At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative power systems projects in renewable energy and grid connections.
- Company: Join AECOM, a global leader in infrastructure consulting.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible work options, competitive pay, and a focus on well-being.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team committed to delivering a better world.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the energy transformation while advancing your career.
- Qualifications: Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering with experience in power systems and renewables.
The predicted salary is between 49500 - 60500 $ per year.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
Our Resources, Industrial, Advisory and Program Management (RIPA) team have a new opportunity for a Principal Power Systems Engineer to join our team. As part of a dynamic team, you will primarily focus on developing and delivering grid connection projects and support the broader resources and industrial business.
Our highly experienced team of specialists are actively involved across both development and construction phases of the projects (grid connected and off-grid) in the renewable energy sector, oil & gas and mining industries. You will be working on a variety of challenging grid connection projects with emerging technologies, including utility-scale wind, solar, battery, and pumped hydro across the entire NEM in Australia.
The Role:
- Lead power-system analysis and technical advisory for islanded mining networks and stand-alone power systems (SAPS), helping clients connect new generation and loads, maintain system security, and integrate renewables and storage without compromising operational reliability.
- The role spans two distinct regional systems: the North West Power System (NWPS) and the North West Interconnected System (NWIS). Experience and familiarity with either network is required.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead steady-state and dynamic studies for islanded and weak power systems, including load flow, fault levels, protection coordination, voltage and reactive power, frequency response, transient stability, and contingency assessment.
- Ability to develop methodologies and scenarios to assess power systems in a variety of applications and frameworks.
- Assess the integration of diesel and gas generation, solar PV, wind, battery energy storage, grid-forming and grid-following inverters, and large mining or industrial loads.
- Prepare technical assessments for new connections, network augmentations, plant modifications and decarbonisation projects.
- Engage with asset owners, network service providers, generators, operators and regional system coordination bodies to resolve technical issues and progress approvals.
- Lead technical workstreams, manage quality and delivery, mentor engineers, and contribute to proposals and client relationships.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with major in power systems and ideally have proven experience over 5 years (Senior) or 8 years (Principal) or more working for a design/engineering consultancy or an OEM or Utility dealing with grid compliance and system modelling.
- Experience working on grid scale renewables (wind/solar/battery/hybrid) projects connecting into NEM & WEM within the Australian network is highly regarded.
- Understanding of transmission/distribution planning and connection process for VRE and dispatchable generating plants including energy storage and embedded generators.
- Hands-on experience using PSS/e, PSCAD and Digsilent PowerFactory for system studies.
Additional Information:
AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging.
Principal Power Systems Engineer – Hybrid in Perth employer: AECOM Corporation
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