Aspen Tech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including Aspen Tech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization, and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks.

The Role

As Senior Project Engineer located in our Sydney office in Macquarie Park, you will perform a key role working within project teams to devise and implement complex solutions to meet the needs of utilities in the energy transmission, distribution, and generation business.

This position works in a challenging and fast-paced environment and provides opportunity for engineers to expand their technical knowledge in all aspects of the energy utility industry by solving complex, real-world issues for our customer base using the tools, processes, and training OSI provides.

Your Impact

• Provide mentoring and technical guidance including overseeing activities of less experienced engineers;
• Evaluate contract specifications and define project requirements;
• Communicate detailed software enhancement requirements to the internal departments as needed;
• Design, plan, integrate, test, and commission SCADA systems, either in EMS/GMS or ADMS space, while at the same time be able to report technical details to the Project Manager and internal stakeholders;
• Create project documentation as needed including descriptions of specific customer requirements;
• Work on several projects in parallel in a fast-paced environment;
• Conduct trainings at Customer site and in OSI premises;
• Build lasting relationships with customers through professional, efficient, pleasant, and helpful communication;
• Develop leadership capacity through a supportive and engaging culture.

What You'll Need

• Australian Citizen or Permanent resident with full working rights, preferably based in Sydney;
• Ability to attend the office in Macquarie Park, Sydney on a flexible basis, and prepared to travel to customer sites across the region when required;
• 5+ years of related experience in utility industry with one or more of SCADA, Energy Management System (EMS), Distribution Management System (DMS), Outage Management System (OMS) or DERMS;
• Preferably this experience shall come from Australian or New Zealand based utilities, consultancy companies or international vendors;
• Bachelor's degree either in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering or a related field of engineering;
• Strong technical background in automation and computer control systems and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Knowledge of electric utilities & power systems operations, communications with field devices (i.e. RTU, IED, etc.), relational databases and operating systems and/or network engineering;
• Excellent organization, interpersonal, communication, reporting and planning skills;
• Have a natural curiosity and desire to leverage your expertise to develop other team members and improve work environment;
• Effectively influence others to assist achieve objectives more efficiently;
• Strong commitment to providing superior customer service;
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to clearly express technical concepts verbally and in writing.