Senior Engineer / Team Lead

Connetics; Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus + relocation support

Hybrid role with technical and team-le

Lead and grow Substations & Green Grds

Diverse range of projects

Professional development andLeadership

Health and wellbeing benefits, modernอ

Job summary

Connetics in Christchurch is seeking an experienced Senior Primary Design Engineer / Team Lead to join our Substations & Green Grids team. You will lead day-to-day workload, deliver substation design projects, and mentor engineers.

The role combines technical design with leadership and offers a hybrid working model, with opportunities to grow the team and tackle diverse electrical infrastructure projects while maintaining safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in substation primary design within distribution and/or sub-transmission environments.
• Experience leading a team or readiness to step into a Team Lead role.
• Ability to coach, mentor and develop engineers.
• Strong project, stakeholder and customer management skills.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Substation design

Team leadership

Coaching mentoring

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering degree (Level 7)

Job description

At Connetics, we deliver energy solutions that power a cleaner, brighter future. We design, build, and maintain electrical infrastructure across Aotearoa, supporting communities and helping keep the network running safely and reliably.

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Senior Primary Design Engineer / Team Lead to join our Substations & Green Grids team in Christchurch.

This is a great opportunity to combine strong technical engineering capability with leadership. You'll play a key role in delivering complex primary design projects while supporting, mentoring and growing the capability of the team around you.

We're also open to experienced Senior Design Engineers who are ready to take the next step into a Team Lead role and combine their technical expertise with leading and developing a team

You will be involved in:

• Leading the day-to-day workload and workflow of the Substations & Green Grids team
• Delivering substation design projects across distribution and sub-transmission networks
• Providing technical guidance, coaching and mentoring to engineers
• Leading complex multidisciplinary projects from scoping through to construction
• Driving quality, continuous improvement and safe engineering outcomes

About You

You will thrive in this role if you have:

• Strong experience in substation primary design within distribution and/or sub-transmission environments
• Experience leading a team, or a strong desire to take the next step into a Team Lead role
• Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop engineers
• Strong project, stakeholder and customer management skills
• A relevant Level 7 engineering qualification, with CPEng or working towards it desirable

What's on Offer

• Sign-on bonus + relocation support
• A hybrid role combining technical engineering with team leadership
• The opportunity to lead and grow the Substations & Green Grids team
• A diverse range of challenging electrical infrastructure projects
• Professional development and leadership opportunities
• Health and wellbeing benefits, modern offices, free onsite parking and flexible working options

Please note: Connetics requires all successful applicants to complete a pre-employment Ministry of Justice check, along with a medical assessment including a drug and alcohol test.