Senior Engineer – OT Communications

Role Overview

• Lead the delivery of scope, estimates and detailed designs, ensuring outcomes are cost‑effective, timely and high quality
• Apply advanced engineering expertise to solve complex design and operational challenges
• Provide specialist support for OT communications networks, including SCADA, fibre, radio, Ethernet and telephony systems
• Take technical ownership of incidents, problems and service requests, ensuring availability, reliability and performance targets are met
• Develop and maintain technology roadmaps, aligned to vendor and industry capabilities
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, while providing trusted technical advice to business stakeholders
• Participate in the electrical DC design for the cubicles, layouts, and power distribution
• Assist in the battery design and ensure it complies with safety standards
• Support the team to ensure all regulatory obligations and safety design standards are being met
• Support the production of technical maintenance and plant guidance documentation (installation, testing and commissioning)
• Ensure compliance through actively engaging with stakeholders and maintain awareness of relevant legislation, laws, regulations, standards, codes and Ausnet policies and procedures
• Champion continuous improvement, innovation and best‑practice engineering standards

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Communications Engineering
• Extensive experience designing and operating OT communications solutions, ideally within utilities or critical infrastructure
• Strong exposure to Transmission and Distribution environments and asset‑centric systems (e.g. SCADA, SAP Asset Management, fibre and radio networks)
• Proven leadership and mentoring capability, without needing formal people management
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work across diverse, geographically dispersed stakeholders
• Eligibility for Chartered Membership with Engineers Australia.
• A valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel as required.

Benefits

• Growing your impact : We’ll support you to build your career through real opportunities and strong connections.
• Solving some of the most complex energy challenges of our time : We love unpacking complex challenges in clever ways and looking at things differently.
• When life happens, knowing we’ve got your back : Whether it's life's big moments or the unexpected little ones, we get it
• sometimes you just need to be there.
• We’re committed to building an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. We believe different perspectives are essential to our success, and we encourage all applicants to apply.