Quality Engineering & Automation Leader

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free health insurance

boosted KiwiSaver

Contact Shares

Good to be Home allowance

Parental leave policy

Job summary

Contact Energy is seeking a Chapter Lead to guide Quality Engineering & Automation within our Technology department. You will shape standards, drive capability growth, and mentor engineers to deliver high-quality software and data solutions.

You'll balance people leadership with technical guidance, partnering with engineering, delivery and technology leaders to embed quality-first practices across teams and accelerate reliable delivery in a evolving tech landscape.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of quality engineering, automation and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing technical people.
• Ability to influence across engineering, delivery and technology teams.
• Strong communication skills and a pragmatic approach to solving problems.
• Strategic mindset with hands-on willingness to roll up your sleeves when needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop the capability roadmap for quality engineering and automation.
• Grow and support a high-performing chapter through coaching and career development.
• Establish pragmatic quality standards, frameworks and engineering practices.
• Help teams adopt modern approaches to automation, testing and quality engineering.
• Partner closely with Domain Leads, Delivery Leads, Software Engineers and Data Engineers to improve delivery outcomes.
• Evaluate emerging tools, technologies and AI-driven opportunities that can enhance quality and efficiency.

Skills

Quality engineering

Automation

Leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Influence across teams

Coaching and mentoring

Cloud / API / data platforms

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Quality engineering tooling

Job description

Contact Energy is seeking a Chapter Lead to guide Quality Engineering & Automation within our Technology department. You will shape standards, drive capability growth, and mentor engineers to deliver high-quality software and data solutions.

You'll balance people leadership with technical guidance, partnering with engineering, delivery and technology leaders to embed quality-first practices across teams and accelerate reliable delivery in a evolving tech landscape.