Senior Regulation Planning Specialist

Join us as a Senior Regulation Planning Specialist and help drive the successful delivery of our regulatory commitments. Working at the intersection of strategy, stakeholder engagement, and regulatory planning, you'll coordinate regulatory submissions and reviews, provide trusted advice across the business, and lead engagement with the ERA to ensure informed, transparent, and effective regulatory outcomes.

Your Role in Action  

• Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of key regulatory submissions, including Access Arrangement and Allowable Revenue processes, from preparation through to post-determination activities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the Economic Regulation Authority (ERA), coordinating engagement activities and ensuring timely, high-quality responses to information requests.
• Provide trusted advice and guidance to stakeholders across the business, strengthening understanding of regulatory obligations, commitments, and information requirements.
• Develop and maintain regulatory knowledge resources, supporting education, communication, and continuous improvement initiatives that promote compliance and capability uplift.
• Review, develop, and contribute to regulatory reports, submissions, and Board papers, ensuring alignment with regulatory frameworks and organisational commitments.
• Partner with business leaders to translate regulatory requirements into practical actions that support operational and strategic objectives.
• Contribute to business planning, budgeting, and performance reporting activities, helping to drive successful regulatory and commercial outcomes.

What Makes You a Great Fit 

• Strong understanding of utility regulation and the ability to connect business decisions with regulatory outcomes and long-term organisational objectives.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks, access arrangements, and allowable revenue processes, or the capability to quickly develop expertise in a complex regulatory environment.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and provide clear, practical recommendations.
• Exceptional written communication skills, including preparing, reviewing, and quality assuring high-quality reports, submissions, and stakeholder communications.
• Proven ability to build collaborative relationships and influence a diverse range of stakeholders, including executives, technical specialists, regulators, and external partners.

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including: 

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.  
• Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements. 
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year. 
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership. 
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme. 
• An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.   
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.

• 22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave to support family and cultural connections.

Applications close on 21 August 2026

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. As a WORK180-endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan.