# Principal Engineering Technician

Principal Engineering Technician - Permanent Full Time - Perth Bring your high-voltage expertiseto the next phase of Western Australia’s energy transition. We’reseeking an experienced Principal Engineering Technician to provide specialist technical advice and leadership across Western Power’s transmission primary plant assets. This newly created role within our Asset Performance team comes at an exciting time for Western Power’s transmission network, with a growing pipeline of work over the coming years. You’llapply your expertiseacross major primary plant including, circuit breakers, disconnectors, switchboards, instrument transformersand reactors, supporting the safe and reliable performance of critical new network assets, and their Life cycle readiness. For an experienced HV professional, this is an opportunity to stay close to the technical work while stepping into a role with broader influence, providingspecialist guidance, mentoring othersand contributing to how primary plant assets are managed across the network. Your Role in Action Carry out technical inspections, prepare reports and recommendations, and coordinate the actions requiredto address identified issues, on newly

- **Id**: 4005694
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/western-power-principal-engineering-technician>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Perth, Australia
- **Countries**: AU
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T07:00:20Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T18:24:47Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5266
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Gym membership, Health insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Power Grid

## Company

- **Id**: 40900
- **Name**: Western Power
- **Domain**: westernpower.com.au
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/western-power>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T07:00:20Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 14
- **Reasons**: conf:10, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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