Principal Power Systems Engineer

Description

• Lead multidisciplinary teams across various locations to deliver key project milestones on time and within budget.
• Oversight of model development, integration, and performance evaluation for steady-state, dynamic, and EMT simulations.
• Lead and oversee complex power system studies including grid connection, system strength assessments, power quality analysis, and transmission/distribution planning.
• Prepare high-quality technical documentation, reports, and presentations for clients, regulatory bodies, and other stakeholders.
• Foster strong working relationships with clients, including developers, network service providers, AEMO, and regulators.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers to support their technical and professional growth.
• Contribute to bid preparation, project scoping, and commercial reviews.
• Manage client expectations, project resources, risks, and deliverables across multiple concurrent engagements.
• Cultivate a collaborative team environment focused on technical excellence, inclusion, and continuous learning.
• Lead studies involving control system tuning and interaction analysis for both grid-forming and grid-following inverters.
• Conduct harmonic assessments and develop harmonic mitigation strategies including filter design and control tuning.
• Provide high-level technical input on compliance with the NEM National Electricity Rules (NER), particularly in relation to Generator Performance Standards (GPS), model validation (R2), and AEMO registration processes.
• Contribute to strategic hiring, resourcing, and capability development within the broader Power Systems practice.
• Guide the development and validation of dynamic and EMT models for a variety of technologies including solar PV, wind, battery energy storage systems, synchronous condensers, and hybrid plants.

Requirements

• Strong leadership, team building, and project delivery experience across complex multi-stakeholder environments.
• Proficiency in PSS®E and PSCAD is essential; experience with PowerFactory and scripting (Python/Fortran) is highly desirable.
• Deep understanding of power system theory, electrical network behaviour, protection, control systems, and inverter-based resource integration.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences alike.
• Advanced use of power system analysis tools such as PSS®E, PSCAD/EMTDC, PowerFactory, DSATools and scripting in Python or similar for automation and model processing.
• 10+ years of experience in power system studies, with a focus on NEM grid connection and transmission planning.
• Familiarity with AEMO’s connection and registration process, GPS compliance testing, and commissioning support.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance