Senior Technical Officer, Network Risk and Assurance

CitiPower and Powercor is seeking a Senior Technical Officer for their Network Risk and Assurance team in Melbourne. The role involves ensuring network safety and compliance with Victorian electricity regulations, responding to regulatory requests, and supporting stakeholders on compliance matters. The position requires leadership in incident management and regulatory reporting, as well as engagement with industry bodies. This is a full-time, permanent role based in the Melbourne CBD.
About us:

At United Energy, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 715,000 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 Melbourne or across regional 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 Senior Technical Officer within our Network Risk and Assurance team based in the Melbourne CBD, in a full-time, permanent capacity.

Reporting to the Network Risk and Assurance Manager, this role is responsible for overseeing and ensuring network safety and compliance across CitiPower, Powercor, United Energy and Australian Energy Operations, in alignment with Victorian electricity safety regulations.

You will lead the response to Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) regulatory reporting information requests associated with serious electrical incidents and provide support to key stakeholders on the interpretation, compliance and implementation of regulatory matters to drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance overall network safety performance.

This role also acts as a key interface with industry bodies and regulatory agencies on electricity safety regulatory compliance matters associated with the operation of the networks and provides advice on the development and application of electricity safety policies.

What you’ll deliver:
• Provide support to key stakeholders on the interpretation, compliance and implementation of regulatory requirements.
• Respond to ESV electricity safety regulatory compliance information requests.
• Influence proposed changes to electricity safety legislation and regulations to achieve balanced outcomes.
• Communicate electricity safety legislation changes to internal stakeholders and ensure business impacts are identified and required changes implemented to ensure compliance.
• Provide support to Network Availability Officers and Duty Officers regarding the management of electricity network safety incidents.
• Investigate serious electricity network safety incidents and manage all associated correspondence with ESV and/or other relevant statutory agencies.
• Respond to all ESV electricity safety incident reporting information requests.
• Identify insights from network safety incidents and provide guidance to relevant internal stakeholders or external parties to develop improvement initiatives.
• Engage with ESV on the interpretation of incident reporting matters and communicate requirements to relevant stakeholders.
• Participate and support daytime network incident reporting duties to meet incident reporting obligations (CP and PAL only).
• Co-ordinate the planning of ESV audits (i.e. Bushfire Mitigation Plans and Electricity Safety Management Schemes) and the response to all information requests in conjunction with internal stakeholders.
• Represent CP, PAL, UE and AEO on electrical safety industry forums.
• Foster a positive business relationship with electrical safety regulators based on credibility and trust.

To succeed in this role, you’ll have:
• Relevant electrical or technical certification or equivalent qualifications.
• Extensive electrical industry experience in influencing the development of technical standards, procedures, work instructions and regulations.
• A detailed knowledge of the Electricity Safety Act, and related regulations, codes and guidelines such as the Blue and Green Book.
• Previous experience in engaging with a broad variety of stakeholders such as senior managers, operational workers and external agencies.
• An understanding of the potential business impacts associated with proposed regulatory changes.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Good computer literacy.

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 LGBTIQA+ 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.

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?

Research shows that whilst men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalised candidates tend to only apply when they check every box. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily meet all criteria, please still get in touch. We’d love to have a chat and see if you could be a match.

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.

Please submit your application via our career’s website. For the full Position Description, please reach out to Nadya Kartika from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au.

We encourage applications from all communities; people of all ages, genders, nationalities, abilities and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQIA+ 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.