Transmission Line Mechanic

Overview

Construct and maintain transmission lines ensuring safety and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• documentation
• transmission
• line repair
• issue resolution
• work planning
• equipment maintenance

Tasks

-Complete all necessary field paperwork, including inspection reports and asset documentation. -Build and repair transmission lines in line with customer specifications and regulatory standards, ensuring reliable and safe power delivery. -Proactively identify and resolve issues that may impact project timelines or quality -Develop and Implement Work Plans and manage the construction and maintenance of transmission equipment.

Requirements

• ewrb registration
• transmission certs
• live line
• nz licence
• e1/e2
• communication

What You Bring

-EWRB registration as a Transmission Line Mechanic -Relevant transmission certifications and qualifications -Live Line qualification non-essential but preferred -Full, clean NZ driver’s license (Class 2 desirable) -E1 and E2 or TLM -Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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Benefits

-A friendly workplace where people are valued and appreciated -An in-house well-being programme, a peer support network (Kaitiaki) and EAP services -Life Insurance and group discounted medical insurance -Social club, family-friendly events and discounted gym membership along with various retail discounts. -Tailored leadership development in line with our specialized capability framework

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

Interview Process

-applicants will be interviewed while the advertisement is open.

Security Clearance

-criminal history check -drug and alcohol testing -medical assessment