Planning Engineer

Planning Engineer – Permanent Full Time – Perth CBD

Join our team as a Planning Engineer and help shape the future of our network.

You’ll identify network issues, design smart solutions, and turn strategic plans into actionable projects. You’ll also prepare business cases, planning reports, and implement technical criteria, all while ensuring projects are properly budgeted and approved.

Your Role in Action  

• Shape long-term and short-term investment proposals, ensuring they align with Western Power’s 50-year outlook, network strategy, and asset plans.
• Develop and maintain a 10-year Network Development Plan that addresses growth, asset needs, reliability, and major customer connections, clearly outlining risks and benefits to the business and community.
• Support the creation of efficient, data-driven business plans for network expansion and asset replacement within operational, financial, and regulatory frameworks.
• Design innovative solutions—both network and non-network—to resolve system constraints, and prepare robust business cases that demonstrate financial and commercial credibility.
• Contribute to Joint Planning Teams by providing expert technical input into option analysis and project scoping.
• Establish and improve technical criteria, frameworks, and processes to meet organisational and governance requirements, incorporating new technologies where appropriate.
• Assess the impact of new generators and loads on the network and integrate findings into planning.
• Evaluate technical solutions to planning challenges, including costing options that may support regulatory proposals.
• Conduct risk assessments and develop contingency plans to address delays, unexpected connections, and system limitations, while providing technical advice to System Management and Operations.
• Apply, review, and refine technical rules, policies, and planning criteria to guide network investment.
• Deliver accurate data and forecasts for investment proposals and provide technical support to asset and operations planning teams, including senior engineers and managers.

What Makes You a Great Fit 

• Degree Qualification in Engineering (Electrical)
• At least 4 to 5 years’ experience in planning, design, operation and maintenance of electricity transmission networks.
• Knowledge of performing load flow and dynamics studies in Powerfactory or equivalent software packages.
• Experience in Economic and Financial evaluation techniques.
• Well-developed written, verbal and presentation / communications skills

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including: 

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.  
• Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements. 
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. 
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. 
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. 
• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.  
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.
• Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Perth office and South Metro Depot, perfect for cyclists.

Applications close on 10th October 2025.

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Find out more about our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan. 

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