Title:  Connections Manager

• Grow our network through renewable > VIC Transmission Connections 
• Thought Leadership > Commercial Acumen > Customer Experience
• 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.

This fantastic opportunity to contribute to how we deliver solutions for a more sustainable future.

In the role of Connections Manager, you will be crucial in maintaining a commercial focus with all external parties needing connections to the transmission networks across Victoria.

To be successful in this role, you will be responsible for delivering commercial solutions for external customers regarding connection inquiries and applications, managing commercial solutions to external customers, and responding to non-contestable tenders in alignment with available information, constraints, and potential outcomes. Additionally, you will lead vital commercial negotiations and oversee contract administration.

The Connections Manager will have the freedom to make independent decisions. This role demands a high level of initiative, skill, and independent judgment on commercial matters.

This role will report to the Head of VIC Transmission Network Connections - Regulated, with a base location at Southbank, Victoria.

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

• Managing the negotiations of major load and market generation connections to AusNet Services’ transmission network in Victoria
• Managing & responding to connection enquiries and applications from AEMO, DBs, generators and load customers and ensure that regulatory obligations are met.
• Assisting in the development of strategies that enable successful negotiations of major load and market generation connections
• Developing and maintaining effective relationships with customers including but not limited to AEMO, DBs, generators and other major customers.
• Preparation of high-quality business cases and obtaining approvals in accordance with company policies.
• Managing the customer’s expectations with regards to the end-to-end service of customer projects from initiation to close-out.
• Liaison with customers and assist in the long-term integration of AusNet Services’ Capex program with customer long term plans.

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

• Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills to obtain co-operation or assistance around well-defined issues, to exchange information and discuss technical, commercial or administrative issues and communicate with counterparts in other divisions, subordinates, peers and management, and external customers and suppliers
• Ability to manage the negotiations of major load and market generation connections
• Ability to undertake independent problem solving and managing issues to resolution for assigned project work
• Working within complex organisations & multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to prepare written submissions on technical or commercial issues
• Extensive knowledge of NERs as it relates to Network connections

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.