Regulation and Access - Advisor (Power Networks) - Sydney

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GHD is one of the world’s leading engineering professional services companies. Our global network of over 9,000 employees operates in the energy and resources, water, property and buildings, environment, transportation markets and more.

With our exciting new GHD Advisory business, we are expanding our service offering beyond engineering to meet our clients’ business needs.

GHD Advisory partners closely with the broader GHD business to leverage its strong technical expertise, deep understanding of clients’ business and assets, global connected network and executive-level industry relationships. We provide innovative strategies and commercial solutions to enable clients to optimise performance across the entire business lifecycle.

Our team of highly experienced engineers, economists, asset-management professionals, business consultants and industry specialists provide:

• Risk, assurance and regulation services to empower clients to navigate through the ever-changing and complex business world.
• Transactions and due-diligence advisory services, business case (including finance and economics), strategic and commercial advice, logistics and infrastructure policy to assist clients’ with their decision-making processes
• Asset management and optimisation services to maximise the performance of clients’ assets

GHD Advisory operates globally. Our advisors provide services to clients across Australia, New Zealand, UK, USA, Canada, North Africa and Asia-Pacific.

The Regulation and Access team works with our clients throughout Australia and New Zealand to provide economic regulation and access advisory services to regulators and regulated businesses in the power network, water, gas, rail, and port sectors.  This team is currently seeking an Advisor (Power Networks) to commence in GHD’s Sydney (St Leonard’s) office.

As an Advisor (Power Networks) in the team, you will be responsible for:

• Advising on implementing economic-regulation policy that relates to power transmission and distribution networks (e.g. by considering the National Electricity Rules and recent AER determinations)

• Supporting prudency and efficiency reviews of capital and operating costs of power networks and other infrastructure sectors

• Developing spreadsheet models to assess the efficiency of utility expenditure or to determine the value of assets (e.g. via a Depreciated Optimised Replacement Cost method)

• Advising on real and nominal cost escalators for utility expenditure and infrastructure

• Supporting the development of business cases for power-network infrastructure expenditure

• Advising on access arrangements, such as connections to power network infrastructure.

• Supporting the development of network models for constraint analysis and marginal loss factor analysis in SINCAL.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Ideally, have a double degree in Electrical Engineering and Economics/Commerce/Business or a degree in Electrical or Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a further qualification in Economics/Commerce/Business.

• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Have high attention to detail

• Enjoy building networks and working with others

• Be passionate about a career in consultancy

• Have a desire to work in a multidisciplinary environment

• Be comfortable with interstate travel.

 What can GHD do for your career?

• Exposure to a wide variety of projects
• Access to industry leading specialists
• Learn in a multidisciplinary working environment
• Continual on-the-job coaching and development
• Integrated professional development through the GHD Business School
• Career development assignments (local, domestic and international), and
• Networking and development opportunities through our Young Professionals Group

How do you apply?

Please follow the link below.

Please allow for up to 20 minutes to complete the application forms.  All applications require a resume and transcript in PDF format.

Eligibility for this role requires permanent Australian working rights.