Manager Solution Design and Engineering

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Essential Energy is an organisation that values your voice, empowers your autonomy, recognises the strength in diversity, and prioritises your well-being while offering attractive remuneration and benefits. Take pride in having a meaningful impact on regional, rural and remote communities while being a pivotal player in the energy industry's future.

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Manager Solution Design and Engineering to join our Assets and Digital division as part of the Digital Solutions branch. This pivotal role will lead the establishment and enhancement of key digital delivery competencies within the organisation. You will drive strategic direction and operational excellence across Business Analysis, Testing, Transition Management, and other digital engineering functions. Your leadership will ensure the delivery of high-quality, innovative solutions that align with Essential Energy’s goals and regulatory requirements. You will provide strategic advice, guidance, and support to senior stakeholders and subject matter experts, ensuring that digital initiatives and projects are aligned with enterprise-wide architecture.

Key responsibilities :

Provide strong leadership and strategic direction in the establishment and management of a team of technology professionals, facilitating capability uplift to support organisational objectives and continuous maturity growth

Lead the establishment and management of competencies across Business Analysis, Testing, Transition Management, and other digital engineering roles

Ensure the adoption of Agile frameworks and tools across relevant teams

Collaborate with other delivery teams to ensure fit-for-purpose resource allocation on projects and programs

Provide technical guidance and support through the technology delivery cycle

Ensure the training and skills uplift across the competencies, aligned with Essential Energy’s key digital competencies

Ensure resource forecasts, management and recruiting are aligned to the business need and strategic direction under a competency model

Seamlessly integrate external capacity into teams and projects utilising external partners

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive successful delivery

This is a fixed term opportunity for 12 months.  This role can be based anywhere within Essential Energy’s operational footprint with Port Macquarie being the desired location.

About You

You are a seasoned professional with a strong background in software development and delivery management roles. You possess excellent leadership and team management abilities, with a proven track record of leading and motivating cross-functional teams. Your technical expertise in Agile and DevOps methodologies, along with your project management skills, will be crucial in planning, risk management, and resource allocation. You are familiar with emerging technologies like cloud computing, big data, and AI, and have knowledge of architecting and engineering cloud-based solutions.

• Project management skills, including planning, risk management, and resource allocation.
• Knowledge of architecting and engineering cloud-based solutions.
• Strong technical expertise in Agile and DevOps methodologies.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Strong time management and organisational skills.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies like cloud computing, big data, and AI.

Required Qualifications

Why Essential Energy

We offer competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience.

Essential Energy provides employees with a broad range of employee benefits through our corporate partnerships with organisations such as Qantas, Optus, nib and Mildura Health Fund. You will also gain access to our Health and Wellbeing programs including fitness passport. Visit our employee benefits page for more information.

We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for All Women .

We’re a business with a huge range of operational and corporate roles aimed at connecting our communities.

As a pivotal player in the energy future of NSW and the country – we cover 95% of NSW and parts of southern QLD - we are an organisation with a wider variety of roles than you may first think.

Whether you want to work remotely, in a coastal region or rurally, we will invest in you, develop you and help you shape a career in energy that will give you future opportunities you may never have realised in a sector where there is so much to explore.

For further information please contact Catherine Gordon – General Manager Digital Solutions  on 0428 595 295.

Applications close on 16 July 2025  at 11 : 55pm.

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Building a better energy future.

Essential Energy is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages applicants to apply regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. As an organisation, our aim is to champion inclusivity in the workplace and celebrate the difference in all our employees.

At Essential Energy, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply to Essential Energy (including alternate formats of application forms or alternate ways for accessibility). To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact  careers@essentialenergy.com.au  or call us on 1800 255 777.