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Electrician

Northpower

The Role

Overview

Electrical fitter/electrician performing HV/LV maintenance, fault finding, and repairs in substations.

Key Responsibilities

  • fault finding
  • equipment inspection
  • job planning
  • electrical work
  • repair maintenance
  • issue resolution

Tasks

-Inspecting, fault finding and defect elimination on HV and LV electrical equipment -Conduct job scoping and planning with accuracy -Carry out prescribed electrical work according to regulations -Assist with repair and maintenance activities and identify potential problems and solutions to recover from any setbacks -Identify potential issues and provide effective solutions to recover from setbacks

Requirements

  • electrician licence
  • nz licence
  • hv lv
  • substation
  • ipad
  • safety

What You Bring

-Able to cope with the physical demands of the job and has a strong commitment to health and safety -Experience with isolating and switching HV & LV network systems -Be a registered electrician with a current practicing licence -New Zealand driver’s licence -Need to perform callouts and maintenance duties as a lone worker, with a travel between 28 regional substation -Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics & diagrams -Preferably working at height competencies and experience heavy industry & construction type skill set -Accurate record-keeping and reporting of the works undertaken -Experience in 11KV to 220KV Substation Construction or Maintenance is desirable -Tool of Trade Vehicle + Full PPE Gear + iPad + Phone

Benefits

-Job Skill Development + Training for Future Development + Amazing Team -Long Service Leave Entitlements -Competitive Remuneration + Annual Wage Review + Overtime Allowance -Internal Kaitiaki Network + EAP + Additional Leave Options -Life Insurance + Southern Cross Health Insurance Incentives -Discounts on Retail Products + Access to Personal Use Fuel Cards

The Company

About Northpower

-It blends ownership and contracting—running its own electricity and fibre networks while delivering engineering and construction services nationwide. -Financially robust, it sustains large-scale contracts with major utilities and returns profits to its consumer-owned trust. -Its projects range from substation upgrades and submarine cable installations to managing transmission lines and future-energy installations. -Specialising in transmission, distribution, fibre rollout, inspection solutions and grid‑scale solar, it tackles every layer of utility infrastructure. -Unusually, the company owns and operates one of the region’s oldest hydro stations and recently launched a portable data centre prototype.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Electricity Distribution

Fibre Network

Transmission

Distribution

Substations

Industrial Electrical and Automation

Communications

Fibre Optic

Power

Renewables

Telecommunications

Infrastructure

Asset Management

Maintenance

Construction

Engineering Design

SCADA

Protection Scheme

Earthing

Battery Chargers

HV/LV Reticulation

Corrosion Protection

Acoustic Testing

Interview Process

-interviews will be conducted while the advertisement is open.

Security Clearance

-criminal history check -medical assessment with drug and alcohol testing -reference checks