Lead Engineer

Schneider Electric; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global Family Leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Worldwide Employee Stock Ownership

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Schneider Electric seeks a Lead Engineer based in New Zealand to lead a portfolio of Industrial Automation projects—from design through to commissioning and support. You will oversee cross-functional teams, ensure safe delivery, and drive digital solutions across customers in energy, mining, water and data centers.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Sales and Supply Chain, applying Industry 4.0 concepts, cybersecurity and cloud integration to deliver value.

Qualifications

• Tertiary engineering degree; Engineers Australia certification is a plus.
• Experience delivering Industrial Automation projects with control systems and digital solutions like AVEVA.
• Strong understanding of industrial networking concepts and security for industrial environments.
• Ability to interpret process descriptions and develop technical specs and designs.
• Exposure to Industry 4.0 technologies, data analytics, cloud integration, and cybersecurity for industrial control systems.
• Familiarity with Schneider Electric offerings, digital twins, ML and advanced automation strategies is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across automation, software, digital twin, and related solutions.
• Lead project delivery including planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and customer delivery.
• Oversee on-site tasks; ensure HSE and quality requirements and manage customer relationships.
• Ensure adherence to standards, procedures, productivity tools and best practices with a digital focus.
• Promote our reputation as a market-leading solutions provider, focusing on opportunities and delivery on time and on budget.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Sales, Pre-Sales, HSE, Supply Chain and others on local and global scales.
• Focus on customer delivery and satisfaction with End Users, Partners, Vendors and Contractors.
• Develop skills and workforce through ongoing professional development opportunities.

Skills

Technical leadership

Project delivery

Industrial networking

Industry 4.0 technologies

Cybersecurity (ICS)

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

AVEVA System Platform

AVEVA MES

AVEVA Production

Job description

In Schneider Electric, everything we do is geared towards advancing progress and sustainability for all—our colleagues, customers, partners, and the communities and societies we serve. Whether it's through our products, software, and services that propel the digital transformation of energy management and automation, or through our corporate citizenship and volunteer activities, we make a meaningful impact by empowering people and organizations to become more resilient, electric, and digital. Which is where you come in. Working at Schneider Electric means working toward a cleaner, better world. You're part of a global team built on inclusion, mastery, purpose, action, curiosity, and teamwork, turning sustainability ambitions into actions.

The Role: Lead Engineer

We're looking for a Lead Engineer, preferably based in Australia, however, we are also open to candidates located in New Zealand. Reporting to our National Engineering Manager, this is a key technical leadership role within our Industry (Projects and Services) team. The Lead Engineer will be responsible for leading a diverse portfolio of projects and services, including the design and development, testing, commissioning, maintenance, and support of identified systems and/or components. You will make a significant impact as a key interface with a diverse range of customers who will rely on your expertise as we provide solutions to help them navigate the complex and evolving New Energy Landscape.

The Team

Our Industrial Automation team is focused on solutions that drive Automation, Electrification and Digital Intelligence in Industry, helping our Customers achieve greater resilience, competitiveness and sustainability within an industrial landscape that is rapidly evolving. As a proven market leader that supports various Customers (Energy, Mining, Metals, Food and Beverage, Water, Data Centers and Transport), we provide unique expertise across; Automation, Digitalisation, Industrial Intelligence, Software/AI and a range of Lifecycle Services and Advisory.

This rarely available engineering leadership role will see you join a true market leader and a global organisation that maintains a growing footprint across a variety of critical markets. You will leverage your proven leadership experience, draw on your valued technical knowledge and deploy your passion for project delivery with an organisation that will provide you with all the tools to succeed.

What will you do?

• Technical leadership and oversight in relation to the delivery of various projects and services across: Automation, Control Systems, Software, Digital Twin, Industrial Intelligence and other upcoming technical solutions as they come to market
• Lead project and services delivery including; planning, scheduling, resource allocation/utilisation and overall Customer delivery through proactive relationship management
• Oversee project tasks on-site, proactively ensuring all HSE and Quality requirements are met and manage key Customer relationships through high levels of agile service delivery
• Ensure adherence to relevant standards, procedures, productivity tools and other best practices within an organisation that embraces digital
• Promote our reputation as a market leading solutions provider, focusing on business opportunities and ensuring safe, on time and on budget completion of various technical projects
• Collaborate with various technical and non-technical stakeholders and related functions such as; Engineering, Sales, Pre-Sales, HSE, Supply Chain and others on a local and global scale
• Focus on Customer delivery and satisfaction as you utilise your experience to support; End Users, Partners, Vendors, Contractors and others that you influence in this role
• Ensure a level of Mastery within the team, actively developing new skills and ensuring that we are developing the workforce of the future through ongoing professional development opportunities

What qualifications will make you successful?

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering (Engineers Australia Certification is great)
• Previous experience delivering Industrial Automation Engineering projects with a strong focus on; control systems, digital solutions, ideally using AVEVA System Platform (Application Server, AVEVA Historian, Visualisation) and/or AVEVA MES and/or AVEVA Production
• Strong understanding of industrial networking concepts including; switches, routers, firewalls, network architectures and familiarity with network security principles for industrial environments
• Domain experience to competently interpret process descriptions and to develop technical specifications and system designs
• Exposure to Industry 4.0 technologies (IoT, data analytics, edge computing), cloud integration and cybersecurity for industrial control systems is desirable
• Although not essential, those with an understanding of Schneider Electric offers, digital twins, machine learning applications, and advanced automation strategies will be viewed favourably

What’s in it for me?

• Global Family Leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage for employee and dependents
• Worldwide Employee Stock Ownership
• Hybrid work arrangement (New Ways of Working)
• …and more!

All applicants must have working rights in Australia at the time of application and will be required to provide documented evidence if selected for Interview.

Rewards designed for you

Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: We see you and we value you. It’s more than just pay and benefits—it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed to help you perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential. The package helps you care for yourself and your family, plan your future, grow your skills and career, collaborate in an inclusive workplace, and contribute to your community. At Schneider Electric, we’re here for what matters most to you. Discover more at our Career Page.

• Country-specific programs and initiatives may be available.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

€40 billion global revenue

+9% organic growth

150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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