Queensland's coal-fired power operator diversifying into renewables and cloud infrastructure
Stanwell operates two large coal-fired power stations supplying the National Electricity Market and major industrial consumers across eastern Australia. The tech stack—SQL, Azure, Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, and Kubernetes—reveals an engineering organization mid-migration to cloud infrastructure, with active hiring across engineering and ops roles. Current projects span cloud optimization, legacy system migration, and new product development, while pain points center on plant reliability, system modernization, and critical infrastructure security.
Stanwell is Queensland's largest electricity generator, operating two coal-fired power stations (Tarong and Stanwell) that have run continuously for over 40 years. The company supplies baseload power to the National Electricity Market and direct industrial contracts along Australia's eastern seaboard. Beyond thermal generation, Stanwell is building a diversified portfolio including renewable generation, storage, and energy firming to meet Queensland's future demand. The organization employs 501–1,000 people across operations, engineering, finance, and trading functions. Headquartered in Brisbane, Stanwell is a government agency operating under a commercial model, balancing reliable generation with portfolio modernization.
Stanwell runs SQL, Excel, Azure cloud services (including AKS, API Management), Terraform, PowerShell, ARM templates, Bicep, Python, R, and specialized CMMS and Megger tools for asset management and testing.
Current projects include cloud infrastructure build and optimization, legacy system migration to cloud, medium and long-term energy contracting strategies, new product development, governance framework updates, and improvements to trading systems and plant reliability.
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