Senior Power System Engineer – Renewable Grid Studies

Acerez Services Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ACEREZ is seeking a Power System Engineer (Power System Studies) to join our Sydney or Melbourne team. You will prepare, analyse and report on power system network studies for integrating wind, solar and BESS into the planned Central-West Orana REZ and the NEM.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, assess generator performance, and perform control integration and reports to support reliable grid connections. This role supports NSW Victoria REZ goals and NET Zero targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (Power & Control) required.
• 5+ years' experience with control integration and compliance assessment of synchronous machines and renewable projects (Wind, Solar, BESS).
• Experience performing generator connection studies in PSS/E and PSCAD for renewable and synchronous projects.

Responsibilities

• Integrate and assess dynamic generator or synchronous machine models in PSS/E or PSCAD.
• Run power system studies, analyse and document results.
• Fault find and problem solve elements within network models and software.
• Prepare technical reports as required.
• Undertake and report on the assessment of generators to meet performance standards.
• Control systems tuning for inverter-based generation and synchronous machines.
• Understand generator performance standards and how to assess them.
• Knowledge of power system stability characteristics and how to study them.
• Conduct system performance analysis and simulations using PSS/E and PSCAD.
• Technical report writing and collaboration within the engineering team.

Skills

Power System Studies

PSS/E

PSCAD

Generator performance assessment

Control integration

Python automation

Electrical engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (Power & Control)

Tools

PSS/E

PSCAD

Python

Job description

ACEREZ is seeking a Power System Engineer (Power System Studies) to join our Sydney or Melbourne team. You will prepare, analyse and report on power system network studies for integrating wind, solar and BESS into the planned Central-West Orana REZ and the NEM.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, assess generator performance, and perform control integration and reports to support reliable grid connections. This role supports NSW Victoria REZ goals and NET Zero targets.