Principal Protection Engineer

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Principal Protection Engineer
Competitive

• Lead and manage the Protection Engineering team and support the professional development of staff.
• Develop and maintain long-term asset plans, budgets, and strategies for protection and zone metering systems.
• Define and manage the delivery of annual programs of work for maintenance, replacement, and upgrades.
• Deliver high-quality technical documentation- designs, test plans, maintenance programs, risk assessments, and protection studies.
• Perform condition assessments and risk-based analysis to guide investment decisions and ensure network reliability.
• Ensure technical compliance in protection systems for new substations, replacements, and embedded generation projects.
• Manage contractors and regulatory obligations related to NEM metering systems.
• Provide technical support to project delivery teams and oversee complex system incident investigations.
• Stay across industry developments and contribute to evolving protection and metering strategies.

• Degree qualifications in Electrical or Systems Engineering.
• Extensive experience in protection engineering within a power utility or network environment.
• Strong working knowledge of zone substation protection systems and NEM metering frameworks.
• Experience developing asset strategies, conducting risk assessments, and managing multi-year capital/maintenance programs.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring engineers.
• Confident working across standards, regulatory compliance, and configuration/data management practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical and project management capabilities.