{"id":21572,"date":"2023-10-02T10:19:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/?p=21572"},"modified":"2023-10-02T10:19:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:19:42","slug":"kickstart-an-electrifying-career-as-an-engineer-at-powerlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/kickstart-an-electrifying-career-as-an-engineer-at-powerlink\/","title":{"rendered":"Kickstart an Electrifying Career as an Engineer at Powerlink!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s definitely more than one way to spark your career path &#8211; and Powerlink has plenty of opportunities to discover!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dani Saunders\u00a0, Secondary Systems Support Engineer and Mitch Grapes, Development Engineer with Powerlink, share their career paths, the opportunities for professional growth they\u2019ve received and how Powerlink supports everyone to be the best they can be.!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us as we catch up with Dani and Mitch to learn:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who Powerlink are, where they operate and the services they offer.<\/li>\n<li>What Dani and Mitch\u2019s roles involve, and how they each got started with their careers at Powerlink through their different early career pathways.<\/li>\n<li>What a typical day might look like, and the different projects and tasks they support.<\/li>\n<li>What their academic pathways to becoming an engineer looked like.<\/li>\n<li>What the overall team culture and workplace dynamic are like.<\/li>\n<li>How Powerlink is helping break down the traditional gender barriers and supporting a more gender diverse sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dani\u2019s a prime example that women are shaking things up and finding their way into exciting and diverse industries.!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We loved hearing about the variety of options to kickstart an electrifying career at Powerlink from both of these superstars!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definitely don\u2019t miss this one!<\/p>\n<div class=\"o-fluid-object o-fluid-object--4by3\" data-aspectratio=\"0.66667\"><iframe title=\"Kickstart an electrifying career as an Engineer at Powerlink!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5KwuQGtYAG0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Find Out More<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A leading Australian provider of high-voltage electricity transmission network services, Powerlink provides electricity to more than five million Queenslanders and 253,000 businesses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Powerlink network extends 1,700 km from Cairns to the New South Wales border. It comprises 15,345 circuit km of transmission lines and 147 substations! As part of the government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epw.qld.gov.au\/energyandjobsplan\">Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan<\/a>, Powerlink will play a key role in coordinating the integration of Renewable Energy Zones into the transmission network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Powerlink is invested in developing the future leaders and specialists of the energy industry &#8211; and they want to meet YOU! Head to their <a href=\"https:\/\/explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/employers\/powerlink-queensland\/?content=about\">exclusive Explore Careers profile<\/a> to learn more today.<\/p>\n<p>Same comment as I always flag &#8211; need to confirm these staff are aware of the external use of their last name and if they are comfortable with the use of it.\u00a0<a href=\"applewebdata:\/\/1251D284-1E27-45FA-81BF-E9DAC1B678EA#_msoanchor_1\">[HH1]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s definitely more than one way to spark your career path &#8211; and Powerlink has plenty of opportunities to discover! 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