Line Supervisor

Northpower Limited; Palmerston North; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

People-first culture

Market competitive pay

Life insurance

Discounts and wellbeing programs

Career development

Job summary

Northpower is seeking an experienced Lines Supervisor in Palmerston North to lead field crews delivering safe, high‑quality electricity network maintenance and construction work. You will oversee planning, pre‑job risk assessments, and daily briefs to ensure work is prepared and executed to high standards.

You will mentor crews, manage budgets, and collaborate with project managers, design estimators, planners, and clients to drive continuous improvement while maintaining HSQE compliance.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and safety culture in field teams.
• Experience supervising line crews in electricity distribution is essential.
• Knowledge of LV/HV distribution networks and relevant certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead line crews, mentor teams, and promote a safety‑first culture.
• Support planning, scoping, estimating and safe work methodologies.
• Ensure testing, documentation, and GIS information are completed on time.
• Coordinate labour, plant, materials, contractors, and resources to meet project outcomes.
• Develop relationships with customers, network owners, contractors, and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Safety management

Communication

Planning

Problem solving

Team supervision

Education

National Certificate Electricity Supply (Line Mechanic Distribution Level 4 or Live Work Level 5)

National Certificate in Electrical Engineering Level 4

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Applications close 30/08/2026 Reference REQ2080 Employment type Permanent Location 50 Mihaere Drive, Palmerston North 4414 NZL

At Northpower, we're looking for an experienced LinesSupervisor to lead our field teams in delivering safe, high-quality electricitynetwork maintenance and construction work. If you're a motivated leader withstrong technical expertise and a passion for safety, this is an opportunity toplay a key role in ensuring reliable power for our customers.

About the Role:

Reporting to the Delivery Manager, you'll be responsible foroverseeing the successful delivery of maintenance and contracting work fromplanning through to completion. You'll provide day-to-day leadership to fieldcrews, ensuring work is completed safely, on time, within budget, and to thehighest quality standards.
This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll work closelywith Project Managers, Design Estimators, Planners, Field Managers, customers,and network owners to coordinate work, solve problems, and continuously improveoperational performance.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Lines Supervisor, you will lead, mentor, and superviseline crews, fostering a strong safety-first culture while ensuring work iscompleted safely, efficiently, and to the highest standard. You will supportproject planning, job scoping, estimating, and the development of safe workmethodologies, while conducting pre-job planning, risk assessments, and dailyjob briefings to ensure work is thoroughly prepared. You will monitor projectprogress, quality, productivity, and compliance with work scopes and customerrequirements, coordinating labour, plant, materials, contractors, and resourcesto achieve successful project outcomes. You will ensure all testing, fielddocumentation, reporting, and GIS information is completed accurately and ontime, while supporting network switching activities where required. Buildingand maintaining strong relationships with customers, network owners,contractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders will be key to your success.You'll also coach, develop, and support your team, promoting accountability,continuous improvement, and high performance. Above all, you will identifyopportunities to improve safety, work practices, quality, and operationalperformance while ensuring full compliance with Health, Safety, Quality andEnvironmental (HSQE) requirements, industry standards, and legislativeobligations.

Experience:

• Proven experience supervising line crews within the electricity distribution industry.
• Strong knowledge of LV and HV distribution networks and Zone Substations.
• National Certificate Electricity Supply (Line Mechanic Distribution Level 4 or Live Work Level 5), National Certificate in Electrical Engineering Level 4, or equivalent.
• Current practising licence relevant to the role.
• Current Workplace Competencies (WTCs).
• A current NZ Class 1 Driver Licence (Class 2 or 4 is advantageous).
• Sound knowledge of industry legislation, codes of practice, standards, and the Safety Manual – Electricity Industry (SM-EI).
• Excellent planning, organisational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong communication and relationship‑building abilities.
• Computer literacy, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
• A commitment to delivering outstanding customer service without compromising safety or quality.

About Northpower:

Northpower is an organisation with deep regional roots andnational reach. We own and operate the electricity and fibre networks acrossWhangārei and Kaipara, delivering essential infrastructure to more than 60,000connected customers, while also operating one of New Zealand’s largest multi‑utilitycontracting businesses.
From keeping the lights on today to building the infrastructure that will powertomorrow, our work spans electricity, fibre, renewables, transmission, andenergy services. With more than 1,500 people across 16 locations, we act as oneto support our communities, customers, clients, and critical nationalinfrastructure across Aotearoa.
What connects all this work is real impact you can see in your community. Thework you do at Northpower matters it isseen, felt, and relied on every day.

What Northpower offers you:

Make real impact across Aotearoa in a stable and future‑focused sector. At Northpower, you’ll do work that matters and powers our communities while growing your career in an organisation that genuinely cares for its people.

You’ll benefit from:

• A people‑first culture built on safety, inclusion, and deep care, where contributions are recognised and wellbeing is supported through EAP and our award‑winning peer support network (Kaitiaki)
• Fair and market competitive pay Private use vehicle, with the flexibility to tailor through additional leave and increased employer KiwiSaver contributions
• Life insurance and preventative health initiatives (including annual flu immunisations and Mole Maps)
• Discounted group medical cover and health and fitness programmes (including Fitness Passport)
• Discounted fuel rates plus a range of retail discounts (including Boost, PB Tech and Specsavers)
• Ongoinglearning and development, with clear career pathways to help you grow, specialise, or progress
• A welcoming, family‑friendly workplace where people are encouraged to be themselves and feel valued