Network Portfolio Manager

6 months ago


Christchurch, New Zealand Orion Full time

As our Network Portfolio Manager reporting to our Head of Network Delivery, your key focus is to provide strategic direction ensuring the successful delivery of our Asset Management Plan. It’s a busy and challenging leadership role leading work programmes, asset maintenance and emergency work in coordination with the PMO office. This role is exciting and varied, it will need your full toolkit of skills, don’t miss this one

**About us**

Passionate, curious, and innovative are a few words that describe our people. We are powering the future, connecting communities, and igniting innovation. Orion owns and operates the electricity distribution network that provides power to central Canterbury. As the third largest electricity distribution network in New Zealand, we cover remote rural areas, regional towns, and the city of Christchurch.

We are an essential service and take our responsibilities seriously. We are community owned and working here means a career with meaning and purpose that makes a difference in your very own neighbourhood.

**The role**
- Lead the Network Program function delivering strategic direction that aligns with our overarching vision
- Lead reporting to our Head of Network Delivery, Integrated Leadership Team and stakeholders on portfolio objectives, progress and outcomes on data driven decision-making
- Manage portfolio performance to ensure effective prioritization and resource allocation
- Authorise CAPEX and OPEX works to deliver on our AMP work programme
- Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies ensuring we continue to improve, growth and stay innovative

**About you**
- Extensive experience in a Programme Manager leadership role with exception planning maintenance skills delivering on multiple complex parallel projects
- Relevant qualification in the electrical industry or substantial experience in the management and/or construction and maintenance of substation, electric power distribution systems contracts or projects
- Natural desire and motivation to lead others with the ability to coach, inspire and motivate
- Strong ability to influence and engage at all levels through communication and negotiation
- Experience in Project Management fundamentals
- Be solution focused while managing deadlines, conflicting priorities and constantly changing demands

**We offer**

You’ll find at Orion, you can come as you are and just be you. You will be joining a workplace that values who you are, the work you do, and the way you think. Importantly, we offer:

- Flexible working arrangements, and flexible locations with our Head office in Burnside and satellite offices in Rolleston and Ferrymead
- Three days of “My Days” leave
- A broad range of workplace benefits from a wellbeing allowance to access to our holiday house in Hanmer

You might be surprised to find out that the company that brings the power to your home is innovative, inclusive, progressive, and quite good fun.

**To apply**

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