As Senior Energy Markets Compliance Specialist, you’ll join the team supporting Akaysha’s operations as a global corporation across every phase of the asset lifecycle. Recently, the Legal, Risk & Compliance Pillar has delivered significant outcomes across regulatory tenders, financing facilities, and large-scale asset construction. 

Building on this momentum, the Senior Energy Markets Compliance Specialist develops and maintains compliance frameworks for BESS projects in Australia and globally, ensuring adherence to energy laws such as the National Electricity Law and National Electricity Rules. The role supports the business by embedding effective compliance systems, controls, and continuous improvement across all functions and projects in Australia and all other jurisdictions where Akaysha operates. 

Partnering with the Principal Compliance Counsel, and the Senior Compliance Specialist your experience will be critical in strengthening Akaysha’s compliance posture and program as you:  

• Ensure operational compliance for energy regulations and BESS projects by building and maintaining frameworks, registers, policies, and systems to support global regulatory adherence with the Principal Compliance Counsel.
• Identify, interpret, and allocate regulatory obligations across the business, translating complex requirements into practical actions, and supporting stakeholders in managing compliance. 
• Assess compliance risks, evaluate and enhance controls, and implement scalable processes for continuous improvement across corporate and project activities. 
• Manage compliance systems by documenting obligations, maintaining incident logs, supporting investigations, report preparation, and updating frameworks in response to regulatory changes. 
• Lead compliance reviews, audits, assurance activities, and stakeholder engagement; providing risk-based advice, targeted training, and support for regulatory and external assurance processes.

Making an impact in this role will rely on experience across the following areas:   

• Strong knowledge of Australian energy regulatory frameworks, including the National Electricity Law and National Electricity Rules, with the ability to interpret and apply requirements in an operational BESS. 
• Development and implementation of compliance framework design that enhances policies and procedures across global operations. 
• Identification of compliance risks, evaluating controls, and applying effective mitigation strategies to enhance governance and resilience. 
• Effective collaboration across diverse teams, conveying regulatory requirements clearly and offering actionable compliance advice. 
• Proven analytical skills in managing compliance systems, generating precise reports, maintaining breach logs, and ensuring data integrity within compliance platforms. 
• Infrastructure, energy, or other capital-intensive projects with regulatory exposure.

As Spot Trader, you’ll join the Energy Trading team supporting Akaysha’s formidable pipeline of battery assets as they continue to enter the AU market. Recently, they've commercialised operational assets new to the NEM and continue to define scalable strategies to solve complex market, risk and asset optimisation objectives for those to come, in a substantial and growing portfolio.  

Building on this momentum, the Spot Trader will continue to build strategies tailored to unique market and contractual opportunities, alongside executing multiple bidding strategies, autobidding parameters and trading protocols in the real-time dispatch of Akaysha’s assets into energy and fcas markets.  

Your experience will be critical in bringing new assets to market, improving trading results and implementing strategies as you: 

• Dispatch Akaysha’s assets in the NEM and FCAS markets using auto-bidding and manual strategies and establish trading procedures. 
• Develop and execute spot trading strategies, ensure contractual obligations are met, and analyse key market data in collaboration with the market analysis team. 
• Guide the design, development and optimisation of trading and analytical tools that support the market analysis team in identifying key data to enhance trading strategy execution. 
• Ensure Akaysha’s assets are deployed in line with all applicable market rules, laws, and internal compliance policies, and support the regulatory team by assessing rule changes and preparing submissions. 
• Collaborate cross functionally with Market Performance, Asset Management, Engineering, and Commercial teams to review trading performance, accurately record risks, and align workstreams for optimal trading outcomes. 

 Making an impact in this role will rely on experience across the following areas:   

• Proficiency with energy trading platforms, risk management systems, and advanced analytical tools for monitoring and optimising trading performance.

• Demonstrated expertise in energy markets, supported by a strong grasp of market dynamics, real-time dispatch operations, pricing structures, regulatory frameworks, and emerging trends.

