Senior Commissioning Engineer

About the role

CitiPower and Powercor deliver electricity to 1.4 million Victorian customers and are looking for a Senior Commissioning Engineer in Melbourne. The role provides testing and commissioning engineering expertise and leadership, plus scoping, design support and estimation for commissioning projects. It also oversees the technical development and leadership of the Commissioning team (including field testing technicians) and ensures the right policies and procedures are in place for commissioning distribution, sub-transmission and transmission assets.

Key responsibilities

• Review scope and design for constructability, value and efficiency, using approved documentation and drawings to test and validate primary equipment and secondary systems
• Prepare or approve commissioning methodology, management plans, FAT/SAT plans and reports, test results (ITP/ITR), commissioning plans and contingency plans
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders and assist Project Managers, Estimators, Design Engineers and construction teams
• Lead the delivery of testing and commissioning activities, directing internal and subcontracting resources
• Develop and control commissioning plans, including risk and contingency management, outage coordination and staged delivery sequences
• Solve complex problems with ambiguous information, mentor commissioning and construction personnel and help define complex issues
• Help develop and implement new technologies, practices and standards

Required profile

• Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical); an Advanced Diploma ESI – Power Systems is also advantageous
• Registered Professional Engineer of Victoria (RPEV)
• Experience testing and commissioning protection schemes and associated communication schemes (SCADA, IEC-61850)

Required skills

• Advanced knowledge of distribution and transmission networks in the NEM
• Commissioning fundamentals and philosophy
• Test techniques for protection and control apparatus and high-voltage equipment such as power transformers, switchgear, reactive plant and instrument transformers
• Proficiency with primary and secondary test apparatus such as Omicron, Doble and Vanguard

What we offer

• Hybrid work options
• Purchased leave and 15 weeks of gender-neutral primary parental leave
• Health and wellbeing subsidiary
• Career development and planning opportunities
• Exclusive discounts