Senior Mechanical Engineer Hydro

Te āhua o te tūranga The nature of the role

As a Senior Engineer Mechanical youll play a key role in supporting the safe reliable and economic operation of our hydro generation assets. This is a handson influential engineering role where your technical judgement helps shape decisions across asset management maintenance strategies and project delivery. Youll be a trusted voice within the Hydro Engineering team working closely with asset operations and project teams to keep plant performance at its best.

Your days will see you balancing big picture thinking with practical problemsolving. From coordinating Opex and Capex projects to investigating plant issues and guiding longterm asset management plans your work will directly impact how our assets perform over their lifecycle. Youll bring clarity to complex issues contribute to robust engineering decisions and help the wider business understand what good looks like when it comes to mechanical engineering in a power generation environment.

Qualifications :

Ko wai koe About you

Youre an experienced mechanical engineer who enjoys working with complex longlived assets and understands the responsibility that comes with asset safety and reliability. You bring sound engineering judgement strong analytical skills and a collaborative mindset and youre comfortable explaining technical concepts to a wide range of stakeholders. Most importantly you care about doing things well and supporting others to succeed.

Were ideally looking for someone who brings a relevant engineering qualification and strong experience in heavy industrial or power generation environments along with a solid understanding of mechanical systems rotating equipment condition monitoring and asset lifecycle management. Experience coordinating projects contributing to asset management strategies and supporting investigations is essential. Professional registration membership of an engineering institution and experience with financial modelling or commercial drivers are valuable additions but not barriers to applying.

We know no one ticks every box. If you bring most of what weve described along with curiosity integrity and a willingness to learn wed love to hear from you. Youll thrive here if you enjoy working collaboratively take ownership of your work and are motivated to continuously grow your skills while supporting Contacts values and tikanga.

Additional Information :

There are a bunch of perks to being a permanent Contact kaimahi. Along with great leadership teammates development and growth and progression opportunities free health insurance cover better-than-your-average leave access to Contact Shares a Good to be Home annual payment toward your home set up & wellbeing a trail-blazing parental leave policy bi-annual payments towards Contact Energy products and more!

Applications close 5pm Friday the 1st of May

Here at Contact Energy (Te Mata Hiko) we know our strength lies in developing a sense of belonging - one that helps us attract and retain people with a broad range of perspectives and experiences.

Were committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued respected and empowered to bring their whole selves to work. Our goal is to reflect the diversity of our customers and communities to help build a better Aotearoa New Zealand.

We have a rich community of talented people that we support to thrive at Contact.

Our inclusive hiring process is designed to embrace the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand ensuring a wide range of perspectives are included in our decision-making and helping reduce bias along the way.

The wellbeing of our kaimahi is super important to us.

We use employee insights to offer a range of initiatives and resources to support physical mental financial and emotional wellbeing including flexible working arrangements employee network groups and a market-leading parental leave policy.

At Te Mata Hiko we want everyone to thrive. We welcome applicants far and wide - of every age stage background and pride. Join us and be part of a team that values your passion and attitude just as much as your experience and skills.

Please note only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. Were not about box ticking so if you think you have what it takes but dont meet everything stated above please still get in touch. Wed love to kōrero.

Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time