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CitiPower and Powercor are seeking a System Operations Generation Specialist in Melbourne, VIC, AU. This role is responsible for installing, commissioning, operating, and maintaining mobile plant, including generation assets, to support the electricity network during planned and unplanned outages. Key responsibilities include coordinating plant deployment, conducting HV/LV switching, providing technical leadership, and mentoring personnel on generator operations. The position requires an engineering or electrical qualification and demonstrated experience with electrical plant and HV/LV switching operations.
About us
At CitiPower and Powercor, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 1.3 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people. As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand. If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.
About the role
The System Operations Generation Specialist is responsible for installing, commissioning, operating, and maintaining mobile plant to support planned and unplanned network outages, or network loading constraints. Mobile plant includes mobile or embedded generation assets, mobile regulators and other ancillary equipment. to support distribution network load during planned and unplanned outages, and during fault restoration. The role is responsible for coordination of deployment of plant including scheduling and assessing plant requirements as well as undertaking HV and LV switching to facilitate deployment of mobile plant.
The role provides technical leadership for mobile plant and generator management including development and maintenance of associated procedures and documentation, mentoring other personnel on generator operations.
Base location for this role is negotiable, however frequent travel across Melbourne and Regional Victoria is required.
This position is covered by the Powercor & CitiPower & ASU, PA UWU Enterprise Agreement. The salary range for this role is Pay Point 20 ($147,328) – Pay Point 24 ($172,391) + 13% of super + allowances.
For more information on the role’s responsibilities, please click here to download the position description.
Key Responsibilities
What you’ll need from day one
Key benefits
We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow. Some of our benefits include hybrid work options, purchased leave, 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave, health and wellbeing subsidiary, career development and planning opportunities, and exclusive discounts. Visit our company website to learn more.
Diversity, equity & inclusion to support a fair workplace for all
We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we’re working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. Explore our partnership with Work180.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise how people from marginalised groups can face extra barriers and self-select out of recruitment processes. With this in mind, we’re committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.
What’s next
Submit your application via our careers’ website by 13 July 2026, including a copy of the following:
To make a confidential reasonable adjustment query, please contact Luke Castro from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au
Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.
We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to succeed. By making sure our workplace is physically and mentally safe, so that our people can be their authentic selves, share their unique perspectives and can thrive.
