Title:  Vegetation Management Lead

• Shape the future of our vegetation management and bushfire mitigation efforts
• Flexible, inclusive work environment that values work-life balance
• Elevate your career at one of Australia’s best energy organisations.

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.

An excellent opportunity for a Vegetation Management Lead, who can drive our Vegetation Management program from a strategic standpoint.

You will oversee the governance of the Vegetation Management strategy, ensuring compliance with regulations and effective bushfire mitigation programs.

Be the leading force behind the delivery of the Works Program on time and within budget, monitoring regulatory changes, and conducting quality assurance to maintain consistency in asset management practices.

With a 3/2 Hybrid split (Office/WFH), this role is based in Southbank and is part of the Asset Management Team. For candidates interested in moving for this role from states outside of Victoria in Australia, we would be delighted to offer relocation assistance for this role.

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

• Oversee strategy, ensure compliance, and bushfire mitigation
• Work with Network Operations to ensure work programs are delivered on time and in budget.
• Monitor regulatory changes and evaluating impacts on the business and initiate actions to ensure full compliance.
• Attend audits and address stakeholder queries accordingly.
• Conduct quality assurance to ensure consistency in asset management practices.
• Support the Network Safety team's regulatory activities
• Update risk assessments and documents
• Assist with EDPR and TRR submissions
• Mentor and support junior engineers

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

• Proven technical expertise in arboriculture
• Knowledge of electrical Distribution and/or Transmission systems
• Operational exposure to OH&S policies, procedures, and systems
• Utility, energy, and/or asset management experience is highly desirable.
• Understanding of technical and economic regulations governing electrical networks
• Ability to think strategically, solve complex problems, and drive results
   

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.

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