About the role
The Asset Portfolio Investment Manager is responsible for leading the strategic management and optimisation of TransGrid’s prescribed asset investment portfolio across both capital and operational expenditure. This role ensures that investment decisions across the existing network are commercially sound, technically robust, and aligned with risk, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
You will take ownership of portfolio-level planning, investment prioritisation, and program optimisation, balancing Capex, Opex, risk, and lifecycle performance outcomes. Working across a complex matrix environment, you will partner closely with Asset directors, Finance, Engineering, Delivery, and Executive stakeholders to shape and deliver the annual Program of Work and long-term investment strategy.
About you
You are a commercially astute and technically credible asset or infrastructure leader with deep experience across the full asset lifecycle. You bring a strong track record in portfolio management, capital planning, or asset investment governance within complex, regulated infrastructure environments.
You are comfortable operating at both strategic and detailed levels—interpreting technical asset data, building investment narratives, and influencing senior stakeholders to support evidence-based decisions. You combine strong analytical capability with sound judgement and are confident managing competing priorities across large, multi-million-dollar programs.
You will bring:
This role sits at the centre of how TransGrid invests in, maintains, and evolves its transmission network. Every decision influences the reliability, affordability, and sustainability of critical energy infrastructure across NSW and beyond.
By ensuring that investment is targeted, prioritised, and optimised, you directly shape how effectively the network supports Australia’s energy transition. The role ensures scarce capital is directed to the right assets at the right time—balancing safety, compliance, reliability, and cost in an increasingly complex energy system.
In short, this role ensures that billions of dollars in infrastructure investment deliver real value to customers, regulators, and the broader energy market.
Selection criteria
To be successful, you will demonstrate:
Our Values
Transgrid’s core values encompass safety, achievement, integrity, and service. Prioritising safety above all, the company emphasises making a meaningful impact through achievement, upholding honesty through integrity, and delivering exceptional outcomes for customers and communities through dedicated service. These values are ingrained in the actions and behaviours of Transgrid’s people, who embody them every day.
Recognition & Reward
We believe in providing our people personal, professional and social benefits so that they can deliver their best work every day. Employees have access to a range of corporate discounts across retail, utilities, travel, health & wellbeing etc, as well as novated leasing options, flexible workplace policies, 20 weeks paid parental leave and more!
Applications close on the 31st of May 2026 - Please note, our vacancy close dates may be subject to change, and we will assess applications as they are received.
If you're ready to lead at scale, influence national energy outcomes, and leave a lasting impact—this is your moment.
Transgrid is committed to Health and Safety, the Environment, Equal Employment Opportunity, Diversity and Ethical Practices. All applicants are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to these areas
We do not accept agency introductions as Transgrid operates a direct sourcing model.
We’ve ensured the smooth operation of over 11,517 km of high-voltage transmission lines and 136 substations and switching stations across NSW and the ACT, with interconnections to QLD and VIC.
Our most crucial work is leading the transition to Australia’s clean energy future. The traditional coal system that served our country for decades is nearing the end of its life, to be replaced by wind and solar generation.
We’re making the right decisions now to prepare for the opportunities and challenges ahead – a changing climate, population growth and technology innovation.
As we lead the way towards a more resilient future, we’re working closely with our customers and communities to make sure no one is left behind.
Wherever you are in NSW or the ACT, you can be confident in the reliable, affordable and sustainable electricity we transmit as we make a better power system for generations to come.
