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Senior Grid Connnection Engineer

Akayshaenergy • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Job Description

<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Today’s most tomorrow company. </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We run the most powerful battery on the grid, the 850MW Waratah Super Battery, and getting the next ones connected is your job.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are leading the energy transition towards a better, brighter tomorrow. The work you will do makes a real and very tangible impact on the future of the planet and its people. We’re 200 people around the world with 40 GWh of projects moving through development across Australia, Japan, the US and Germany.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We build, own, and operate our assets, we don’t hand a project to someone else once it’s approved. The people who design a battery site are the same people who build it and run it for the next twenty years.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}">Y</span><span data-contrast="auto">ou’ll lead our connection applications end to end, from first enquiry through to registration, working closely with Commercial and Engineering to get the settings right from day one.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What you’ll do</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Lead the Connection Application process end to end, including Connection Enquiries, Generator Performance Standards, design and modelling packages, validation, Hold Point testing and registration submissions</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Work with Business Developers and Engineering to optimise project designs, equipment selection and grid connection planning</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Liaise directly with OEMs, external consultants and AEMO/NSPs, troubleshooting power system models and control system performance</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Negotiate technical performance standards with AEMO and NSPs, balancing our long-term operation of the asset against regulatory requirements</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Keep across new rules and regulations, and help shape our responses to proposed changes</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">How you’ll make a positive impact</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">A degree in Electrical, Control or Power Systems Engineering</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"335559739":0}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Hands-on experience in renewables or electrical engineering, ideally on utility-scale or po

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