Electrical Fitter
18 hours ago
**Experienced Electrical Fitter interested in fault finding?**:
- **Grow and thrive in an innovative utility network**:
- **Full Medical and Life Insurance**
**About WEL Networks**
With around 270 employees, owned by and working for the community, WEL Networks has been serving the Waikato for 100 years, distributing power from the national grid, connecting over 160,000 people to electricity services.
Based in Hamilton, we play an essential role in the region's economic and social development by identifying and investing in new technologies that will modernise our network and future-proof our region. We’re excited to be broadening our horizons as we diversify from a traditional lines company into a multi-utility.
As the world is going through a period of significant change and adjusting to a new normal, so too is WEL Networks. With the energy landscape changing at pace, through the acceleration of Electrification, Solar, Batteries, and EVs driving changing customer expectations, we are focussing now more than ever on unlocking our energy potential and realising our vision: to create an innovative energy future.
We are looking for skilled, innovative and enthusiastic individuals to join our team in supporting the company through this exciting new chapter and into the future.
**About the role**
We are currently looking for an experienced Electrical Fitter to join our Maintenance Services team.
This is an opportunity to progress into a more technical role, providing support to our Test Van crew as needed; where you will be working with sophisticated testing equipment to test and fault find within our network.
**Duties**
- Cable commissioning and fault finding
- Primary and limited secondary testing
- High voltage switching
- General Electrical Fitter duties
- Participating in our on-call faults roster and working unscheduled overtime when required
**Skills and experience**
- An uncompromising commitment to workplace safety
- A minimum of 3 years post trade experience - this role requires some depth of experience
- Experience in substation equipment installations and the operation, maintenance and repair of generic 11kV and 33kV switchgear
- Experience in ring main units and distribution transformers
- Cable testing and switching experience would be an advantage
- Extensive technical knowledge and current electrical registration
- Ability and experience to work independently and unsupervised
**Staff Benefits**
At WEL, we look after our people - from full medical and life insurance cover, and a variety of flexible working options, to the safest equipment and plenty of upskilling opportunities. We will also help you with relocation expenses when moving into the Waikato.
We are committed to making sure our people go home safe every day, and with a drug and alcohol free worksite we will require you to take a drug and alcohol test before you join us.
**How to Apply**
View the full position description for more details and if this opportunity sounds like the right fit for you, please apply
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Safety:_**_ As an essential service, WEL Networks has a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to ensure we can continue to deliver our services and keep our community safe. We require all our employees (and visitors to WEL sites) to be fully vaccinated._
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