Drawing Management Officer

At Powerlink, every possibility starts with you

We believe life’s about possibilities. And so is the future. That’s why we need you.

We’re working at the heart of Queensland’s energy transformation. Now more than ever, we need people who want to help us deliver a world-class energy future and ensure we continue to navigate through this once in a generation energy challenge. Join us and make it happen.

Life at Powerlink

As the Drawing Management Officer, you’ll help us connect a more sustainable energy future for more than five million Queenslanders and 253,000 businesses. Your work with us is about every light turned on, every community connected, and every future made possible.

• Option to work 9- or 10-day fortnight with potential for some overtime.
• Ongoing learning & development opportunities within a supportive and inclusive environment
• Opportunity to work within state of the art facilities working on interesting, cutting-edge projects
• Free undercover parking and charging stations for electric vehicles and onsite gymnasium.
• Access to a corporate health plan with employee discounts, annual flu vaccinations

Find a career that matters and lasts

As a Drawing Management Officer you’ll help find clever solutions to interesting problems as you grow your skills every day. And you’ll do it with down-to-earth people who you’re proud to work with and get to know. Here’s how:

• Develop, implement and maintain technical documents and Drawing Management processes and quality standards to ensure they are fit for purpose.
• Investigate, analyse and recommend business and technical solutions to ensure continuous improvement in the Drawing Management process through innovation and adoption of current and emerging digital engineering practices and systems.
• Develop and deliver training in Drawing Management processes to ensure field staff are trained and proficient.
• Design drafting conducted in accordance with Australian Standards, Engineering Standards, Acts, Regulations, Legislation and Codes.
• Maintain the integrity of the Powerlink information management system including adherence to nomenclature conventions and CAD standards.
• Timely production of high-quality designs and emergency changes to meet operational constraints within scope and budget.

The community you will join

Based in Virginia, you will provide technical leadership and mentoring for the management of operational drawings. This includes the administration of ‘as built’, final issue drawings and manuals across the Division utilising contemporary digital engineering practices. In addition, you will lead operational work-related planning and drafting activities to meet deliverable milestones and emergency changes.

Your expertise

• Associate Diploma in Electrical and/or Civil/Structural Engineering plus relevant significant experience in technical design drafting and the management of drawing and information systems
• Demonstrated experience in design drafting for high voltage substation environment.
• Highly developed ability to read, understand and check accuracy of drawings and associated design manuals and materials.
• A sound understanding of Electrical and Electronic Engineering terminology and business processes.
• Skilled working knowledge of estimating and scoping pertaining to design drafting activities.
• Skilled knowledge of Engineering Quality Assurance procedures.
• Expert knowledge with CAD systems (MicroStation) software in its application to design drafting.
• Effective knowledge of PC based office tools (Electronic mail, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, SAP, Objective, SPF, etc).

We’d also love you to have:

• Tertiary qualification in Spatial Science (Geographic Information Systems)
• Certificate IV – Training & Assessment

Be the start of every possibility

To kick start your career at Powerlink, apply by clicking the button above, attaching your resume and cover letter on our careers page before midnight on Sunday 31st March2024. Kindly be aware that the Recruitment team will commence the review process during this period.

There’s lots to love about a career with Powerlink. But our people say there’s three things that really stand out:

• A career that matters and lasts: You’ll shape a progressive career connecting more than five million Queenslanders to a world-class, clean energy future.
• Unique work and the chance to grow: You’ll help find smart solutions to interesting problems as you develop your skills and impact every day.
• People who love to support and share: You’ll build relationships with experienced, down-to-earth people who you’ll be proud to work with.

For all enquiries, contact our recruitment team at recruitment@powerlink.com.au.

Our commitment to inclusion and belonging

At Powerlink, we champion inclusion and belonging by supporting every candidate during the recruitment journey. Please inform us of any needs or adjustments for a more inclusive process, including sharing your preferred pronouns. As a Veteran-Friendly Employer, we value the skills Veterans bring and ensure equal opportunities. Let us know if you're a Veteran for tailored support.
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