• Clearly communicating relevant information and perspectives to the trading team and wider business, supporting shared understanding and informed decisions.

• Coding languages, ideally Python. 

As a Legal Manager you’ll be joining the Legal, Risk and Compliance pillar, which supports Akaysha’s operations as a global corporation across every phase of the asset lifecycle—from design and build through to ownership and operation. Overseeing regulatory compliance, contracts and IP, risk, governance, insurance, and transaction support, the team has recently delivered significant outcomes across regulatory tenders, financing facilities, and large-scale asset construction. 

Building on this momentum, this role will lead legal and strategic support across key FID-stage projects, manage stakeholder relationships and negotiate critical project agreements including offtake, connection, equipment supply, land, and finance documents - while ensuring alignment with Akaysha’s risk appetite and governance processes.

With strong technical expertise, you'll guide legal process and provide practical advice across development, construction, and operations, while working closely with internal teams and external contractors throughout the project lifecycle. 

• Lead and negotiate complex, high-value project and finance agreements for BESS projects through to execution, ensuring alignment with Akaysha’s risk appetite and strategic objectives in collaboration with legal stakeholders. 

• Support project financing by reviewing and negotiating tripartite agreements and finance instruments, providing legal input on due diligence and lender requests, and ensuring alignment with project and business objectives. 

• Manage legal approvals and budgets in line with Akaysha’s governance framework, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations throughout project delivery. 

• Coordinate stakeholder relationships and legal workflows to support key project milestones, ensuring timely and aligned legal inputs. 

Making an impact in this role will rely on experience across the following areas: 

• Structuring complex project and finance agreements (e.g. EPC, OEM, offtake, tripartite) that balance legal risk, commercial outcomes, and strategic goals. 

• Identifying, allocating, and mitigating legal risks across all phases of a project—from development through to operations. 

• Executing legal components of project finance transactions, including lender negotiations, due diligence, and alignment of finance instruments with project documentation. 

• Interpreting complex regulatory frameworks and applying them to project structures, operational decisions, and compliance strategies across jurisdictions. 

• Embedding legal governance frameworks into project and corporate workflows, ensuring alignment with internal approvals and external obligations.

As Senior Compliance Counsel, you’ll join the team supporting Akaysha’s operations as a global corporation across every phase of the asset lifecycle. Recently, the Legal, Risk & Compliance Pillar has delivered significant outcomes across regulatory tenders, financing facilities, and large-scale asset construction. 

Building on this momentum, the Senior Compliance Counsel plays a pivotal role in setting the enterprise compliance strategy, leading and developing the enterprise compliance team, and ensuring the Board, Management and employees understand and meet their regulatory obligations through effective frameworks, systems, training, oversight and reporting across Australia and all other jurisdictions where Akaysha operates.  

The role works closely with the General Counsel, the Principal of Risk & Insurance, and relevant functions across the organisation to develop, implement, and monitor compliance frameworks, systems, policies, procedures, and regulatory obligation registers in alignment with sound governance, compliance, and risk management practices.    

This role provides the flexibility to be based at Akaysha’s Melbourne (HQ), or Sydney Office with the option to work in a hybrid capacity – spend time in the office, and at home. 

Your experience will be critical to:  

• Develop, implement and continuously improve Akaysha’s enterprise compliance framework and strategy, ensuring alignment with global best practice and scalability across all asset lifecycle phases. 

• Lead, coach and build capability within the compliance team, and act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and operational teams. 

• Identify, map and oversee regulatory obligations and compliance registers across all jurisdictions, including engaging with regulators and coordinating responses to audits and reviews. 

• Oversee and guide compliance with energy market rules, trading obligations, competition laws, data protection, and other regulatory domains. 

• Coordinate compliance with the Australian SOCI Act and equivalent regimes elsewhere, including developing policies, conducting monitoring and assurance activities, and overseeing training and incident management.

Making an impact in this role will rely on experience across the following areas:   

• Enterprise Compliance Framework Design
  Ability to design and operate an integrated, risk-based compliance framework aligned to global standards (e.g. ISO 37301) and suited to regulated energy and infrastructure businesses. 

