Senior Transmission Line Engineer - Electrical

Aurecon Group; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurecon Group is seeking a Senior Electrical Transmission Line Engineer to join our Transmission Line Engineering team across New Zealand. Based in Wellington, you will contribute to complex overhead line projects, apply advanced design practices, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams.

You’ll use PLS-CADD and CDEGS to develop robust design solutions, produce calculations, drawings and reports, and contribute to EMF, earthing and lightning studies while helping shape practical electrical

Qualifications

• A relevant electrical engineering qualification.
• Hands-on experience in overhead transmission line design.
• Experience with EMF, earthing and lightning studies.

Responsibilities

• Personally undertake overhead transmission line electrical design on complex engineering projects
• Use PLS-CADD and CDEGS to develop practical and technically robust design solutions
• Produce calculations, drawings, studies and technical design reports that support reliable project delivery
• Contribute to EMF, earthing and lightning studies and associated technical assessments
• Help shape practical electrical design standards and repeatable ways of working within a growing transmission line engineering capability
• Collaborate with structural, civil and multidisciplinary engineering teams across multiple locations

Skills

Electrical transmission line design

Communication

Collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Hands-on design experience

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

PLS-CADD

CDEGS

Job description

Senior Transmission Line Engineer – Electrical At Aurecon, we are optimistic about the future. We are thinkers, solvers, and collaborators who work with our clients to deliver the infrastructure and assets that strengthen communities and create a sustainable future.

What you’ll do

• As a Senior Electrical Transmission Line Engineer in our Transmission Line Engineering team based in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington or Christchurch, you’ll contribute to projects and programs that make a real difference and be part of a team that embraces challenges, welcomes diverse ideas, and engineer solutions with people and outcomes in mind.
• Personally undertake overhead transmission line electrical design on complex engineering projects
• Use PLS-CADD and CDEGS to develop practical and technically robust design solutions
• Produce calculations, drawings, studies and technical design reports that support reliable project delivery
• Contribute to EMF, earthing and lightning studies and associated technical assessments
• Help shape practical electrical design standards and repeatable ways of working within a growing transmission line engineering capability
• Collaborate with structural, civil and multidisciplinary engineering teams across multiple locations

What you’ll bring

• A relevant electrical engineering qualification and demonstrated experience in overhead transmission line design
• Hands-on professional experience using PLS-CADD and CDEGS
• Relevant experience undertaking EMF, earthing and lightning studies
• Evidence of personally completing electrical designs, calculations, studies, drawings and technical reports
• Strong technical capability developed through relevant industry experience and continued hands‑on design involvement
• The ability to contribute as a practising designer rather than solely in a management or coordination capacity
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills

How we support your growth

We believe your career should be a rewarding adventure. You will tackle some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges, in an environment that supports your ambitions, where we hold ourselves, and each other, to the highest standards. Recognised by the AFR as a Best Place to Work in 2026, we embrace diverse perspectives, giving you the opportunity to make a real impact.

Who we are

We are an engineering consultancy with more than 6,000 people across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and Asia. We believe the world needs people who can engineer possibilities; people who can create infrastructure that makes life better for people and the planet. That is why we are here – to bring ideas to life, the Aurecon way.

Tewhakahā i ngā whakaaro | Breathing life into our ideas, thoughts, views Kia māia, kia kaha, mahi tahi | Be bold, be strong, work as one

We’ve re-imagined engineering. Aurecon is an engineering and infrastructure advisory company, but not as you know it! Think engineering. Think again.

Find out more here.