Senior SCADA Engineer
AGL
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Melbourne • Australia
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About the role
- Provide technical leadership and optimisation of SCADA and control systems for AGL’s Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and other gas & renewable assets, ensuring reliable operations through innovative solutions and industry-standard compliance
- Champion strategic operating, dispatch, and maintenance approaches
- Deliver SCADA support services, ensuring system availability and seamless Dispatch Centre integration
- Conduct system health checks, daily monitoring, and change management
- Provide subject matter expertise during major projects, from construction through commissioning
- Configure and maintain SCADA systems, telemetry, HMI, control systems, and data networks
- Embed AGL's Life Saving Rules and HSE practices into all activities
Requirements
- Tertiary degree in Electrical, Control Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field
- Proven experience as an Electrical/Control Systems Engineer in heavy industrial SCADA environments
- Expertise in managing distributed assets and implementing strategic operational initiatives
- Strong HSE regulatory knowledge
- Understanding of National Electricity Rules and regulatory frameworks
- Ability to support and guide diverse, remote operator teams
- Experience scoping and delivering large-scale projects
- Chartered Registration with Engineers Australia (current or obtainable)
- Functional Safety qualifications (desirable)
Benefits
- Reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process
- Respect the privacy of those who choose not to disclose
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SCADAcontrol systemsBattery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)telemetryHMIdata networkschange managementsystem health checksstrategic operational initiativeslarge-scale project delivery
Soft Skills
technical leadershipinnovative solutionsguiding remote teamschampioning maintenance approachessubject matter expertisecommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilityattention to detail
Certifications
Tertiary degree in Electrical EngineeringTertiary degree in Control Systems EngineeringTertiary degree in MechatronicsChartered Registration with Engineers AustraliaFunctional Safety qualifications