• Competition & Antitrust Compliance
  Understanding of competition and antitrust laws relevant to energy markets and trading activities, with the ability to implement preventative controls and training.

• Energy Market Rules Compliance
  Deep understanding of energy market rules, participant obligations and compliance requirements applicable to BESS assets and market participation.

• Trading Compliance
  Expertise in compliance frameworks for trading activities, including regulatory reporting. 

As a Specialist OT Engineer, you’ll be joining the IT & Security team responsible for maintaining High System Integrity Protection Scheme (SIPS) Performance at Waratah Super Battery; the most powerful BESS globally. In addition, the team recently achieved commercial operation date (COD) alongside the first full month of operational reporting for Akaysha’s Ulinda Park BESS.  

Building on this momentum, the role will focus on establishing and sustaining stable, reliable day-to-day OT system operations across multiple live sites. You will play a key role in supporting BAU activities, maintaining system integrity, and ensuring OT environments operate safely and predictably over time. 

Each site presents unique technical and operational considerations, offering the opportunity to deepen your experience in supporting the reliability, performance, and security of operational technology systems. This includes hands on involvement with SCADA servers and HMIs, as well as PCS, BMS, and EMS subsystems, throughout the operations and maintenance phase of largescale energy assets.  

Your expertise will be critical in enabling stable, visible and secure OT environments across Akaysha’s portfolio of assets with your work making a tangible impact as you: 

• Manage and maintain OT infrastructure—including SCADA, HMIs, BESS, gateways, and historians—while overseeing configuration, documentation, system health, automation, and lifecycle planning. 
  
  
• Support secure, governed OT–cloud integration (Azure/AWS) with accurate, high‑quality data flows for real‑time analytics and AI‑driven maintenance 
  
  
• Apply OT cybersecurity and compliance practices across AESCSF/IEC‑62443, hardening, secure access, monitoring, vulnerability management, asset control, backups, and SOCI requirements. 
  
  
• Maintain and troubleshoot OT system performance and communications across SCADA, RTUs, historians, and BESS subsystems while resolving incidents, supporting on‑call operations, and improving OT architectures and practices. 
  
  
• Coordinate OT vendor support, technical reviews, compliance, lifecycle planning, Tier 2/3 assistance, and commissioning activities while reviewing documentation and deliverables. 

Travel to AU sites once every 2-3 months or when needed, is a requirement of this position. The role can be based at Akaysha’s Melbourne (HQ), Sydney or Brisbane office with the option to work in a hybrid capacity – spending time in the office, and at home. 

Making an impact in this role will rely on proven expertise in the following areas:   

• Industrial Control Systems (ICS) & SCADA 
  Expertise in configuring and optimising ICS environments, including SCADA, HMIs, PLCs, RTUs, and IEDs for real‑time operations.
  
  
• Industrial Communication Protocols 
  Skilled in applying and interpreting industrial protocols - Modbus, DNP3, IEC 61850, and OPC/OPC‑UA—to ensure reliable device and system communication. 
  
  
• OT Cybersecurity 
  Proficient in applying OT security frameworks (AESCSF, IEC 62443) to guide hardening, segmentation, and secure system architecture. 
  
  
• Troubleshooting & Systems Diagnostics 
  Skilled in diagnosing faults across OT networks, control systems, data pipelines, and BESS subsystems using structured problem‑solving and root‑cause methods. 
  
  
• Cloud‑Integrated OT Systems 
  Knowledge of OT–cloud integration patterns, including telemetry pipelines, secure connectivity, and cloud‑based monitoring and analytics. 
  
  
• Vendor & Contractor Coordination 
  Experienced in coordinating technical validation and lifecycle activities with OEMs, service providers, and contractors across reviews and assessments. 
  
  
• Technical Documentation 
  Proficient in producing clear, accurate technical documentation, including diagrams, procedures, system records, and operational artefacts.