Middleton Group is an Australian owned and operated consultancy, with a team of engineers and project managers, who thrive on solving complex power and energy challenges through innovation, collaboration and engineering excellence. We specialise in all the major engineering market segments including transportation, sustainable energy, industrial and power utilities.
Our services include:
- Strategy and planning
- Design and engineering
- Project management and delivery
- Operations and maintenance
We believe it is our responsibility to create a sustainable energy future for our communities. We understand that it is incumbent upon every individual within our organisation to help our local industry partners and communities to move toward sustainable power usage and renewable energy.
At Middleton Group, we aim to develop future leaders for the industry in a collaborative environment and strive to create an exceptional place to work for our people. Working with us, you will benefit from:
- Varied and challenging work
- Ongoing training and development
- Leadership opportunities
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Supportive and nurturing working policies
The Role
Middleton Group is looking for a senior power systems engineer to assist with developing Middleton Group’s grid connection team. The senior power systems engineer is responsible for technical leadership of generator and grid connection projects including power systems modelling studies and analysis for new solar farm, wind farm, BESS and hybrid generator connections throughout Australia, using tools such as PSS®E, PSCAD and DIgSILENT PowerFactory.
The Responsibility
- Proven track record of successful grid connections (R0, R1 and R2) within Australia with diverse generation technologies.
- Power system analysis for utility-scale networks including steady state and dynamic system studies.
- Experienced working with DigSILENT PowerFactory, PSCAD, PSS/E, and the ability to guide and mentor younger team members.
- Thorough understanding of the generator connection process in Australia (Chapter 5 and 5A) and the obligations of each party (NSPs, AEMO, Proponent etc).
- Knowledgeable in one or more generator technologies such as synchronous (steam, hydro, gas etc) or asynchronous (solar PV, wind, BESS etc).
Technical Depth & Breadth
- Consistently demonstrates high levels of technical knowledge along with ingenuity and creativity in developing design and project solutions.
- Develops and applies advanced technologies, engineering principles, theories and concepts in electrical and control systems engineering.
- Broad knowledge about the design and operation of systems outside of their specialty.
- Recognized for their technical ability within the professional community of their area of expertise.
- Possess a working knowledge of control and instrumentation equipment and systems used in process industries.
Guidance/ Initiative
- Self -supervising within guidance and expectations of team and project management.
- Provides guidance to several groups within the organization.
- Acts independently at the organizational level with outcomes reviewed by team/project lead.
- Exercises independent initiative and judgment in setting and implementing goals.
Communication/ Interpersonal skills
- Experienced in discussing and negotiating access standards with NSPs and AEMO, including creating concise and convincing reports and technical memos to provide justification.
- Take the lead in difficult conversations with project stakeholders through to resolution.
- Able to effectively train people outside their direct team or project group.
- Able to write convincing proposals and reports with all necessary backup material for external consumption.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
- Chartered Professional Engineer (Electrical)
Location
Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. Workplace flexibility is important to us, and we are open to discussion on what balance of home vs office working would work for you.
We will be reviewing applications as they come in so would love to hear from you as soon as possible. If we find our perfect candidate the position might be filled before the advertisement is closed.