Team Lead - Power Grid Assets Australia

Purpose of the Role

You are an experienced engineer and people leader who enjoys bringing teams together to deliver great outcomes.

You are highly organised, proactive and collaborative, with a passion for developing people, building team culture and ensuring resources are deployed effectively. You are comfortable working across multiple stakeholders, balancing competing priorities and maintaining visibility of both current and future workload.

You have a technical background in power systems, transmission, distribution, substations, asset management or related infrastructure sectors, and are ready to take the next step in your leadership journey. Strong preference for candidates with a consulting background.

What will your typical day look like?

No two days are the same, but your focus will be on keeping the Australia Power Grid Assets team running efficiently and effectively.

You will:

Connect regularly with team members to support performance, development and wellbeing.

Work with Project Managers to understand current delivery needs and future resource requirements.

Engage with Key Account Managers, bid managers and technical experts to maintain visibility of upcoming opportunities and pipeline demand.

Coordinate resources across projects and proposals to ensure the right people are working on the right opportunities.

Monitor utilisation, workload and capacity, identifying potential risks or gaps before they impact delivery.

Support recruitment activities, onboarding and capability development.

Lead team meetings, facilitate collaboration and help build a positive and engaged team culture.

Work closely with the Head of Power Grid Assets APAC to support workforce planning and operational priorities.

• Wellbeing: DNV understands the importance of physical and mental wellbeing and aligned with our value of caring for our people, we have a ‘Be Well’ program in place.
• Bonus opportunity: We believe it is important to reward our employees with an annual discretionary profit scheme or sales incentive scheme – depending on your role.
• Insurances: DNV covers permanent employees for life and total permanent disability insurance as well as salary continuance insurance to safeguard you within our DNV Superannuation scheme.
• Parental and long service leave: DNV has a generous parental leave and long service leave policy.
• Hybrid work: We offer a hybrid work model to foster our culture while providing you with working flexibility.
• Professional membership: We will support you with membership fees for your relevant governing body applicable to your position.
• Social activities: To foster our culture, we enjoy regular social get togethers.

What is expected of you?

Success in this role means:

People

• Build a high-performing, engaged and collaborative team.
• Support employee development through regular coaching, feedback and career discussions.
• Foster an inclusive and positive team culture.
  

Resources

• Maintain strong visibility of team capacity, utilisation and workload.
• Ensure projects are appropriately resourced and resource conflicts are proactively managed.
• Support effective workforce planning and forecasting.
  

Stakeholder Management

• Build trusted relationships with project managers, account managers, proposal managers and technical experts.
• Act as the key coordination point between business needs and team capability.
• Maintain awareness of future opportunities and emerging resource requirements.
  

Recruitment & Growth

• Identify capability gaps and support recruitment activities.
• Help develop the future capability of the Australia team.
• Ensure the team is positioned to support current and future business needs.
  

Operations

• Keep the team organised, informed and focused.
• Identify operational risks early and work collaboratively to resolve them.
• Continuously look for ways to improve how the team operates and delivers value.
  

What does success look like after 12 months?

• The Australia team is engaged, motivated and performing well.
• Resource planning is proactive rather than reactive.
• Team utilisation and workload are well balanced.
• Stakeholders have confidence in the team's ability to deliver.
• Recruitment and capability development activities are aligned with future demand.
• The team is operating smoothly, efficiently and ready to support business growth.