Vestas Australia is offering an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Grid Expert. The Australian Grid presents a challenging yet fascinating field to work in. With Vestas Australia's significant expansion, your expertise and experience will contribute to building a sustainable future.
The Grid team oversees all aspects of the grid during the sales, construction, and service phases of projects throughout the Asia Pacific, focusing on Australia and New Zealand.
Location: Melbourne / Brisbane / Perth
Responsibilities
* Support power system studies to define the wind farm generator performance standards and to develop the wind farm control system functional design specification and reactive plant requirements. Coordinate activities with the grid modelling department.
* Review Balance of Plant (BoP) design, drawing and document submissions from subcontractors against industry best practice, law, international and local standards, in addition to Vestas' contractual and interfacing requirements from the perspective of grid connection compliance.
* Ensure grid connection deliverables required to be submitted by Vestas are delivered in a timely, safe and high‑quality manner.
* Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to resolve grid connection issues promptly.
* Support procurement, design, installation, commissioning and testing of wind farm grid monitoring equipment and control systems.
* Undertake generator performance standards compliance testing, model validation (R2) testing, and generator registration with AEMO, including liaising with site‑based personnel.
* Engage and manage power systems engineering consultancies when required.
* Research and prepare formal responses to inquiries regarding wind farm technical performance. Prepare and deliver technical presentations to customers.
* Attend and provide input to safety, design, technical and risk meetings, workshops and reviews.
* Assess variations, requests for information (RFIs) and payment claims.
* Review tender specifications.
Qualifications
* Registered or Certified Professional Engineer (RPEng or CPEng).
* Engineering degree in Electrical or Power Systems.
Competencies
* Ability to manage consultants and designers in a construction environment – tier‑one companies valued.
* Experience reviewing grid connection compliance design in a construction environment.
* Any grid connection experience, especially wind farm registration, highly valued.
* Generator and power systems modelling – wind farm modelling highly valued.
* Experience using PSS/E, PSCAD, PowerFactory simulation tools.
* Substation electrical design well regarded.
* Experience negotiating with major stakeholders such as clients, consultants, contractors and authorities.
* Experience working in a high‑pressure environment.
What We Offer
* Excellent career development opportunities nationally and globally.
* A workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion.
* Flexible workplace arrangements.
* Employee Assistance Program.
Our Benefits
* 18 weeks paid parental leave.
* 3 weeks paid secondary carers leave.
* Employee Assistance Program.
Vestas is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from those who identify as being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
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