Electrical & Controls Engineer

7 days ago


Christchurch, New Zealand Beca Full time

**Industrial at Beca**

Backed by over 40 years of experience across Australia and New Zealand, our 340 strong industrial teams are committed to making everyday better for our clients.

We work across a range of industries including, metals & mining, food & beverage, wood & fibre, and energy and manufacturing. Our diverse teams partner with our well-known clients to help them investigate options, improve processes, and increase productivity.

We provide development opportunities for a varied and meaningful career at Beca and our employee-owned structure puts people at the heart of our decision-making.

We are a collaborative and supportive team, open to the flexibility you need to be able to bring your best self to work and home life.

**The opportunity**

Beca has offices throughout New Zealand that lead and support projects of national significance. Being based in Christchurch gives you the opportunity to have a great work life balance while continuing to grow and advance your career in a vibrant and growing professional services organisation. Over 300 people from 10 different engineering disciplines work out of our Christchurch office, which has a depth of knowledge and exciting office culture that enables our people to play a huge role in the day to day life of people in New Zealand and beyond.

To be part of our exciting growth, we are looking for an Electrical & Controls Engineer to join our Southern Industrial team of around 20 mechanical, process and electrical engineers who have significant depth of expertise in EI&C as well as other engineering disciplines. We are a close knit team who enjoy being part of the Christchurch office culture which showcases our values of enjoyment, partnership, care and tenacity

As a team we directly interface with clients, contractors and vendors to work on a diverse range of projects across New Zealand, Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. In this role, every day will be different and expose you to new challenge, but overall, you can expect:

- Work across a very wide range of clients, industries and types of work, anything and everything from 11kV down.
- Design and development of instrumentation and electrical systems, including single-line diagrams; motor-starter drawings; electrical layouts; instrument loop diagrams; cable schedules; PLC I/O schedules to name a few.
- Project management, procurement, and commissioning for existing and greenfield plants.
- Scope/requirements definition and procurement of equipment, software & installation works.
- Detailed design, contractual report writing & construction related services.
- Partner alongside the broader team to grow our share of industrial projects in the southern region and beyond.
- Travel to meet with clients at their manufacturing sites, and to other Beca offices

**About you**

You love to learn and share knowledge and are someone who can bring a fresh perspective. You are an E,I&C Engineer with a passion for design and problem-solving with an enquiring mind, ability to problem solve and think laterally. Through your experience in a similar consultancy or contractor environment you have developed your skills in delivery and are committed to owning quality client outcomes. How you work is also important to us - we will value and reward your enthusiasm and motivation to continue to learn from your peers and more senior members of the team.

Working amongst a group of highly motivated professionals, you will step into an open and supportive culture that values the skills you contribute to the group.

**What we offer**

A career with Beca will provide you with:

- Professional development opportunities - including support to become a chartered engineer if you aren’t already.
- A supportive and caring work environment where you can bring your whole self to work.
- Support with relocation and immigration to suitable applicants.
- Flexible working arrangements to balance your personal / family commitments.
- Opportunities to learn from our industry experts and technical gurus across the Asia-Pacific.
- Highly supportive environment of sharing and collaboration.
- Excellent benefits provided to all staff - including discounted health insurance, discounts on gym memberships, and a huge number of social club events.

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture - open to inputs from creative people of all

genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.

**Ready to make the move?**

New Zealand has lots to offer whether you are looking for greenery, beaches or ski slopes we really do have options to suit all. Wherever you choose to live we have work options to suit.

**About Beca**

Beca is one of Asia Pacific's largest independent advisory, design and engineering consultancies.

We are a team of 3300-plus who brings a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.



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