Senior Electrical Engineer

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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 

This whakataukī speaks 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 of Tāwhirimātea, the waters of Tangaroa, and the warmth of Tama-nui-te-rā.  

Together, our two brands, Meridian and Powershop retail electricity to more than 400,000 homes, businesses and farms across New Zealand. Now that’s a pretty impressive combo!   

Mō te tūranga | What you’ll be doing     

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.

 Ngā pukenga kei a koe mō tenei tūranga | What you’ll bring  

We’re looking for a senior level engineer with 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 own the outcome and provide technical leadership beyond your normal swim lane. 
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing skills. 
• 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.

Read the whole job description here.

Ngā painga ki a mātou | What we can offer!   

We value work/life balance, 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)

He aha koe i hono mai ai ki a mātou? | Why join us?    

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.

Tono mai ināianei tonu | Apply now   

If this opportunity sounds like you and you want to bring your energy and use your power to make a difference (pun intended), then apply today and tell us why!  

We encourage you to apply for this role — even if you don’t meet every requirement. At Meridian, we value diverse perspectives and believe that potential, passion, and a willingness to grow are important. If you’re excited about this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you!  

If you’ve got any questions, please email [email protected]. We're committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed. Please get in touch if there are parts of our process you would like assistance with (process found here meridianenergy.co.nz/careers), we’re more 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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