Engie

The Opportunity:

Excellent new opportunity for an entry level People Officer to join our Culture & Capability team to provide administration and project support with a high level of confidentiality, maturity and professionalism. 

The People Officer will be customer focussed and is responsible for activities related to the recruitment and onboarding of new employees, learning and development, diversity, equity and inclusion as well as support the People Leadership team with the implementation of strategic initiatives and projects. 

The incumbent will have exposure and development opportunities in different facets of human resources and will have the opportunity to grow their people career with us.

This role will report to the Head of Culture & Capability and can be worked flexibly from the office and home – hybrid work model.

Reasonable requests for part time work will be considered.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare employment contracts and new starter administration.
• Assist with recruitment, onboarding and induction activities.
• Administer and maintain ENGIE’s internal learning management system (LMS), including creating and updating courses, assigning learners, tracking progress, and generating reports.
• Respond to employee inquiries and requests and provide general information and assistance on people policies and procedures and management of the team central email.
• Coordination and support of people team related meetings, workshops and events, including for diversity, equity and inclusion.
• People team invoicing and budget support.

About You:

To be successful in this role, you will have previous experience in human resources administration and have knowledge and understanding of human resources regulatory and compliance requirements. You are able to work independently and collaborate as part of a team with excellent written communication skills with good attention to details.

Next Steps:

If you have the relevant experience and interested in the role, apply with a covering letter to address each of the key responsibilities and an up-to-date resume.

Only applicants with unlimited work rights in Australia will be considered.

Please note we consider applications on an ongoing basis and therefore encourage you to apply at your earliest opportunity.

Government and some client directions regarding vaccination against COVID-19 apply to various aspects of ENGIE’s work across Australia. If your application is successful, ENGIE may require you to provide evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 as necessary to comply with any such government and client directions that apply to your work in this position.

ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, religion, marital status, health, disability or political opinions. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people of the LGBTIQA+ community are encouraged to apply. Our differences are our strengths!

About ENGIE Australia & New Zealand:

ENGIE has operated in Australia since 1996 and is supporting the transition to a carbon-neutral economy by providing energy solutions to households, businesses and communities.

Globally, ENGIE has been driving innovation for more than 180 years. Today, ENGIE is changing the face of energy and services by creating and developing a diverse range of energy solutions, supported by global expertise, and delivered by local teams who understand their local markets.

In Australia we have an ambitious goal – to achieve net zero by 2045 by deploying renewable energy, hydrogen, storage and e-mobility infrastructure at pace, while leading the transformation from coal-fired power to a clean energy future at our Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project.

We have more than 1,000MW of low-carbon generation capacity and almost 3,000MW of renewable energy under development. Our retail business has more than 700,000 customer accounts across Australia.

ENGIE’s trading arm, Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) provides low-energy supply agreements, energy trading, risk management and asset management services to business customers.

Our Business Units

Thermal & Supply

• Simply Energy is one of Australia’s fastest growing energy retailers, with more than 700,000 electricity and gas customer accounts in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland.
• Simply Energy offers simple and affordable energy plans for Australian households and businesses.
• They offer 100% carbon neutral plans certified by Climate Active where carbon emissions are offset from energy usage.
• Our gas power plants in South Australia are an essential component of our strategy to achieve a sustainable energy future, and we remain committed to optimizing their performance and reducing emissions while we invest in the energy systems of tomorrow.
• The Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project is a dedicated business stream leading the safe, stable and sustainable rehabilitation of the former Hazelwood Power Station and Mine, which ceased operation in 2017.

Renewables

• With 165MW of operating wind farms in South Australia and 3000MW of identified pipeline of solar, wind and large-scale batteries under development, ENGIE is making a sizeable contribution to the progress of renewable energy production in Australia.
• We strive for operational excellence in all aspects of green hydrogen production, including process design, equipment selection, and when up and operational in the optimization of our asset infrastructure. ENGIE and Mitsui are developing one of the world’s first industrial-scale renewable hydrogen projects to provide feedstock into Yara Pilbara Fertilisers' (Yara) existing ammonia operations near Karratha in Western Australia.

Energy Solutions

• ENGIE is building the future of electric vehicle fast charging stations in Australia for both fleets and the public. ENGIE is aiming to be operating 300 charging points across Australia by 2024. With approximately 1,000 charge points scheduled to be installed by 2025, this will mean the ENGIE public rapid charger network will be accessible within 10km for around 80% of the Australian population, and our Fleet network will be helping business and government to accelerate their decarbonisation goals.

Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS)

• GEMS provides energy supply solutions and risk management services to support its clients through their decarbonization journey, while optimizing ENGIE’s assets and contributing to value creation.
• ENGIE is leading the Australian green corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) market, with several high-profile partnerships including Coles, Pepsi, L’Oréal Australia, Sanitarium, Veolia and NAB.
• Ensures a secure and sustainable energy future for B2B clients in line with a low carbon strategy by supporting customers in the transition towards a carbon neutral economy by offering them innovative, competitive and green solutions. As well as through providing best in class risk management services tailored to our customers’ individual needs.
• GEMS has expertise in energy supply and global commodities; risk management and market access; green & low carbon solutions; and asset management and flexibility services.