Power Business Operations Lead
Australia, Brisbane
Parttime: 0 hrs a week
Experience: 4-6 Years
Infrastructure
Introduction
Brunel has exclusively partnered with a leading Australian energy infrastructure organisation to source an experienced Operations Strategy Lead - Power.
This is a rare chance to step into a high-profile strategic role where you will shape long-term planning across a diverse portfolio of power assets, including gas, solar, wind, and emerging technologies such as battery storage and HVDC.
About this role
Based in Brisbane, this permanent position offers the opportunity to influence key business decisions, lead strategic initiatives, and contribute directly to Australia's energy transition.
As Operations Strategy Lead, you will be responsible for developing system strategies, optimising capital allocation, coordinating regulatory inputs, and ensuring operational alignment with corporate strategy. You will work closely with senior leaders across the business, building frameworks that support risk-weighted, cost-effective asset management and future growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and coordinate Strategic Asset Management Plans (5+ years) for power and transmission assets, ensuring alignment with long-term corporate objectives
- Translate complex asset and operational data into actionable strategies that drive performance, resilience, and business value
- Coordinate the integration of business unit strategies into the overarching operations strategy, providing enterprise-wide consistency and clarity
- Provide operational and strategic input into economic regulatory processes, including Access Arrangements and Revenue Determinations
- Monitor and track the performance, risks, and opportunities of the power asset portfolio, reporting insights to senior leadership
- Lead and coordinate selected enterprise-wide strategic initiatives across operating and corporate functions
- Support the operating rhythm of the business, including workshops, management forums, and performance reporting
Is this you?
About You
You will be a strategic and commercially minded professional with a proven ability to operate across complex asset portfolios. Your background may include engineering, asset management, or operations, but your strength lies in your ability to connect long-term business strategy with practical, executable outcomes.
You will bring:
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence influencing at executive and operational levels
- Deep commercial and operational knowledge of power generation and transmission assets, including on-grid, remote, hybrid, and micro-grid systems
- Broad experience across open and combined-cycle gas turbines, reciprocating engines, solar, wind, grid-scale battery energy storage systems, and HVDC technology
- Strategic mindset with the ability to interpret complex data, anticipate risks, and identify growth opportunities
- Experience working with asset management frameworks, regulatory processes, budgeting, and financial planning
What we offer
This role provides a platform to influence the future of power operations in Australia. You will join a business that is at the forefront of energy infrastructure, innovation, and the energy transition, with a mandate to drive meaningful change across the sector.
- Exclusive opportunity through Brunel, not available through other agencies
- Contribute directly to Australia's energy transition by shaping strategies for renewable integration and future energy projects
- Work with a diverse portfolio across power, renewables, and transmission assets
- Permanent role with competitive remuneration, employee benefits, and career development pathways
- Inclusive and supportive workplace culture, with a strong focus on safety, innovation, and long-term growth
Do you have questions?
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the details of this role, please contact Timothy Chapman on 0409712680.