Operations Intern

Mission

As an Operations Intern with a focus on Operations Dispatching in renewable power generation environment, you will join Neoen's state-of-the-art Operations Control Centre in Canberra. You will be involved in contributing to Neoen's control centre and how we optimise Neoen's renewable energy assets. This will help you gain experience in power systems, energy markets, and advanced technologies.

This position offers the opportunity to combine real-time operational responsibilities with the application of renewable engineering principles to enhance asset performance and ensure safe, efficient operations.

Your role will include learning how Neoen:

• monitors and controls Neoen's renewable energy assets via SCADA systems, ensuring safe and efficient operation.
• reacts to real-time events in the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM), addressing system alerts and notifications.
• interfaces with Transmission Network Service Providers (TNSPs), AEMO, and other entities to manage outages, generation constraints, and production/network conditions.
• analyses and optimise electrical performance, including power flow and dispatch solutions.
• collaborates with the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) teams to maximise asset availability and efficiency.
• monitor and respond to market activities using AEMO systems, ensuring compliance and maximising dispatch outcomes.
• executes re-bidding strategies to optimise energy generation based on prevailing market conditions.
• uses tools like VBA, Power BI, SQL, and Grafana to analyse operational data and develop solutions.
• assist in continuous improvement initiatives for OCC systems, procedures, and performance metrics.

As part of the 24/7 Control Centre team, you will contribute to:

• Writing and maintaining up to date departmental procedures and guided under the lead of OCC Manager and Team Leads;
• Data handling of reports and requests from OCC and Asset Managers
• Analysing assets operational data and providing first line reports to the Energy Management and Asset Management teams within Australia;
• Development of Grafana dashboards
• Continuous improvement of OCC systems, functions and procedures to deliver increased performance based on Key Performance Indicators.

As an intern, you will not be required to work night shifts, but if you are hired in the future after your internship, you must be prepared to work night shifts on a rotating basis to join the OCC team.

Profile

The candidate will need the following to be successful in this position:

• You are currently studying Renewable or Electrical engineering, Data Science or a similar field.
• You are familiar with the energy sector.
• You are comfortable with Excel and/ or basic coding, analysing data and communicating your results. You are rigorous and analytical.
• You are reliable, organised and team focused.
• You have a capacity to work under intense and constant operational pressure. Therefore, you can sustain the necessary concentration levels for long periods of time.
• You can self-regulate to maintain a healthy approach to a work of this nature, whilst delivering on the needs of the business.
• Your English is fluent (written and spoken).

We value diversity

Our complex projects benefit greatly from the input of people with a wide range of backgrounds, views, and skills. We welcome applications from anyone who shares our values and feels they could help us accelerate the energy transition.

Julie Duchesne

Group HR Director