Outage Manager

Omexom New Zealand; Upper Harbour; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Omexom New Zealand is seeking an Outage Manager to oversee planned outages across customer networks, ensuring safety, efficiency, and minimal disruption. You will work with Job Managers, Technical Coordinators and Distribution teams to coordinate outage requests, optimise schedules, and guide outage methodologies.

You will lead continuous improvement, ensure reliability KPIs, safety, quality and cost targets, and provide technical guidance while maintaining strong relationships with customers

Qualifications

• Trade qualification in Distribution is essential.
• Tertiary qualification related to Engineering, Management or Leadership is preferred.
• 10+ years’ experience in distribution network installation, switching, and maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of electrical industry regulations and prescribed electrical work requirements.
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder relationship management experience.
• Proven leadership ability, with a collaborative approach to coaching and mentoring others.
• Experience developing outage management strategies and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Advanced computer, planning, and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously improve planned outage management processes, systems, and procedures.
• Review, coordinate, and support planned outage requests while optimising outage-sharing opportunities.
• Review and coordinate switching planning and switching schedule development.
• Provide technical expertise and support for outage methodologies and complex outage requests.
• Ensure planned outages achieve customer and business objectives relating to reliability (SAIDI, SAIFI, CAIDI), safety, quality, and cost.
• Coordinate with customers and stakeholders, including managing critical customer outage requirements and generation policies.
• Monitor, track, and report planned outage performance against KPIs.
• Build strong relationships across internal teams and customer organisations to drive service improvements.
• Conduct audits, investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives, including lessons learned from outage events.
• Deliver training and guidance on outage management best practices.
• Maintain compliance, accurate records, reporting, and up-to-date knowledge of health, safety, and outage management requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Stakeholder management

Communication

Auditing & continuous improvement

Planning & organising

Education

Trade qualification in Distribution

Tertiary qualification in Engineering/Management/Leadership

Job description

About the Role

We're looking for a highly organised and technically minded professional to join our team as an Outage Manager. In this pivotal role, you'll be at the heart of ensuring planned outages across customer networks are delivered safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption.

Keep the power flowing and make a real impact on network reliability.

Working closely with Job Managers, Technical Coordinators, and teams across the Distribution business, you'll review, coordinate, and support planned outage requests while identifying opportunities to optimise outage schedules and improve network performance. You'll provide expert technical guidance, support switching planning activities, and play a key role in maintaining the integrity, reliability, and security of our network.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, and take pride in driving operational excellence, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to a critical service that powers communities every day.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and continuously improve planned outage management processes, systems, and procedures.
• Review, coordinate, and support planned outage requests while optimising outage-sharing opportunities.
• Review and coordinate switching planning and switching schedule development.
• Provide technical expertise and support for outage methodologies and complex outage requests.
• Ensure planned outages achieve customer and business objectives relating to reliability (SAIDI, SAIFI, CAIDI), safety, quality, and cost.
• Coordinate with customers and stakeholders, including managing critical customer outage requirements and generation policies.
• Monitor, track, and report planned outage performance against KPIs.
• Build strong relationships across internal teams and customer organisations to drive service improvements.
• Conduct audits, investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives, including lessons learned from outage events.
• Deliver training and guidance on outage management best practices.
• Maintain compliance, accurate records, reporting, and up-to-date knowledge of health, safety, and outage management requirements.

Qualifications and Skills

• A trade qualification in Distribution is essential.
• A tertiary qualification related to Engineering, Management or Leadership is preferred.
• 10+ years’ experience in distribution network installation, switching, and maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of electrical industry regulations and prescribed electrical work requirements.
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder relationship management experience.
• Proven leadership ability, with a collaborative approach to coaching and mentoring others.
• Experience developing outage management strategies and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ability to conduct audits, investigations, and facilitate learning and improvement programmes.
• Advanced computer, planning, and organisational skills.

Who are we?

As the global energy landscape continues to evolve, Omexom is supporting New Zealand's transition toward a cleaner, more sustainable energy future. We work alongside partners across the energy ecosystem to accelerate progress and enable meaningful decarbonisation.

Omexom New Zealand brings the global scale, innovation, and proven expertise of a global leader to every local project. We collaborate with those who produce, transform and transport electricity and energy, including network owners and local authorities, to operate, build and maintain critical infrastructure. Our established processes ensure reliability and safety at scale, while longstanding relationships and on-the-ground experience make us trusted partners to work with.

We're here to help New Zealand build smarter, more efficient and resilient energy networks that will support community and industry for generations to come.

Please note, that only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

According to the Harvard Business Review, men typically apply for jobs when they meet only 60% of the qualifications, whereas women and individuals from underrepresented groups usually apply only if they meet all the criteria. We're not just about checking boxes, so if you believe you have the skills but don't meet every requirement listed, please reach out if you would like to find out more, we'd love to talk with you.

Come join our amazing team and be a part of the pioneers in energy transition.