Field Service Electrician – Irrigation & Water Tech (Mid Canterbury)
Pgg Wrightson
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Benefits offered by this job
Job summary
PGG Wrightson Water is seeking a NZ-registered electrician or EST to join our Ashburton service team working across Mid Canterbury.
You’ll diagnose faults on centre pivots, pumps and control systems, perform servicing, installation and commissioning while keeping irrigation networks running.
Based from Ashburton, this role offers autonomy, outdoor work, and opportunities to develop specialist irrigation and water technology skills.
Qualifications
- NZ Electrical Registration or EST Registration is required.
- Experience with motors, motor control and fault finding.
- Ability to work independently in rural environments.
- Good communication skills with customers.
Responsibilities
- Fault finding on pivots, pump stations and irrigation control systems
- Servicing and repairing irrigation pumps and bore pumps
- Troubleshooting VFDs, soft starters and pump controllers
- Commissioning new irrigation pump stations and systems
- Working with telemetry, remote monitoring, and flow control systems
- Carrying out electrical compliance work and inspections
- Helping farmers improve the performance and efficiency of their systems
- Working alongside our experienced operations and service teams
Skills
Job description
PGG Wrightson Water is seeking a NZ-registered electrician or EST to join our Ashburton service team working across Mid Canterbury.
You’ll diagnose faults on centre pivots, pumps and control systems, perform servicing, installation and commissioning while keeping irrigation networks running.
Based from Ashburton, this role offers autonomy, outdoor work, and opportunities to develop specialist irrigation and water technology skills.
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