High Voltage Grid Protection Specialist

6 days ago


Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Transpower New Zealand Full time

Delivering Accelerated Electrification for Aotearoa

You will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects, from start to finish, supporting the initial business case development, detailed design scoping, and commissioning support. As an Asset Owner's Engineer, you will collaborate with project managers and engineering consultants to investigate options and develop feasible solutions for faster grid connections to customer facilities and enhance grid resilience and reliability.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Support the initial business case development and detailed design scoping for new-build and brown-field protection design projects.
  • Provide commissioning support for new equipment and alternative designs.
  • Collaborate with project managers and engineering consultants to investigate options and develop feasible solutions for faster grid connections to customer facilities.

Our Team

The Protection & Automation teams in Tactical Engineering are collectively responsible for engineering and asset management investigations, design, project support, technical specifications, and cost estimation covering high voltage electricity transmission. You will join a team with a wealth of skills and experiences they are happy to share, helping international customers looking to connect generation to the grid.



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