Engineering Manager

Meridian Energy; Twizel, Christchurch; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package"

Southern Cross Healthcare

Enhanced leave provisions

KiwiSaver contributions

Employee share scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Wellbeing programme

Work-from-home set-up allowance

Job summary

Meridian Energy is hiring an Engineering Manager to support the upgrade of the Waitaki Power Station. You will lead engineering across the project, coordinate inputs, and ensure risks, design and procurement align to safe, high-performing asset outcomes.

The role requires travel to site with a pool car provided, and collaboration with Project Manager, Construction Manager, Commercial Manager and OEMs to deliver a successful brownfield upgrade.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading engineering activities on large infrastructure or power projects.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate multiple workstreams.
• Strong understanding of engineering assurance, governance and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall engineering leadership across the Waitaki Upgrade Project.
• Coordinate engineering input, manage resources and ensure design intent is followed through design, procurement, construction and handover.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders to deliver safe, reliable long-term asset outcomes.
• Travel to Waitaki site; manage interfaces with contractors, suppliers and OEMs.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Project management

Risk management

Brownfield delivery

Interfaces with contractors

Governance

Job description

From the tail of the fish to the tail of the waka, shines the sun

Thiswhakataukīspeaks to our journey across Aotearoa, one waka, one purpose, powered by the natural forces that sustain us. Meridian is Aotearoa’s largest renewable electricity producer, generating energy from the winds ofTāwhirimātea, the waters of Tangaroa, and the warmth of Tama-nui-te-rā.

Together, our two brands,MeridianandPowershopretail electricity to more than 400,000 homes, businesses and farms across New Zealand.Nowthat’sapretty impressivecombo!

Mō te tūranga | About the role

Meridian is hiring an Engineering Manager to support the upgrade of our iconic Waitaki Power Station.

This role forms part of the core Waitaki Upgrade Project leadership team and provides overall engineering leadership across the project. Reporting to the Project Manager, the Engineering Manager is responsible for coordinating Meridian’s engineering input, leading the project’s engineering resources and ensuring technical requirements, design intent and engineering decisions are effectively managed through design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.

The role works closely with the Project Manager, Construction Manager, Commercial Manager, operational teams, engineering leads, contractors and original equipment manufacturers to ensure the project delivers safe, reliable and high-performing long-term asset outcomes.

This role will require travel to the Waitaki Power Station so ability and willingness to travel to site is essential. There will be a pool car available for travel.

• Extensive experience leading engineering activities on large and complex infrastructure, power generation or industrial projects.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinating multiple technical workstreams, driving team culture.
• Strong understanding of engineering assurance, technical governance and engineering risk management.
• Experience delivering brownfield projects within live operational environments.
• Broad understanding of mechanical, electrical, automation and control systems and their integration.
• Experience managing engineering interfaces with contractors, consultants, suppliers and OEMs.
• Strong understanding of constructability, operability, maintainability and long-term asset performance requirements.
• Ability to manage complex technical issues while balancing safety, quality, operational and delivery requirements.

We value work/life balance, so our flexible work options (where possible) make things easier for you and your whānau. We also offer:

• An attractive and competitive salary packagethat’sreviewed annually, performance-incentive plus discounts fromseveralpartnerships
• Southern Cross Healthcare - Wellbeing one insurance, funded scheme for eligible employees to give you that extra peace of mind
• Enhanced leave provisions: three company paid days (over the holiday period), enhanced parentalleaveand options to buy up to 12 daysadditionalleave
• Life,traumaand income protection insurance (which we hope youwon’tneed!)
• Enhanced KiwiSaver contributions
• Access to the Meridian employee share scheme
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, we want you to be the best version of yourself and will help you get there!
• Award winning wellbeing programme that provides support whenever and wherever you need it
• Employee discounts off your power with Meridian, every bit counts
• Aone-off $400 payment to support your work from home set-up (if needed)

We’re a great place to work with plenty of opportunities and career development for those that want it. We value and live by three ‘How to Be’s’: ‘be gutsy’, working together by ‘being in the waka’ and doing the right thing by ‘being a good human’.

We embrace diversity and inclusion and ensure that everyone feels like they belong, are welcomed, feel valued, and feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We want all our people to be the best that they can be, so we make sure that there’s room for everyone to be exactly who they are, and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences, including individuals with disabilities, diverse health needs, and those who identify as neurodiverse, because we believe our differences make us stronger. We believe that fun is good for you, and we make sure that our office vibe reflects that. We support each other and celebrate our successes.

Sustainability sits firmly in our DNA – both socially and environmentally – and we’re doing what we can to help Aotearoa reduce their carbon emissions and we’re helping support others in our generation communities to do the same.

If you’ve got any questions, please email [e-mail]. We’re committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed. Please get in touch if there are parts of our process you would like assistance with (process found here: meridianenergy.co.nz/careers).

Location –Twizel / Christchurch / ability to commute to Waitaki