Network Assurance Facilitator

Essential Energy

Tamworth, Tamworth & North West NSW

Other (Trades & Services)

Full time

16% Super

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Join an organization that values your voice, empowers your autonomy, recognizes the strength in diversity, and prioritizes your well-being while offering attractive remuneration and benefits. Take pride in having a meaningful impact on regional, rural, and remote communities while being a pivotal player in the energy industry's future.

About Network Assurance

Network assurance is a critical aspect of Essential Energy, ensuring that our customer connections and network are compliant and aligned with business objectives. This involves a process of validating, monitoring, and managing Accredited Service Providers' and Contractors' work and installations through formal inspection and verification to identify potential risks. With the increasing complexity and rapid pace of change, Network Assurance ensures the maintenance of a safe and reliable network.

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified powerline worker, electrician, or dual-qualified individual to join our network assurance team as a network assurance facilitator in the greater Tamworth area.

As a Network Assurance Facilitator Level 1, you will be responsible for the quality assurance of the construction and completion of contestable and non-contestable projects through inspection/audit processes, ensuring all works are completed in compliance with the certified design and Essential Energy's construction standards. This role requires a high level of technical knowledge and skills working across the energy network to maintain good working relationships with all stakeholders. You will be responsible for network inspections, defect management, completion of inspection checklists, project assessments, and formal acceptance of construction works.

The role requires planning, assessment, evaluation, and reporting of works against policy, procedure, and applicable standards.

About You

This role is an excellent opportunity for a qualified powerline worker or electrical technician (or dual qualified) who is looking to take their career to the next level.

Your experience in the construction, energy/electrical, or utilities industry will be essential in coordinating inspections/audits on the distribution network. You will be comfortable with working and dealing with customers, electrical contractors, and ASPs, providing technical advice to both internal and external stakeholders.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Powerline Worker qualification UET30612 or equivalent

Certificate III Electrotechnology Electrician or equivalent

Qualified Supervisor Certificate or equivalent (Electrical)

Driver's Licence

White Card - Safe Work NSW Induction for Construction Work

Skills in coordinating and undertaking investigations, inspections, audits and develop both compliance and preliminary investigation reports

Demonstrated problem solving and decision-making skills

Communication and liaison skills required to engage with and address technical issues for customers, business units and key industry stakeholders

Excellent interpersonal skills with sound influencing and negotiating ability

Desirable

Project management and/or business administration qualifications.

Auditing qualifications/certifications.

Solid understanding and experience with basic/intermediate IT platforms and programs, including iOS devices.

Certificate IV educational study aligned to modules within the Applied Electrical Engineering (Power Industry) qualification or demonstrated capability through past employment experience and/or relevant qualification

Why Essential Energy

We offer competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience and 16% superannuation.

Essential Energy provides employees with a broad range of employee benefits, including 26 weeks of paid parental leave, learning and development opportunities, and health and well-being programs, including a fitness passport. For more information on our benefits, please visit the employee benefits page.

We are proud to be recognized as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for All Women.

An energy network doesn't just keep the lights on… It's a living network that needs to adapt to new and emerging energy generation technologies while still meeting the energy needs of customers.

It requires innovation, commitment, and collaboration to bring people together to solve the energy delivery challenges of the modern world.

Your potential will be realized, and you'll feel a real sense of purpose and satisfaction knowing you have a pivotal role to play in delivering the energy of the future to the people who need it today.

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For further information contact Darren Butler Network Assurance Supervisor on 0427414068