Title:  Communications Engineer

• Excellent career pathway opportunity in our Operational Technologies Communications team
• Substantial projects to ready our OT Comms network for the renewable future
• Careers with Purpose > Collaborative > Inclusive > Flexible Work Environment  

When you choose AusNet, you’ll join genuine people working together, making Real. Progress

At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.
 

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future.

Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing.

As the Communications Engineer you will participate within an engineering team who provide technical expertise across the projects portfolio.  You and your team will work with internal stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered in a cost-efficient way and to high standards of quality.

As a designer of the communications networks within and between our transmission and distribution sites around Victoria, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of solutions to facilitate the connection of new renewable generation and augmentation of the network to enable Ausnet to meet Victoria's future energy needs.

The key to success in this role is to successfully develop network connectivity projects for both internal and external project stakeholders, within key milestone requirements, while working within a team of highly experienced and knowledgeable engineers.

With a Hybrid split (Office/WFH), this role a permanent position and is based in Flinders Street, Victoria and is part of the Network Management team.

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• Working with the senior engineers, outline system designs and specifications, and overall architectures, topologies, configuration databases and design documentation of networks and networking technology within AusNet Services, standardising communications technology
• Participate in the electrical DC design for the cubicles, layouts, power distribution
• Assist in the battery design and ensure it complies with safety standards
• Support the team to ensure all regulatory obligations and safety design standards are being met
• Support the production of technical maintenance and plant guidance documentation (installation, testing and commissioning)
• Ensure compliance through actively engaging with stakeholders and maintain awareness of relevant legislation, laws, regulations, standards, codes and Ausnet policies and procedures

You don’t need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

• Tertiary qualification in Electrical/Computer Engineering
• Relevant electrical and power systems knowledge with applied experience in the field of expertise
• Understanding of communications networks and experience working within Telco and/or Utilities, highly desired
• Experience for the design and operation of OT Comms Solutions, across the full solution lifecycle

Emergency Response: Customers and community are at the heart of everything we do.

From time-to-time you may be called upon to support an emergency response (e.g. storms, bushfires, floods) to ensure we continue to safely deliver our customers’ energy needs.
 

A real place to belong. 

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.  

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart:

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life.
• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
• Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.
   

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead.
 

So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.