Operational Readiness Engineer

Ventia; Cooma; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Snowy Hydro is look­ing for an Operational Readiness Engineer to bridge engineering execution with enterprise systems and the handover to operations on the Snowy 2.0 project. You’ll coordinate readiness activities, support documentation, and maintenance strategy development to ensure a safe, seamless transition.

You’ll partner with Engineering, Commissioning, Asset Management, and Quality teams, maintaining dashboards and KPIs for clear leadership visibility and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field plus significant field experience in large-scale projects.
• Experience on large-scale industrial, energy, mining, or major infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to bridge technical engineering with business processes and systems (e.g., Aconex, asset management systems).
• Strong track record in operational transition, commissioning support, maintenance strategy reviews, or asset management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for cross-functional alignment.
• Ability to identify systemic gaps, handoff risks, and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Operational Readiness Coordination: Track milestones, registers, action logs, and risk mitigations across multiple workstreams.
• Technical & Asset Documentation: Ensure manuals, maintenance strategies, and instructions meet standards.
• Maintenance Strategy Development: Review asset maintenance strategies and spare parts requirements.
• Stakeholder Integration: Build relationships across Engineering, Commissioning, Asset Management, Quality, HSE, and Completions.
• Reporting & Assurance: Maintain dashboards, reports, and KPIs for leadership visibility.
• Support and enable handover from commissioning into operations.

Skills

Engineering knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Systems thinking

Technical integration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Aconex

ERP system

Job description

Snowy Hydro is a dynamic, integrated energy business that has been providing on-demand, reliable energy to Australia for generations. Snowy Hydro owns and operates a powerful combination of generation assets, including the iconic Snowy Hydro-electric Scheme, gas and diesel electricity generating plants, and contracted wind and solar energy in the National Electricity Market. We also provide electricity and gas to over 1.5 million retail customers through our retail brands Red Energy and Lumo Energy.

Snowy 2.0, currently under construction, is Australia's largest committed renewable energy project. This nation-building project will provide on-demand energy and large-scale storage for many generations to come.

About the position:

Are you ready to play a critical role in one of Australia’s largest and most iconic renewable energy infrastructure projects?

As an Operational Readiness Engineer on the Snowy 2.0 project, you will bridge the gap between engineering execution, enterprise software systems, and operational transition. Reporting directly to the Operational Readiness Manager, you’ll lead the charge in ensuring assets, technical documentation, and cross-functional teams are fully prepared to transition safely and seamlessly from commissioning into operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Operational Readiness Coordination: Support and execute the Snowy 2.0 Operational Readiness Framework, tracking key milestones, registers, action logs, and risk mitigations across multiple workstreams.

Technical & Asset Documentation: Partner with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), engineering leads, and vendors to ensure O&M manuals, maintenance strategies, and technical instructions meet operational standards.

Maintenance Strategy Development: Facilitate cross-functional reviews of asset maintenance strategies and spare parts requirements to ensure maintenance can be executed from day one.

Stakeholder Integration: Build collaborative working relationships across Engineering, Commissioning, Asset Management, Quality, HSE, and Completions teams.

Reporting & Assurance: Maintain operational readiness dashboards, reports, and KPIs, ensuring clear visibility for project leadership and smooth transition at handover.

About the location:

This role is located at our Head Office in Cooma, NSW working a standard Monday to Friday work week. If you’re not local to the area, we can look at relocation or a FIFO arrangement for the right candidate.

About you:

Education: Tertiary qualification in Engineering (or related discipline) OR a relevant trade qualification paired with significant field/industry experience.

Experience: Previous experience working on large-scale industrial, energy, mining, or major infrastructure projects (Power Generation or Hydro experience highly regarded).

Technical Integration: Proven capability in bridging technical engineering challenges with business processes and systems (e.g., Aconex, asset management systems).

Systems & Documentation Expertise: Strong track record in operational transition, commissioning support, maintenance strategy reviews, or asset management.

Big-Picture Analytical Mindset: Ability to step back from technical detail to spot systemic gaps, handoff risks, and process improvements across multidisciplinary teams.

Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of driving cross-functional alignment

About our workforce:

Diversity and inclusion is important to us: Snowy Hydro has a culture of decency and inclusion, with a commitment to the health and wellbeing of our people and a supportive environment to ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can succeed. At Snowy Hydro, we recognise that we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each individual brings, and we believe in providing an environment that allows that uniqueness to thrive.

Snowy Hydro is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.