Senior Utilities & Data Optimization Lead

Chorus New Zealand; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Chorus Care package

Hybrid working

Flex@Chorus Sweet Spot

Job summary

Chorus New Zealand is hiring a utilities subject matter lead to optimise data and costs across the national network. You will manage metering, billing data, and supplier relationships while supporting budgeting and governance across multiple sites and stakeholders.

The role focuses on applying analysis to identify tariff optimisations, cost savings and sustainability improvements, with a strong emphasis on data integrity and decision records.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years’ experience in building services, facilities management, utilities management, energy management or related field.
• Experience managing electricity or wider utility services including consumption, billing, budgeting and forecasting.
• Ability to interpret electricity pricing, tariff structures and network charges.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into optimisation actions.
• Experience delivering projects across multiple sites, suppliers and stakeholders with benefits tracking.

Responsibilities

• Improve consumption, ICP and billing data to ensure charges are accurate.
• Verify utility charges and support budgets and variance analysis.
• Maintain clear records of decisions, assumptions and site actions.
• Identify and progress opportunities such as tariff changes, fuse size optimisation and load management.
• Build and maintain relationships with utility providers and internal teams to deliver benefits.
• Provide regular reporting on pipeline, risks, issues and decisions.

Skills

Utilities management

Energy management

Data analysis

Contract management

Budgeting

Stakeholder engagement

Financial acumen

Job description

Chorus New Zealand is hiring a utilities subject matter lead to optimise data and costs across the national network. You will manage metering, billing data, and supplier relationships while supporting budgeting and governance across multiple sites and stakeholders.

The role focuses on applying analysis to identify tariff optimisations, cost savings and sustainability improvements, with a strong emphasis on data integrity and decision records.