Job Satisfaction at Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)

In my current rotation - Development and maintenance of Grid control software systems. - Power system tool development - Configuration of SCADA systems - Deployment of new SCADA systems - General server administration

Engaging with internal SME's, external stakeholders and the market bodies as we all collectively work on regulatory change and designing the electricity and gas markets.

On the grad program I've covered a huge variety of different interesting work and yet have only scratched the surface of all of what AEMO does. I've been able to contribute content to three separate high profile public reports, I've been involved in stakeholder engagement, in the weeds in the engineering, knee deep in data exploration, putting together my own novel analysis of emerging issues, and so much more. I've learned everything I needed on the job, I have no background in the energy industry and I've picked it up along the way and fallen in love with it!

I'm in a connection's team, so I assist large generators to get connected to the grid.

My current role is very forward focused which makes it very interesting. I need to think creatively and get to have insightful discussions with people from my company and external stakeholders.

WA Market Operations is responsible for the day to day running of the WEM markets (settlements, participant queries, analysis and reporting). I take on a share of the team's responsibilities.

Throughout my rotations I did a range of responsibilities, ranging from BAU work, analytical work and power systems modelling