Graduate Network Planning Engineer: Powering NZ’s Future

Northpower

Whangarei

On-site

NZD 55,000 - 75,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible leave

KiwiSaver options

Life insurance

Discounted medical cover

Wellbeing support

Fuel and retail discounts

Learning and career progression

Job summary

Northpower invites graduates to join our Network Development team as a Graduate Network Planning Engineer, helping shape the future of electricity in Northland and supporting growth, reliability, and resilience of the network.

You will analyse capacity, power quality, reliability and security of supply, assist with power system studies, develop business cases for network investments, and identify innovative solutions to meet evolving customer needs.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
Full NZ driver’s licence.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to prepare technical reports and business cases.
Willingness to learn in a multidisciplinary team.
Experience with power systems or modelling software is advantageous but not required.

Responsibilities

Analyse capacity, power quality, reliability and security of supply for the network.
Assist with power system studies and assess major customer and distributed energy resource connection applications.
Develop business cases for network investments and identify innovative solutions for evolving customer needs.
Contribute to network planning and development with emerging technologies and renewable energy integration.