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For more than 175 years, we've been helping customers become more sustainable, efficient and resilient through innovative electrification, automation and digitalisation solutions.\nWithin our Smart Infrastructure business, we are shaping the future of Australia's energy infrastructure, delivering market-leading technologies that help customers build smarter, safer and more reliable power networks.\nDue to continued growth, we have an exciting opportunity for a Protection Support Specialist to join our Electrification & Automation team based in our brand-new offices in Cremorne, Melbourne.\nReporting to the Service Operations Manager, you'll play a key role in supporting customers across Australia by providing expert technical advice, troubleshooting complex protection systems, and delivering engineering support throughout the entire asset lifecycle. This is an excellent opportunity to work with industry-leading technologies, collaborate with global experts, and make a real impact on Australia's critical infrastructure.\nAbout the role\nAs a Protection Support Specialist within the Siemens Australia Customer Care team, you will be the technical expert supporting our Medium Voltage (MV) Protection portfolio. Working closely with customers, service teams, project engineers and our global Siemens network, you'll diagnose issues, deliver technical solutions, support commissioning activities and contribute to the continuous improvement of our products and services.\nThis role offers a diverse mix of technical support, engineering, commissioning and customer engagement, making it ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges while building strong customer relationships.\nKey responsibilities\n Provide technical support and troubleshooting for Siemens Medium Voltage protection systems, managing customer support cases through to resolution.\n Perform fault analysis, root cause investigations and recommend corrective actions to maximise system performance and reliability.\n Collaborate with Siemens factories, Global R&D, customers and internal stakeholders to resolve complex technical issues.\n Deliver protection system engineering including design, testing, commissioning, Design-to-Order activities and local product adaptations.\n Support project delivery and tendering activities by providing specialist protection engineering expertise.\n Develop technical documentation, engineering reports and deliver training for customers and internal teams.\n Conduct periodic reviews of protection equipment performance and recommend continuous improvement initiatives.\n Ensure compliance with Siemens engineering standards, quality requirements and safety procedures.\n Participate in a 24/7 on-call support roster (additional allowance applies).\n About you\nYou are a technically strong engineer who enjoys working directly with customers to solve complex protection and automation challenges. 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