Hydro Controls & Instrumentation Engineer: Drive Reliability

Contact Energy; Canterbury; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free health insurance cover

Generous leave

Contact Shares

Parental leave policy

Home setup & wellbeing payment

Job summary

Contact Energy invites applications for an Engineer, Controls and Instrumentation to support our hydro generation assets across the South Island. You’ll work in a tight engineering team, tackling day-to-day operations, outages and system changes, while guiding technology and process improvements.

You’ll bring an engineering degree with experience in Control & Instrumentation, functional safety or asset lifecycle processes, plus strong communication and stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering with experience in Control & Instrumentation.
• Experience in functional safety or asset lifecycle processes.
• Bonus: project management or contract management experience.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day operations of hydro assets and outages.
• Lead improvements in technology and process for reliability and efficiency.
• Provide trusted engineering advice and handle complex problem solving.
• Grow into a Subject Matter Expert with guidance from senior engineers.

Skills

Engineering fundamentals

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Project management

Contract management

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Contact Energy invites applications for an Engineer, Controls and Instrumentation to support our hydro generation assets across the South Island. You’ll work in a tight engineering team, tackling day-to-day operations, outages and system changes, while guiding technology and process improvements.

You’ll bring an engineering degree with experience in Control & Instrumentation, functional safety or asset lifecycle processes, plus strong communication and stakeholder collaboration.