Network Portfolio Manager

4 days ago

Hamilton, New Zealand WEL Networks Full time

**Work from home up to 2 days per week, 9-day fortnight, flexible working hours**:

- **Annual salary reviews and health, life and income protection insurance**:

- **Put your people and engineering management experience to great use**

Works Programme is a key group within the core operational groups here at WEL. As a group we always aim to deliver work within targeted times, meet and exceed customer expectations and adapt to shifting demands and requirements. These goals are being challenged through a significant and positive change in the growth of Hamilton City and Waikato.

**About the role**

Due to an internal promotion, we have an opportunity for a Network Portfolio Manager. In this role you will lead and inspire your multi-discplinary team to deliver exceptional end-to-end design work for network integration and substations, that are safe, to specification and timely. Enable your team to perform well by assigning the multi-disciplinary resources, tools and processes that drive successful delivery.

While demonstrating strong leadership, your technical and distribution network understanding allows you to pitch in where needed for the team to achieve goals. You will need to proactively manage workflows and address problems fast to ensure no bottlenecks or backlog.

Collaboration with your wider team, across the business and other key stakeholders is essential to ensure everyone is on the same page, working towards the same goal of safe and high quality designs.

**Skills and experience**
- Recognised level 7 electrical engineering qualification or similar, ideally with a project management qualification
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in leading people
- Significant experience in electricity sector with sound industry and regulatory knowledge
- Interest in and experience of new technology, with good digital/IT system capability
- Advanced knowledge in Safety in Design and delivery principles for distribution networks

**Best-in-class benefits**

You’ll benefit from a powerful package of benefits at WEL:

- Medical, life, and income protection insurance
- Flexible working options - including flexible working hours, 9-day fortnight, ability to purchase additional annual leave, up to 2 days working from homer per week, and more
- Ongoing career development
- Relocation costs and
- Most important of all, an excellent salary package.

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 undertake testing as part of your pre-employment health assessment as well as participating in our annual health assessment programme.

**About WEL Networks**

WEL Networks is unique. We’ve been serving the Waikato for over 100 years, distributing electricity from the national grid so we can power over 100,000 homes and businesses.

With around 320 employees, we’re proudly based in Hamilton and are owned by the community we work for. We play an important role in the region's economic and social development by identifying and investing in new technologies to future-proof our region - and keep our communities flourishing. Our vision is bold. And our ambition even stronger, especially as we diversify from traditional ‘poles and lines’ to an innovative and sustainable business.

**Ready to learn more? Start here**
- Applications will be screened as they arrive, and we may move quickly to interview._

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