As South Australia's electricity distributor, SA Power Networks is a vital part of everyday life and a great place to develop your career.

We offer award-winning training, an outstanding culture of safety and a supportive environment that fosters and recognises achievement.

If you've got the energy, put yourself in power at SA Power Networks.

Benefits Include

• Excellent conditions
• Great workmates
• Challenging environment
• Flexible working conditions

The Role

The Senior Protection and Control Engineer is accountable for providing engineering leadership during operation of SA Power Networks electricity network and external customer installations. 

The Senior Protection and Control Engineer will provide expertise and information primarily related to the protection and control discipline, namely ;

• protection settings for normal and abnormal conditions
• protection setting reports
• bench test and prepare technical documentation for commissioning protection systems
• specific engineering direction and information to project team members, leaders and managers
• mentor other protection group team engineers and technical officers in IEC61850
• provide a consultative service for SA Power Networks Strategic Protection Philosophies.
• estimating and tendering information

Requirements

The successful candidate will require experience as a professional electrical engineer specialising in protection and control.  Chartered Professional Engineer as defined eligible for registration on NPER3 register. You would be required to achieve this within 12 months.   You must hold a degree in Electrical Engineering, that will allow admission as Member of Institute of Engineers, Australia.Design capability in IEC61850 is essential.

Candidates will need to be prepared to undertake a pre-employment medical

To obtain further details please contact Grant Hillier on 8292 0414.

Applications close 5pm 2 March 2018.

How to Apply

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SA Power Networks is an Equal Opportunity employer.

For more information about SA Power Networks visit our website www.sapowernetworks.com.au