Senior Planning Engineer

Hunter Philips Executive Search; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunter Philips Executive Search is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer to lead and review complex planning and connection assessments within Western Australia’s energy landscape. You will translate detailed analyses into clear recommendations for confident decision-making.

You will provide senior technical direction, lead planning investigations, and support grid transformation initiatives. Strong leadership, communication, and risk assessment skills are essential to drive informed decisions

Qualifications

• Experience in distribution network planning and technical leadership.
• Ability to lead complex engineering investigations and assess risk.
• Strong communication to translate analysis into recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level technical direction for complex network planning activities.
• Lead distribution planning investigations, assessments, and engineering recommendations.
• Evaluate planning solutions through detailed technical analysis including risk assessments.
• Support grid transformation and customer connection initiatives with expert planning advice.
• Translate technical analysis into proposed solutions, risks and recommendations for managers and stakeholders.
• Influence internal and external stakeholders through evidence-based technical guidance.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Power systems

Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering

Tools

DigSILENT PowerFactory

Job description

A good career opportunity has presented for you to lead and review complex planning and connection assessments associated with the rapidly changing energy landscape within Western Australia.

As Senior Planning Engineer you will provide engineering expertise and technical direction to translate complex analysis into clear recommendations that support confident decision-making.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide senior-level technical direction and act as a senior technical escalation point for complex network planning activities.
• Lead distribution planning investigations, planning assessments, connection support material and engineering recommendations.
• Evaluate planning solutions through detailed technical analysis, including risk assessments
• Support major grid transformation, and customer connection initiatives by providing continuous expert planning advice and recommendations.
• Translate technical analysis into proposed solutions, risks and recommendations for managers and stakeholders.
• Influence internal and external stakeholders through clear, evidence-based technical advice.

What you will bring to this role

• Strong evidence demonstrating an experienced electrical engineer with significant expertise in distribution network planning and the technical judgement to lead complex engineering investigations.
• Strong senior-level engineering judgement, with the ability to conduct complex technical investigations, assess risk and provide solutions and recommendations.
• Strong power system study capabilities including load flow, fault level, voltage stability and network constraint analysis using modelling platforms.
• Demonstrated experience in technical leadership, mentoring and peer review.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to turn complex engineering analysis into clear solutions, recommendations and highlighting risks.

Qualifications and Requirements for this role

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering ideally with a Power Systems focus or related discipline.
• Progress toward Chartered Professional Engineer status through Engineers Australia, or equivalent professional standing, is desirable.
• Extensive experience in electricity network planning and power systems analysis working with utilities.
• Experience of using DigSILENT PowerFactory and similar power systems software applications.
• Full working rights in Australia, visa sponsorship is not supported for this role