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Senior Engineer C&I (Renewable Growth)

Contact Energy


Job Location:

Auckland - New Zealand

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 25 September 2026 (4 days ago)
Application Deadline: 23 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Te āhua o te tūranga The nature of the role

As our Senior C&I Engineer youll be a trusted technical voice initially tagged to the Glenbrook Battery project helping deliver instrumentation control and functional safety solutions from detailed design through to construction commissioning and handover to Operations. While your initial focus will be Glenbrook this is a permanent position designed to continue across Contacts pipeline of major projects.

Youll guide complex control system designs participate in HAZOPs CHAZOPs LOPAs and SIL verifications and review everything from P&IDs and loop diagrams to network architecture control narratives and cause-and-effect charts. Youll also provide senior support during FAT SAT commissioning and plant start-up. Working closely with Operations Technical Authorities contractors integrators OEMs and Contacts C&I specialists youll bring the right people together provide clear technical judgement and help carry Glenbrook safely and successfully through execution.


Qualifications :

Ko wai koe About you

Youre an experienced C&I engineer who enjoys being close to the action on major projects. You bring the technical confidence to make sound engineering judgements while remaining open to different perspectives and better ways of doing things. Youre comfortable giving candid advice working through complex problems and turning technical detail into practical solutions. Youll also be someone who builds strong relationships communicates clearly and takes pride in delivering work that will perform safely and reliably throughout its lifecycle.

The must-haves for this role are a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Control Systems Engineering Mechatronics Instrumentation or a related discipline along with at least eight years of relevant I&C engineering experience. Youll need strong expertise across PLCs BPCS SIS industrial networks and field instrumentation demonstrated experience applying IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 and experience with hazardous-area design under AS/NZS IEC 60079. Experience leading C&I workstreams on major projects working with contractors and vendors preparing technical specifications or supporting commissioning and plant start-up would be a real advantage. You may not tick every preferred box and thats okay. If you have the core technical foundations enjoy working collaboratively and are excited by the opportunity to help deliver the Glenbrook Battery project wed love to hear from you.


Additional Information :

Our preference is for candidates based near our Glenbrook site however are open to applicants close to one of our North Island generation hubs (Tauranga Taupo Wellington or New Plymouth) on a case by case basis with an expectation of frequent travel to sites.

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 2nd of October

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


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