Junior Power Systems Engineer (Graduate)

Wellington Electricity; Upper Hutt; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Income Protection

Trauma Insurance

Life & Terminal Illness cover

Brand new building

Job summary

Wellington Electricity in Upper Hutt invites applications for a Graduate Engineer. You will join small, specialised teams and complete a structured development programme to gain hands-on experience across power distribution engineering and asset management.

You will work with various stakeholders, develop load forecasts, assist with network modelling, and contribute to improving SAIDI/SAIFI metrics while staying aligned with the company’s goal to keep the lights on.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Electrical & Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• Good knowledge of electrical generation, transmission and distribution systems.
• Strong interest in power systems, power engineering, and electricity distribution network operations.
• Experience with common and advanced desktop applications relevant to power system analysis such as DIgSILENT PowerFactory (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Assisting with the development and management of a large electrical distribution network that has long term customer growth, ageing assets and increasing demands and expectations from key stakeholder groups.
• Undertake investigations into network performance and power quality issues.
• Assist with calculation and reporting of network performance indices (e.g. SAIDI, SAIFI) and provide assistance with any other operational planning, analysis and reporting.
• Contributing to projects that will be included in the annual asset management plan to ensure organisational strategic goals are achieved.
• Obtaining network information and updating load forecasts and network models.

Skills

Power systems knowledge

Electrical & Electronic engineering

Analytical problem solving

Education

Electrical & Electronic Engineering degree

Tools

PowerFactory

Job description

Wellington Electricity in Upper Hutt invites applications for a Graduate Engineer. You will join small, specialised teams and complete a structured development programme to gain hands-on experience across power distribution engineering and asset management.

You will work with various stakeholders, develop load forecasts, assist with network modelling, and contribute to improving SAIDI/SAIFI metrics while staying aligned with the company’s goal to keep the lights on.