Knowledge of legislated industry requirements (WHS, National Electricity Rules, ESCOSA, OTR, AEMO Guidelines) as well as relevant Australian and IEC standards as applicable to substation requirements including HV plant.
• Proven ability to assess, recommend and implement new technologies in accordance with approved policies and procedures.
• Proficient analytical, investigation and problem-solving skills
• A strong commitment to safety and problem-solving.
• Proven ability to work with internal and external stakeholders with good communication skills.

How To Apply

We invite qualified candidates to submit their applications by clicking “Apply”. Submissions close on 17 March 2025, however prelim screening and interviews may commence prior to the closing date.

Successful applicants will be required to undergo background checks. These checks may include global criminal history checks, reference checks, and validation of qualifications, employment history, Australian work rights, and any additional checks depending on the role.

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