Senior Power Systems Engineer

Company Description

As the world's most trusted infrastructure consulting firm, we’re committed to managing our business with the upmost responsibility and to always strive for better – reducing emissions, creating social value or diversifying our senior leadership and workforce.

Our Energy team have a new opportunity for a Senior Power Systems Engineer to join our ’Centre of Excellence’ Grid Connections team in Melbourne. As part of an agile team, you will primarily focus on developing and delivering grid connection projects and support the broader Energy business within Australia & New Zealand.

Our highly experience team of specialists are actively involved across both development and construction phase of the projects (grid-connected and off-grid) in the renewable energy sector, oil & gas, industrial and mining industries. As part of the team, you will be working on a variety of challenging grid connection projects with emerging technologies, including utility scale wind, solar, battery, pumped hydro and hybrid plants across the entire NEM (National Electricity Market) in Australia. This role offers a great opportunity to be a part of the fast-moving energy transformation.

This is an exciting time for AECOM’s Energy business as the energy market, and Renewable Energy in particular, continues to grow. Grid connection is becoming a critical area where proponents (utility providers and private investors and developers) are seeking specialized grid connection and feasibility study services across various life cycles from siting to feasibility stage through to commissioning and on-going compliance monitoring during the operations phase.

You will be given the opportunity to further develop your career, supporting the growth priorities for our Energy business, through industry participation (committee positions, conference presentations etc.) and supporting our thought leadership initiatives.

As part of this opportunity, the Senior Power Systems Engineer will:

• Undertake grid interconnection and system planning studies for grid scale wind, solar, energy storage and hybrid generating systems and large loads such as mineral and process plants
• Deliver concept design and grid due diligence for new connections
• Support the business strategic growth priorities around ESG, sustainable legacies and energy transition.
• Support and deliver supporting new pursuits and opportunities, such as drafting proposal, EOI and cost/fee estimates. 

Job Description

As a successful Senior Power Systems Engineer in the Connection Services team, you will be motivated and result-focused engineer, with ideally over 5 years of Electrical industry experience. Your proven Power Systems experience will equip you with a working knowledge of PSS/E, Power Factory and ETAP, ideally within an Engineering Design Consultancy, OEM or Utility Network Planning and Connections team.

• Graduate qualifications in Electrical and/or Senior Power Systems Engineering.
• Proven and confident hands-on capabilities with respect to commonly used power system analysis tools with a particular focus on PSS/E, PSCAD, Dig Silent Power Factory and ETAP.
• Ability to analyze and solve complex engineering problems, possessing strong technical acumen to pioneer innovative and competitive technical solutions.
• Basic understanding of NER s5.2 and s5.3 technical requirements alongside AEMO’s Power Systems Modelling guidelines.
• Basic understanding of control and protection principles of high voltage substation equipment, transmission lines, generators, transformers, reactive equipment, etc.
• Exceptional levels of written and oral communication.

Skills Summary

• Handling projects from feasibility studies to concepts and detailed designs.
• Proficiency across relevant AS Standards, National Electricity Rules, NSP standards, technical rules and regulations with design and installation of Electrical infrastructure.
• Developing engineering concepts for integrating solar, wind and battery energy storage.
• Performing cable rating studies in CYMCAP.
• Experienced with performing OE duties involving design review and site inspections.
• Liaising, coordinating and communicating with key stakeholders including Clients, OEMs, NSPs and Contractors.
• Supporting grid compliance testing activities as required by the project specifications, standards, codes and approved inspection and test plans (ITPs).
• Ability to work in a team demonstrated by delivering major renewable energy projects with a multidiscipline team of engineers. 
• Well-developed communication skills oral and written - technical report writing and presentation skills.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of PSS/E, Power Factory, and ETAP.
• Basic understanding of PSCAD.

Additional Information

What we Offer

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) recognises AECOM as taking a sophisticated, holistic approach to supporting women and men’s participation throughout our workplace.

We provide a diverse and inclusive work environment and offer many benefits to ensure your professional development & wellbeing.

• Flexible start and finish times, working from home, part time and job share options;
• Work from home equipment packages and assistance;
• Innovative national, regional and global projects;
• State of the art, modern and contemporary offices;
• Paid parental and partner leave;
• Flexible Public Holidays;
• Purchased additional annual leave salary packaging;
• Corporate Employee discounts from up to 400 retailers;
• Wellbeing benefits e.g. Vaccinations, health insurance discounts;
• Employee stock purchase plans;
• Study assistance;
• Professional and technical development opportunities.

AECOM does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or recruitment agencies. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, AECOM explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of AECOM and in the absence of a signed Agreement, AECOM will not consider or agree to payment of any recruitment fee.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.