Electrician

Overview

Perform HV/LV electrical maintenance and construction at substations as an electrician.

Key Responsibilities

• fault finding
• defect elimination
• equipment inspection
• job scoping
• project planning
• electrical work

Tasks

-Identify potential issues and provide effective solutions to recover from setbacks -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

Requirements

• registered electrician
• electrical schematics
• substation
• lone worker
• nz licence
• health safety

What You Bring

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

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Benefits

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

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

Security Clearance

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