What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Development Engineer position at Western Power?
We're looking for a skilled Senior Project Development Engineer / Specialist to join our Grid Transformation team and play a pivotal role in transforming our network on an 18 month fixed term opportunity.
Please make sure you read the following details carefully before making any applications.
As a Senior Project Development Engineer / Specialist, you’ll lead the planning, scoping, and development phases of Western Power’s network driven projects. You’ll be working on exciting initiatives and challenging projects involving both distribution and transmission network augmentation.
Your role will be to take charge of the development and project management aspects of these complex, high-value initiatives, ensuring they meet both strategic and network driven goals. With your technical expertise, you'll develop robust business cases that justify the recommended solutions and ensure they align with financial, regulatory, and performance requirements.
In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to challenge existing technical solutions, influence decision-making, and drive improvements at every stage of the project. Working within a dynamic and collaborative environment, you’ll help us deliver projects on time and within budget, all while maintaining the highest safety and quality standards.
Your Role in Action
- Coordinate and lead Joint Planning Teams and provide technical input into the options analysis and scope development.
- Develop and collate robust and detailed documentation to support investment decisions.
- Analyse and assess technical solutions to planning problems, including costing of feasible options.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective and timely framing of decisions and / or contracts relating to complex network and major customer connections and line relocations.
- Ensure appropriate and robust commercial solutions having regard to risk implications and all engineering requirements.
- Be responsible and accountable for the production and management of accurate capital budget requirements associated with complex projects.
- Appropriate escalation of issues within the area.
- Production of concise and rigorous business cases to support recommended network solutions.
- Apply a balanced approach to all issues affecting Grid Transformation. Issues are generally complex and rarely have one solution for all situations. The incumbent must be able to think and act broadly across the issues faced.
- Ensure all systems are kept up to date and accurate as required to reflect project status, financial information and stakeholder relationship.
- Apply the Regulatory and Technical rules, policies and guidelines to network investments and planning criteria.
- Provide high quality data and forecasts with respect to investment proposals.
- Develop, lead and support innovation and continuous improvement initiatives within the Function.
What Makes You a Great Fit
Planning, design, operation and maintenance of electricity transmission and / or distribution networks;
By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including :
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