Title:  Operations & Maintenance Lead

Operations & Maintenance Lead – Western Renewables Link (WRL)

Shape the future of energy in Victoria.

Join AusNet’s Major Projects team and lead the operational readiness and asset handover of one of the state’s most significant infrastructure projects, the Western Renewables Link (WRL).

About the Role

As the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring AusNet’s long-term operational success of the WRL project. You’ll manage the completions and handover of EPC contractor packages, ensuring assets are delivered to specification, ready for operation, and aligned with AusNet’s asset management and regulatory frameworks and coordinate to ensure that the AusNet led works are delivered to expectations.

This is a high-impact role that bridges engineering, project delivery, and asset management. You’ll collaborate across internal teams and external partners to embed operational excellence from design through to commissioning.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the handover of built assets from the WRL Project to AusNet.
• Identify and manage risks related to new technologies, equipment, and maintenance requirements.
• Facilitate coordination workshops and readiness reviews with stakeholders.
• Evaluate contractor designs and methodologies for safety, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Ensure asset data, documentation, and systems meet AusNet’s standards and ISO55001 requirements.
• Develop and implement operational readiness plans for safe and compliant asset transition.
• Provide technical leadership and governance oversight throughout the project lifecycle.

What you’ll bring

You’re a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise and a passion for operational excellence. You thrive in complex environments and bring a proactive, collaborative approach to stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Desirable bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business or equivalent.
• Desirable: Diploma or Master of Project Management, Certificate IV in Safety.

Experience

• 7+ years in Asset Management, ideally within energy, utilities, or major infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of electricity assets and field operations.
• Proven ability to manage complex handover processes and operational readiness planning.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, risk management, and project governance.
• Excellent communications skills, a personable approach, and the ability to build strong, lasting relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

A place to belong

At AusNet, we connect communities with energy and accelerate a sustainable future. With over 1,500 employees servicing 1.5 million Victorians, we’re proud to own and operate electricity and gas networks across the state.

We’re committed to safety, integrity, and teamwork and we’re looking for people who share these values.

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, 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:

• 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.

Please note, we will not be engaging in Recruitment agencies for this role, please apply directly!