Lead Substation Design Engineer Hybrid

Connetics; Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Professional development

Job summary

Connetics is seeking a Senior Primary Design Engineer / Team Lead to join our Substations & Green Grids team in Christchurch, NZ. You will lead the day-to-day workload, deliver substation design projects, and mentor engineers while growing the team’s capability.

This hybrid role combines technical engineering with leadership, offering opportunities to drive complex projects from scoping through construction and to develop the team’s skills and capacity.

Qualifications

• Experience in substation primary design within distribution and/or sub-transmission environments.
• Experience leading a team, or aiming to move into a Team Lead role.
• Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop engineers.
• Strong project, stakeholder and customer management skills.
• Relevant Level 7 engineering qualification; CPEng desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day workload and workflow of the Substations & Green Grids team.
• Deliver substation design projects across distribution and sub-transmission networks.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching and mentoring to engineers.
• Lead complex multidisciplinary projects from scoping to construction.
• Drive quality, continuous improvement and safe engineering outcomes.

Skills

Substation design

Team leadership

Coaching

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Customer management

Education

Level 7 engineering qualification

CPEng desirable

Job description

Connetics is seeking a Senior Primary Design Engineer / Team Lead to join our Substations & Green Grids team in Christchurch, NZ. You will lead the day-to-day workload, deliver substation design projects, and mentor engineers while growing the team’s capability.

This hybrid role combines technical engineering with leadership, offering opportunities to drive complex projects from scoping through construction and to develop the team’s skills and capacity.