National Grid Operations Planner

2 weeks ago


Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Transpower Full time
Bring your passion for planning to the heart of the Electricity Sector

  • Utilise your outstanding communication and analytical skills
  • Help enable the energy transition and a more sustainable future for Aotearoa
Optimise plans and manipulate data to efficiently and effectively deliver critical work for Transpower and our Service Providers.


At Transpower, our core purpose is to empower the energy future for New Zealand - a future that delivers a net-zero carbon economy and a reliable and secure electricity system.


About the team


The National Grid Operations Centre manages the operation of Transpower's grid assets to enable the safe and efficient delivery of electricity to New Zealand.

This includes coordinating grid outages, identifying, analysing, and mitigating risks on the grid and when there are any events, ensuring we restore electricity supply as quickly and safely as possible.


About the opportunity - available due to internal promotion


In our Christchurch office and part of a national team, you'll work normal business hours, with the potential to develop your career in Transpower over time and/or work in the Operations Centres if you desire the lifestyle flexibility that shift work enables.


While the core role is detailed outage planning and management of grid access, the key to your success will be your ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with our service providers working on the grid, connected parties, and other stakeholders to understand their requirements.


You'll provide a key operational interface between the national grid and these stakeholders, through the preparation of the detailed outage documentation that enable the safe and efficient switching of assets for maintenance, commissioning, and decommissioning.

It's meaningful and essential work

About you
Collaborative and naturally curious, you'll think big picture but also work comfortably in the detail.

A love of problem solving and putting pieces of the puzzle together to get a clear understanding of availability, time frames, and other requirements will see you thrive in this role.


As someone who gets a kick out of continuous improvement, you'll find opportunities to improve performance and support the implementation of improved processes for new and existing services.


Working across our business and the sector, you'll strengthen your relationship management skills whilst deepening your understanding of this ever-evolving sector.

You'll be empowered to act and bring solutions to the table to ensure the decisions we make today are in the best long-term interests of Aotearoa.


You could be an experienced outage planner or operator, possibly working for a lines company or someone with electrical experience interested in Transmission.

However, we also offer targeted ongoing training - so if you are technically minded looking to train or retrain in electricity transmission, this is your opportunity

Share with us via your CV and cover letter

  • Current working knowledge, or a strong interest, in the electrical industry/critical infrastructure
  • Welldeveloped relationship management and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, to clearly articulate technical or complex issues.

Whilst not essential, we'd love to see:

  • relevant tertiary qualification
- working knowledge of Transmission assets and outage management
- knowledge of power systems

Why you should join us
An equal opportunity employer, our people from over 28 nationalities freely share their experience and knowledge, so there are great learning opportunities and a broad range of perspectives all connected by the shared purpose _Whakamana i te mauri hiko tū mai Aotearoa_

Next Steps

NB:
Existing eligibility to work in New Zealand is preferred.


Job Details:

  • Position Description
Grid Operations Reference #
Posted on
12 Jan 2023- Closes on

30 Jan :55- Location(s)

Christchurch- Expertise
Electrical- Job level(s)
Experienced- Work type(s)
Permanent Full Time
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