Team Lead – Pre Contracts Engineering

Aggreko plc; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Competitive compensation

Paid training & tuition reimbursement

Safety-focused culture

Community volunteering program

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Aggreko plc is seeking a Team Lead – Pre Contracts Engineering to head the technical development, engineering evaluation, and pre-contract activities for the IPP Solutions portfolio across Australia and the APAC region. The role is based in Melbourne with hybrid work arrangements and a focus on delivering technically robust, commercially viable solutions.

You will drive opportunity assessment, bid support, due diligence, cost estimation, and customer engagement while coordinating with multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (ideally CPEng or post graduate).
• Demonstrated leadership of complex bid pursuits.
• ~10 years' experience in power generation, renewables, utilities, transmission, or major infra projects.
• Extensive experience with renewable energy and/or BESS projects.
• Experience across solar PV, thermal, wind, and hybrid power systems is ideal.
• Significant experience in project development, pre-contracts, bid management, owner's engineering, EPC, IPP, or developer environments.
• Strong understanding of grid connection modelling.
• Technical understanding of grid connection processes, power systems, and electrical infrastructure.
• Experience developing project cost estimates, technical proposals, and investment-grade concepts.
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of project finance drivers.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the pre-contracts engineering function and deliver robust, commercially competitive solutions.
• Lead opportunity assessment, project development, bid support, and technical due diligence.
• Collaborate with BD, Commercial, Legal, Engineering, and Operations teams to align with objectives.
• Act as technical lead through pursuit, guiding strategy and customer discussions.
• Provide engineering guidance during development, commissioning, and operations.
• Lead development of microgrid and grid connection strategies for projects.
• Review network requirements, compliance obligations, and constraints.
• Manage power system consultants and studies.
• Engage with AEMO, TNSPs, DNSPs, NSPs, consultants, and regulators.
• Oversee GPS development and compliance strategies.
• Assess risks related to system strength, network access, and grid performance.

Skills

Leadership

Bid management

Project development

Grid connection modelling

Power systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

CPEng / post graduate qualification

Job description

Bring your energy to Aggreko as Team Lead – Pre Contracts Engineering based in Melbourne. You’ll lead the technical development, engineering evaluation, and pre-contracts activities for Aggreko's IPP Solutions portfolio across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Power without pause. Heating, cooling and oil-free air without end. We keep our customers’ worlds on. From world-class events that last a few weeks to mining operations and remote communities who rely on us for decades.

What you’ll do as Team Lead – Pre Contracts Engineering:

• Provide leadership to the pre-contracts engineering function and be accountable for developing technically robust, commercially competitive, and deliverable solutions for renewable energy, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), thermal generation, hybrid energy, and grid-connected power projects.

• Opportunity assessment, project development, bid support, technical due diligence, cost estimation, risk management, and customer engagement.

• Work closely with Business Development, Commercial, Legal, Engineering, Project Delivery, Operations, and Asset Management teams, the Team Lead ensures opportunities are effectively evaluated, risks are understood, and proposals are aligned with Aggreko's technical, financial, and strategic objectives.

• Act as technical lead throughout the pursuit phase, establishing solution strategies, managing technical inputs, leading customer-facing engineering discussions, and supporting project negotiations through to contract award and handover.

• Provide engineering guidance throughout development, project commissioning, and operations.

• Lead development of microgrid and grid connection strategies for prospective projects.

• Review network requirements, compliance obligations, and technical constraints.

• Manage power system consultants and specialist studies.

• Support engagement with AEMO, TNSPs, DNSPs, NSPs, consultants, and regulatory stakeholders.

• Provide technical oversight of Generator Performance Standards (GPS) development and compliance strategies.

• Assess project risks associated with system strength, network access, grid compliance, and network performance requirements.

You are / have:

• A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, ideally holding a CPEng and/or post graduate qualification.

• Demonstrated leadership of complex bid pursuits.

• Minimum of approx. 10 years' experience in power generation, renewable energy, utilities, transmission, or major infrastructure projects.

• Extensive experience with renewable energy and/or Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects.

• Ideally also have experience across solar PV, thermal generation, wind, and hybrid power systems.

• Significant experience in project development, pre-contracts, bid management, owner's engineering, EPC, IPP, or developer environments.

• Strong understanding of grid connection modelling

• Technical understanding of grid connection processes, power systems, and electrical infrastructure

• Experience developing project cost estimates, technical proposals, and investment-grade project concepts.

• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of project finance drivers.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• Opportunity to be a part of the delivery of a land mark Renewable Power Projects

• Hybrid work arrangements

• Competitive compensation

• Paid training programs and tuition reimbursement

• Safety-focused culture

• Community volunteering program

• A range of career development opportunities

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Equal employment opportunity

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.