Leadership in energy
Leadership in energy
YEP Sydney are collaborating with Young Engineers Australia to deliver an event that walks through the variety of career pathways available to an engineer within the energy industry.
YEP Sydney are collaborating with Young Engineers Australia to deliver an event that walks through the variety of career pathways available to an engineer within the energy industry.
As Australia transitions from traditional energy resources into renewables, so too will the demand of skills and careers. Today's young engineers are tasked with a similar challenge of applying their traditional engineering academic learnings into a rapidly changing industry and the pathways it offers.
This event will look into the diverse career pathways engineers have taken within the energy sector, showcasing how they've transferred their technical engineering university degrees into a career in the energy space.
Date: Tuesday 24 October 2023
Start Time: 6:00pm for a 6:30pm start AEDT
End Time: 8:00pm AEDT
Cost: Free for Members and Non-Members
Venue: Engineers Australia, 44 Market Street , Sydney NSW, 2000
Jony Kaushik
Engineer, System Planning at Transgrid
Jony Kaushik has been working as an Engineer in the System Planning team at Transgrid since August last year. In his current role, he facilitates the integration of major renewable energy projects to the Transgrid network by performing technical assessments and analysing the impact of proposed connections. He started working at Transgrid as a graduate engineer shortly after graduating with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from The University of Sydney, majoring in Power Systems. As a part of the graduate development program, he rotated through different teams across the company, garnering experience across various aspects of the power industry such as network operations, project development and asset management.
Shira Samocha
Modelling Manager of System Planning and REZs, AEMO Services
Shira Samocha is the Modelling Manager in ASL’s System Planning and Renewable Energy Zones team. In this role she is responsible for coordinating electricity market modelling exercises for the purposes of supporting ASL’s functions and decision making, working closely with AEMO’s modelling teams. Before joining ASL, Shira worked in the NSW Government on modelling to inform energy policy, including modelling to inform the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap and the design of Long Term Energy Service Agreements. Her background is in electricity market modelling and renewable energy engineering.
Sera Tarpis
Operational Distributed Energy Resource Management, AEMO
Sera Tarpis is an Engineer in the Operational DER Management team at AEMO, looking at minimum system load and DER contingency procedures, and operational integration of DER. She studied a bachelor of Renewable Energy Engineering (Hons) at UNSW and has experience in training engineers and electricians to install solar projects. Her experience at AEMO includes projects in systems performance, electricity market operations, DER compliance, UFLS remediation, and stakeholder relations.
Cem Akkoc
Developer, Iberdrola
Cem Akkoc is a Development Analyst at Iberdrola Australia. Cem graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from UTS in 2019, and his career so far has encompassed diverse roles, including hands-on experience in operations & maintenance, as an electricity spot trader, and in project development. Beyond his professional pursuits, he embraces a passion for bushwalking, cycling, and frisbee throwing, driven by a resolute commitment to protecting the natural splendor of his cherished homeland.
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