Principal Metering Engineer

Source; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

PLUS ES is recruiting a senior engineering authority to set technical direction for metering, data and grid-edge technologies. Based in Melbourne or Sydney, you will interact with executives and partner organisations, providing authoritative input while platform delivery remains with accountable teams.

This role emphasizes establishing architecture principles, governance and assurance frameworks, with significant influence on investment decisions and strategic partnerships in a complex,

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering or technical tertiary qualification, or equivalent demonstrated industry experience as a recognised technical authority in a complex regulated or asset‑intensive environment.
• Shaped technical standards, governance and assurance across metering, measurement, communications, energy or a comparable domain.

Responsibilities

• Set metering architecture principles, standards, decision rights and escalation pathways.
• Establish release, commissioning, laboratory and measurement assurance frameworks and accreditation evidence requirements.
• Lead assurance of systemic technical risks and present evidence, options and residual risk to executives.
• Govern responsible AI, engineering automation and data requirements, and shape R&D priorities and partnerships.
• Advise on investment and suppliers, develop senior technical capability and coordinate quality, accreditation and strategic-risk activities.

Job description

PLUS ES is entering an exciting new chapter. As it continues its journey as a leader in metering and data services, it is building smarter infrastructure solutions at the intersection of technology, service and sustainability, powering the energy and resource transition across Australia. This is an opportunity to help shape what PLUS ES becomes next, with a commitment to delivering the reliable, accurate data and insights a sustainable energy future depends on.

PLUS ES’s mission is to deliver smarter infrastructure and data to enable a sustainable tomorrow, and its vision is to keep innovating today for tomorrow’s energy challenges. Its values are Safety, Team, Customer, Innovation and Accountability.

About the Role

Be the recognised technical authority for metering engineering and adjacent digital, data and grid-edge technologies. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will set technical direction, decision rights, engineering standards and assurance frameworks across PLUS ES.

Based in Melbourne or Sydney, you will work with executives, Engineering, Product, Technology, suppliers and industry partners. This is technical leadership without direct reports. You will provide authoritative engineering input to enterprise architecture, while platform, API and integration delivery remain with the accountable technology teams.

Key Responsibilities

Set metering architecture principles, standards, decision rights and escalation pathways.

Establish release, commissioning, laboratory and measurement assurance frameworks and accreditation evidence requirements.

Lead assurance of systemic technical risks and present evidence, options and residual risk to executives.

Govern responsible AI, engineering automation and data requirements, and shape R&D priorities and partnerships.

Advise on investment and suppliers, develop senior technical capability and coordinate quality, accreditation and strategic-risk activities.

About You

You bring a relevant engineering or technical tertiary qualification, or equivalent demonstrated industry experience as a recognised technical authority in a complex regulated or asset-intensive environment. You have shaped technical standards, governance and assurance across metering, measurement, communications, energy or a comparable domain.

You can establish organisation-wide decision rights, lead systemic investigations and influence executive investment and risk decisions. You understand software, scripting, automation, analytics and responsible AI sufficiently to set technology-neutral requirements and assure critical solutions. Specialist metering expertise, postgraduate study and experience with energy-transition technologies, R&D portfolios or accreditation governance are desirable.

Why Apply?

Shape how a metering and data-services organisation makes its most significant engineering decisions. Bring together technical authority, innovation strategy, industry influence and senior capability development in work supporting the energy transition.

Please note: The successful candidate will be required to satisfactorily complete a criminal history check as part of the pre-employment screening process.

This organisation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.