Substation Project Engineering Manager – Customer Projects

13 hours ago

Wellington, New Zealand Transpower New Zealand Full time

Help shape New Zealand's renewable energy future

Provide leadership and mentoring to engineers
Enjoy intellectual challenge at the heart of the electricity sector

Provide substations engineering leadership internally and externally, grow capability, and lead exciting future focused projects
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.
Our transmission network includes over 12,000km of transmission lines, 25,000 transmission towers, and 170 substations - assets that are worth more than $5 billion and provide direct benefit to Aotearoa.
Our Grid Development division is responsible for identifying and conveying our future Grid needs up to 30 plus years ahead and develops transmission asset management strategies to meet our strategic objectives as outlined in Transmission Tomorrow and Whakamana i Te Mauri Hiko.
Enquiries to connect to the Grid from generators, distributors, and end-users have doubled in the past three years and these projects are cheaper and faster to build than ever before.
We are growing and scaling to ensure we can respond by offering connections faster and more efficiently.
About The Team
Our Tactical Engineering Substations team in Grid Development provides critical project engineering services to ensure the nation's power needs are met efficiently and cost-effectively.
They manage engineering investigations, design, project support, and cost estimation for high-voltage transmission substations and secondary systems, with projects valued at $300-$400 million annually.
The team also oversees technical documents, develops design standards, and implements innovative solutions to support a sustainable energy future, while collaborating with Protection and Automation, Transmission Lines, Asset Planning, and Operations teams.
About The Opportunity
Based in our Waikoukou head office in Wellington (Christchurch can be considered for an exceptional candidate), you'll lead a small team of engineers and contractors who provide project engineering support to the grid development and grid delivery teams.
This is a great opportunity to work across the business and with our external connection parties, including generators and distributors.
We have an outsourcing model for the design of projects.
This approach requires astute management and guidance to ensure that the level of risk that Transpower takes on is balanced against project costs and, as a result, this position plays a key oversight role in projects which maximise value to Transpower.
You'll guide and lead others in the wider team, to achieve good outcomes for Transpower, clients, and ultimately New Zealand.
You'll also support Senior Leaders in identifying and implementing new approaches, innovations, and technologies to drive savings and optimisation, along with improved safety outcomes through engineering design.
With a focus on resourcing and customer service, you'll enable your team to prioritise work and efficient delivery on our strategic priorities.
We'll support and develop you to initiate and guide continuous improvement to pursue the delivery of an efficient engineering service that enables project delivery within schedule, budget, and quality parameters.
Ultimately, you'll enjoy varied future focused work, and building intellectually stimulating relationships across Transpower and with our outsourced engineering design partners, customers, and stakeholders.
What will you bring?
Outstanding people leadership skills and good strategic vision and experience determining and delivering the continuous improvements required in technical teams to meet future business needs.
Priorities and operational requirements can change quickly, so experience navigating and leading in a dynamic environment is a plus.
Ideally, you'll be someone known for building teams where people are highly engaged and feel accountably empowered; where they are challenged, grow, and develop competency while maximising their strengths.
To be shortlisted, your CV and cover letter will clearly demonstrate:

A relevant engineering degree, ideally with post graduate qualification.
Experience in leading successful teams, including coaching, supervising, motivating, and developing people in an asset centric, scaling/evolving business.
Proven expertise in contract and project management, business strategy alignment, team goal setting, tracking, work prioritisation, and resource planning.
Well-developed and concise verbal and written communication, including when conveying technical issues to non-technical audiences, or where technical leaders have varying viewpoints.
Positive relationship management skills, including advocacy and influencing of key stakeholders, ideally in a fast paced, engineering project design and delivery environment.
Previous experience with Substations projects would be advantageous.
Tactical engineering at Transpower operates like an internal consultant or front-end engineering department, so if your background includes engineering consultancy, distribution, or transmission with good exposure to engineering design, planning, and execution, you'll be able to have impact quickly.
Join us at Transpower
Aotearoa is powered by the people who work here.
Every home, every marae, every electric vehicle, every hospital relies on the electricity we manage and deliver.
This is your opportunity to join us on a mission that affects all New Zealanders, every day and long into the future.
With over 28 nationalities, our people provide diverse perspectives, knowledge, and deep and varied experience which they love to share.
We also offer a wide range of health and wellness benefits and have many different ways we support and reward you.
Next Steps
To collaborate enterprise wide, and help deliver accelerated electrification for Aotearoa, please review the position description via our careers site and apply without delay
Role closes Sunday 26th January 2025; however, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and you may be contacted prior to the close date for an initial exploratory conversation to facilitate shortlisting or to arrange an interview.
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