Title:  Project Engineer - Primary

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 Project Engineer – Primary, you will be responsible for developing front-end engineering solutions for terminal station projects across AusNet’s Transmission Projects portfolio.

In this role, you’ll work closely with internal stakeholders to develop business cases for upcoming projects, with a strong focus on primary equipment. You’ll play a key role in identifying, managing, and mitigating technical risks, while delivering practical engineering solutions and resolving design challenges to ensure projects are delivered cost-effectively and to the highest standards of quality.

With a Hybrid split (Office/WFH), this role is based in South Bank and is part of the Transmission Delivery Team with occasional travel required.

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

• Ensure project technical solution compliance with Customer requirements and Ausnet Standards.  
• Drive process improvement initiatives, including the development and enhancement of engineering standards, specifications, and innovative methods.  
• Provide technical input throughout the project lifecycle, including scope development, risk analysis, design reviews, constructability assessments, and safety in design.  
• Support collaboration with internal and external stakeholders (i.e. AEMO and other DB’s) to ensure timely, cost-effective, and high-quality business cases are submitted for the delivery of transmission projects on our network.  
• Support commercial and strategic project outcomes by contributing to estimates, schedules, risk registers, and customer offers.  
• Champion compliance, safety, and continuous improvement by applying relevant legislation, standards, and AusNet policies, while fostering a culture of care, curiosity, and innovation. 

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

Qualifications  

• Tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering
  
  

License requirements: N/A  

• Full driving license required    
  
  

Registration:   

Register Engineer in Victoria (RPEV) required (at least eligibility)

Experience: 

• Sound experience working in a power Transmission or Distribution Utility or similar design experience with knowledge across Primary Plant And Equipment up to 500kV
• Experience working with sub or terminal station engineering, project delivery and or design
• Experience with brownfield and greenfield augmentation and construction
• Regulatory knowledge a utilities organisation operation within
• Understanding of engineering principals and applicable standards
• Proven capability and ownership in development of concepts, design, resolving engineering issues