At Transgrid, we play a crucial role in delivering safe, reliable, and sustainable energy to millions of Australians. Operating over 13,000 km of high-voltage transmission lines and 128 substations across NSW and the ACT, we connect electricity generators to the distribution network powering homes, businesses, and communities. As Australia accelerates its energy transition, the work we do has never been more significant.

THE CHANCE

This is a senior engineering leadership role, reporting to the Portfolio Director and leading the engineering integration and asset management coordination function across Transgrid's Delivery Projects project portfolio. The portfolio spans high-voltage substation and transmission line projects, and this role is the engineering authority across all of them.

You lead a team of 3 to 5 project and design professionals and work across OEM designers, delivery partner designers and Transgrid's internal engineering, asset management, network operations and maintenance teams. The mandate is broad: manage the full design process from concept to technical close-out, ensure every project is compliant with National Electricity Rules and Transgrid standards, coordinate the asset management interface so nothing falls through the gap between delivery and operation,



and provide the technical leadership that keeps the Portfolio Director and project teams making sound decisions.

This is not a role where the engineering sits at arm's length from delivery. You are expected to have deep technical knowledge of high-voltage primary plant and substation and transmission line design, apply it practically to real project problems, and lead the people and processes that turn that knowledge into compliant, high-quality infrastructure. If you have 15 or more years in HV infrastructure delivery and want to lead at a portfolio level, this is the job.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

The work sits across strategy, technical governance and hands-on delivery coordination. Here is how it generally flows.

- Engineering Integration and Technical Oversight: Leading the coordination of engineering, asset management interface and design functions across the Delivery Projects project portfolio. You make sure designs are consistent, compliant with National Electricity Rules and Transgrid standards, and fit for the operational environment they are going into. When design providers submit work, you have the processes in place to review it efficiently and the technical authority to push back when it is not right.

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📌 Engineering Manager - Transgrid (Sydney)
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📍 Sydney