Asset Engineer (Distribution Intelligence)

at  CitiPower and Powercor

ABOUT US:

CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks servicing 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. These customers include a large number of households, as well as commercial and industrial businesses, world class arts, health and sporting precincts, popular tourism regions and the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria.
We provide reliable, safe and affordable electricity and our businesses are independently rated as the best in the country for their efficiency. Sustaining this is all the more critical and challenging as greater electrification of homes, fleets and industries becomes a core strategy for reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change.
We value inclusive leadership and teams and celebrate the results of succeeding together.
But our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This position plays a vital role in contributing to the Metering Asset team, and is accountable for the design and maintenance of the current Smart Metering and future Distribution Intelligence Metering Network. In this role you will partner with the AMI system vendors and across the organisation to assure a robust and reliable Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI).
Using your experience in electrical power distribution engineering and infrastructure tasks, as well as your analytical skills, this position supports senior engineers in the business in effectively managing all risks associated with the metering and communications of the CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy AMI system.
A permanent position in a highly capable and driven engineering team.

TO SUCCEED IN THE ROLE, YOU’LL HAVE:

• Degree Qualification in Electrical Engineering (when eligible it is mandatory to obtain and maintain a Registered engineering credential with the Victorian Building Licensing Authority Business).
• Strong understanding of Electrical Engineering principles and f electrical power distribution network assets.
• Capable of data analysis through practical knowledge of data table manipulation and processing using spreadsheets, databases, and scripting languages.
• Excellent decision-making skills in a highly demanding project and operational environment
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Previous work experience in an electrical engineering role within the Utilities industry
• AMI Metering and wireless communication systems would be well regarded.