Power System Security Manager

2 weeks ago

Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Transpower Full time
Lead a critical operational engineering team assessing HV outages

  • Work at pace, providing advice to realtime power system control rooms
  • Dynamic role, operating at the centre of the evolving power system


Lead a team that coordinates and assesses outages and provides engineering advice to enable the secure operation of the power system.


Transpower owns and operates New Zealand's National Grid - the high voltage transmission network - $5b of assets, connecting areas of generation with towns and cities across New Zealand.


Transpower also has a central role as System Operator running the wholesale electricity market and operating the power system in real time.

As the heart of the power system, we connect the generators of electricity with electricity retailers through the wholesale electricity market.

We then manage the flow of that electricity across Transpower's high-voltage transmission network to local lines companies and large industrial customers connected directly to the national grid.


Across our business, people are connected by our shared purpose - Whakamana i te mauri hiko tū mai Aotearoa - Empowering the energy future for New Zealand.


About the Opportunity
The System Security Manager leads a team providing a critical part of the System Operator function.

Located in either our head office in Wellington, or in Hamilton, you'll lead the System Security team of ~6 engineers responsible for assessing grid outages approximately 10 weeks ahead, checking for security risks, and communicating operational requirements needed to support the outages and enable a secure power system.


Your engineering team's key responsibilities are:

  • ensuring Transpower's outage coordination and assessment process is delivered professionally, efficiently, and in a manner which meets the expectations of all stakeholders, internal and external
- providing technical advice on the operational implications of outages and any system requirements needed
- coordinating planned outages on the system and providing System Operator advice to both the Grid Owner and other industry participants
- engaging with our Market Services, Outage Planning, Planning and Project Support, and real time teams on difficult issues and where specialist advice and technical assistance is required


The System Security team is part of a wider Operations Planning team which schedules and assesses outages, provides engineering advice to enable a secure power system, and keeps our operational tool set up to date with changes and newly commissioned equipment.

You will be part of the Operations Planning management team and provide managerial, commercial, and operational leadership to ensure the team outcomes are delivered.


You'll work closely with our National Control Centres, Power System team, and Outage Planning team, as well as wider national grid teams.

You will also communicate with counterparts in generators, lines companies, and some large industrials.


You will need to keep across the evolution in the power sector; the changes in generation types, operations, the national grid, and how electricity users respond.

Our sector is evolving, and you and your team will need to be ready adapt.

So, what will you bring?
You'll be passionate about leading people, developing capability, and delivering results. You'll have previous experience in continuous improvement, leading change initiatives, and guiding expert decision making operational and technical issues.

Your CV and cover letter will demonstrate:

  • Experience leading people in an operational context, ideally as a line manager
  • Welldeveloped verbal and written communication and influencing skills
  • Demonstrated ability to analyse and interpret complex problems or processes, identify, and understand requirements and develop alternatives
  • Sound ability to form, maintain, and manage relationships at operational as well as senior management level, and with experienced external industry professionals
  • Technical knowledge of and experience within the NZ power system and in electrical engineering unpinned by a relevant qualification

Why join Transpower in Operations
It's exciting The scale, criticality and complexity of our lifeline utility is both stimulating and challenging.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value the diversity of thought that comes from our people of over 28 nationalities.


Job Details:

  • Position Description
System Security Manager March Reference #
Posted on
09 Mar 2023- Closes on

27 Mar :55- Location(s)

Hamilton, Wellington- Expertise
Electrical, Management- Job level(s)
Experienced, Management- Work type(s)
Permanent Full Time

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