Title:  Technical Lead - Transmission Lines

Location: 

Victoria, Australia

Employment Type:  Permanent Full Time
Description: 

 

  • Make a real difference and help shape our customers’ Energy Future
  • Hybrid working > 2 days WFH > Choose your office days
  • 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.


Oversee the seamless execution of numerous intricate design packages, each comprising multiple concurrent work streams, ensuring strict adherence to design specifications, scheduling, budgetary constraints, and meeting various commercial, safety, quality, environmental, and community objectives.

This pivotal role entails spearheading and supervising the design process for over 190 kilometers of transmission lines within the ambit of the Western Renewable Link (WRL) Project, with potential involvement in offering technical guidance during the construction phase if deemed necessary.

 

With a 3/2 Hybrid (Office/WFH) split this role is based in Melbourne, Victoria with regular travel to our sites and is part of the Western Renewables Link (WRL) Team

 

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

  • Plan and oversee technical aspects for delivering High Voltage Transmission Lines, ensuring quality and project objectives are met.
  • Monitor design partners' performance within the EPC contractor to maintain deliverables within budget and schedule.
  • Lead design approval processes for greenfield and brownfield terminal station packages, adhering to project requirements.
  • Manage design and construction phases, providing technical guidance and responses to queries.
  • Ensure design costs align with project requirements and demonstrate commercial awareness in client interactions.
  • Contribute to improving design standards, policies, and overall business activities.
  • Manage client and stakeholder expectations, communicate effectively with the project team, and ensure compliance with safety requirements.
  • Oversee the design elements of a +190km New Transmission Line and augmentation of existing Terminal Stations, ensuring alignment with project and AusNet requirements.
  • Engage AusNet internal stakeholders throughout the design process to facilitate seamless asset integration into operations.
  • Provide technical guidance during delivery and commissioning phases of terminal stations.
     

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

  • Tertiary Qualification in Building, Construction, Engineering or extensive experience in technical management on significant projects, design or construction
  • Multi-discipline project experience in Building, Construction and Design
  • Proven commercial and legislative compliance skills and design frameworks and systems
  • Demonstrated competencies in Head Contract and Subcontract understanding and interpretation.
  • Strong stakeholder management with major consultant partners
  • Awareness of risk management principles and how design can impact operational risk.
  • Proficient skills in relevant computer software packages and necessary to perform the role.
  • Strong time and cost management skills in timely delivery of design and management of both the costs of preparing design and the costs of the works

 

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.