Team Lead - Dnsp

AEMO at the Heart of Energy

We are the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), committed to designing and operating a sustainable energy system that delivers safe, reliable, and affordable electricity and gas. Our mission includes facilitating the transition to a net-zero energy system by 2050, working collaboratively with industry partners to achieve 100% renewable generation capability by 2025. We have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to co-design the future of our energy systems, and our core values revolve around Character, Commitment, and Connection. Join us as we contribute to this significant mission in the energy sector.

About the role

With more than 160 GW of new generation to connect in the next 30 years, you will be instrumental in connecting a range of technologies, including wind, hydro and solar generation; battery and storage systems, and hydrogen plants. On a day-to-day basis, your stakeholders will span across network service providers, generation developers and investors, equipment manufacturers, technology developers, consultants, Governments, regulators and policy makers. Your primary focus as a Team Lead is to ensure that your team members receive the required attention in terms of technical capability development and are informed of the endorsed connections process governance and frameworks with a focus on outcomes in accelerating generator connections.

What you will be doing

• Leading a technical team and taking ownership of team technical capability development, daily team operations, identifying project resourcing risks and providing recommendations.
• Proactively strengthen AEMO’s technical collaboration with developers, OEMs and NSPs by ensuring that individual project issues are constructively resolved, focusing on tangible outcomes and technical process improvements.
• Provide expert technical advice and technical oversight on decision making, utilising constructive and open problem solving processes, across the areas of performance standard assessment, power system stability, system strength remediation, registration and commissioning.
• Prepare clear, concise and high quality written and verbal communication to inform internal or external stakeholders on a range of issues for both technical and non-technical audiences and proactively build AEMO’s reputation as a trusted partner to generation developers, original equipment manufacturers, Government, Network Service Providers, Market Participants, Customers and other stakeholders.

What you will bring to the role

• Demonstrated experience in leading project teams and proactively delivering technically complex projects, practicing a service oriented, outcome-focused and pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• Experience in negotiating the resolution of complex technical issues across stakeholders with competing objectives and a variety of commercial and reputational drivers.
• Well-developed experience in managing generator connection processes, with strong experience in assessing and resolving generator and power system performance issues.
• Understanding of the key commercial and legal issues impacting large scale infrastructure projects, and the commercial drivers of generation developers.

In return some of our benefits to you

• Flexible working: work from home, part time, job share, hybrid options, and additional leave options
• Professional development via projects, industry networks, job rotation, study assistance and more.
• Give back with up to 4 days of volunteering leave per year.
• Reward your hard work with annual performance bonuses (subject to eligibility).
• Embrace a healthier you with our wellness program, discounted health insurance, gym perks and our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

About Our Process 

AEMO values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace, welcoming applications from all backgrounds without regard to age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, race, religion and our First Nation peoples. We are dedicated to accommodating applicants' needs during the application or interview process, simply let the us know by emailing us at ******@aemo.com.au