Senior Electrical Engineer

Meridian Energy; Christchurch, Twizel; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Healthcare

Enhanced leave

KiwiSaver

Employee share scheme

Home‑setup allowance

Job summary

Meridian Energy is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to provide technical leadership for our large hydro and wind generation sites. You will navigate complex capital upgrades, plant breakdowns, and asset strategies while mentoring the next generation of engineers.

The role is largely office-based with some project-site periods, offering a competitive salary and benefits. You’ll contribute to sustainability initiatives and work within Meridian’s Generation business unit to deliver reliable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (or equivalent) and professional experience in the consulting or engineering industry.
• Experience with maintenance, projects, commissioning, and asset management in the power generation, transmission, or heavy electrical fields.
• Understanding of project delivery methodologies, electrical industry compliance, asset management, and health and safety best practices.
• A keenness to own the outcome and provide technical leadership beyond your normal swim lane.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across electrical engineering disciplines.
• Lead complex capital upgrades and asset strategies.
• Support and mentor other engineers within the Generation business unit.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe, reliable power solutions.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Project leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Health & safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Mai te hiku ki te taurapa, whitikina e te rā
From the tail of the fish to the tail of the waka, shines the sun

Thiswhakataukīspeaks to our journey across Aotearoa, one waka, one purpose, powered by the natural forces that sustain us. Meridian is Aotearoa’s largest renewable electricity producer, generating energy from the winds ofTāwhirimātea, the waters of Tangaroa, and the warmth of Tama-nui-te-rā.

Together, our two brands,MeridianandPowershopretail electricity to more than 400,000 homes, businesses and farms across New Zealand.Nowthat’sapretty impressivecombo!

This is an opportunity to work on New Zealand’s iconic renewable generation infrastructure as a key member of our multi-disciplinary team of skilled engineers. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, your broad experience and diverse competencies will provide strong technical leadership in our Generation business unit, with a focus primarily on our existing large hydro and wind generation sites. We need your ability to navigate complex and multifaceted challenges, including large and small capital upgrades, plant breakdowns, compliance obligations, and asset strategies. You’ll work alongside other highly experienced engineers and help support and mentor our next generation of engineers.

We’relooking for a senior level engineerwith proven experience leading complex, technically challenging work across electrical (and other) engineering disciplines.

Key skills and experience include: a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (or equivalent) and professional experience in the consulting or engineering industry.

• Experience with maintenance, projects, commissioning, and asset management in the power generation, transmission, or heavy electrical fields.
• An understanding of project delivery methodologies, electrical industry compliance,asset management,and health and safety best practices.
• A keenness to owntheoutcome and provide technical leadershipbeyond your normal swim lane.
• Excellentcommunication,collaboration,and influencingskills.
• This role is largely office based but there may be periods where you’re required project site. This would be discussed in advance and with plenty of notice.

We value work/lifebalance,so our flexible work options (where possible) make things easier for you and your whānau. We also offer:

• An attractive and competitive salary package that’s reviewed annually, performance-incentive plus discounts from several partnerships
• Southern Cross Healthcare - Wellbeing one insurance, funded scheme for eligible employees to give you that extra peace of mind
• Enhanced leave provisions: three company paid days (over the holiday period), enhanced parental leave and options to buy up to 12 days additional leave
• Life, trauma and income protection insurance (which we hope you won’t need!)
• Enhanced KiwiSaver contributions
• Access to the Meridian employee share scheme
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, we want you to be the best version of yourself and will help you get there!
• Award winning wellbeing programme that provides support whenever and wherever you need it
• Employee discounts off your power with Meridian, every bit counts
• A one-off $400 payment to support your work from home set-up (if needed)

We’re a great place to work with plenty of opportunities and career development for those that want it. We value and live by three ‘How to Be’s’: ‘be gutsy’, working together by ‘being in the waka’ and doing the right thing by ‘being a good human’.

We embrace diversity and inclusion and ensure that everyone feels like they belong, are welcomed, feel valued, and feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We want all our people to be the best that they can be, so we make sure that there’s room for everyone to be exactly who they are, and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences, including individuals with disabilities, diverse health needs, and those who identify as neurodiverse, because we believe our differences make us stronger. We believe that fun is good for you, and we make sure that our office vibe reflects that. We support each other and celebrate our successes.

Sustainability sits firmly in our DNA – both socially and environmentally – and we’re doing what we can to help Aotearoa reduce their carbon emissions and we’re helping support others in our generation communities to do the same.

Ifyou’vegotany questions, please email [emailprotected] .We'recommitted to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed. Please get in touch if there are parts of our process you would likeassistancewith (process found here meridianenergy.co.nz/careers),we’remore than happy to help.

Advertising closes Thursday 17th September.

Location - Christchurch or Twizel although we’d consider other locations for the right person.

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