Senior Engineer

Join the System Operator in Wellington, Auckland, Hamilton or Christchurch - Work with Electricity Industry Participants to commission new generation - Examine existing and future power system risks and technologies - Advise our customers how their assets perform against the Electricity Industry Participation Code. Ensure security of the power system for Aotearoa._ 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. **About the team** Our Engineering Assurance team along with both Power Systems Development and Power Systems Engineering teams in the System Operator, work closely with electricity industry participants to understand how their assets perform against their obligations, as well as studying and understanding existing and future power system risks and technologies. In doing so the teams ensure our National Coordination Centre (balancing power supply and demand in real time), and the wider System Operator teams have access to the right information, models and engineering support for operating the electricity market and power system. **The Opportunity** Working with a "live power system", every day is an interesting and exciting challenge. You will be exposed to the dynamic nature of our work and build relationships across Transpower, and with our customers - generation asset owners, distribution network owners and industrial consumers who connect directly to the Grid. Your critical thinking and judgement, and ability to communicate and influence will be full exercised, and you'll deepen your appreciation of the inter-connectivity of our electricity industry. In our team of collaborative, humble and experienced experts, you'll play a key role primarily in: - supporting the Engineering Assurance team to guide participants on their compliance with the Electricity Industry Participation Code, particularly generation asset owners, and to manage systems within the System Operator to monitor their performance. This may include managing the System Operator interactions with commissioning and testing assets and investigating power system events. - Developing and supporting the engineers within the Group by proactively participating in, and leading, training and coaching opportunities to uplift the technical and behavioural capabilities and competencies of the team. Your mahi will have direct impact towards "keeping the lights on" for Aotearoa New Zealand every day and well into the future. **What will you bring?** In your preferred Transpower office location, as a Senior Engineer, ideally, we are seeking your CV and cover letter to demonstrate: - A bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Power Electronics or a related field - ~ 7 years or more experience in power system operations, commissioning and testing of assets connecting to a power system - Experience conducting power system analysis and simulations including preparing/validating powerflow cases in PowerFactory (or similar) - Well-developed verbal and written communication skills and experience influencing to ensure mutually beneficial - Sound experience in providing timely, accurate engineering support and advice to help inform operational decisions and compliance - Demonstrated ability to build the capability of engineers through coaching and mentoring. Whilst not essential, advantageous are: - Knowledge and experience in conducting system integration assessments for the connection of inverter-based resources, using tools such as PSCAD / EMT simulations - Experience in professional affiliations and industry working groups such as CIGRE, IEEE, CPEng or substantial progress towards this or an international equivalent - Knowledge of, and experience in assessing compliance against, the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010. If you have some, but not all the relevant experience, we would still like to hear from you as we may be open to supporting a power systems Engineer with outstanding communications skills, to learn and deepen your experience in Wellington or Hamilton. **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 and which we celebrate. We work in the office or on-site for a minimum of three days each week, which helps us build and maintain relationships, support learning, deliver outcomes, and sustain our culture. This approach also offers staff the flexibility they need for both work and personal commitments, with adaptable daily start and finish times. We prioritise wellbeing with a wide range of employee health and