Senior Electrical Engineer

**General Information**:

- Date Published- 04-Sep-2024- Advertising Ends- 11-Sep-2024- Country- New Zealand- Location- Canterbury, Hamilton & North Waikato, Northland, Southland, Taranaki, Taupo & Southern Waikato- Role Type- Engineering- Work Type- Permanent- ID#- 9706**Position Description**:
**Our Co-operative**
- Fonterra’s strength is in the collective | Te Mātāpuna toa takitini
We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Since our beginnings, collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in New Zealand and around the world.
As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.
When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.
- **About us | Whakapā mai**
- We are embracing a new vision and strategic direction with a centralised engineering, capital & technical group for COO. Global Engineering & Technical represents a transformative step in our journey towards engineering excellence and strategic innovation to deliver our long term asset strategy within COO. It will drive positive change by enhancing strategic delivery, efficiency, and agility, streamline risk management, standardise operations, simplify processes, improve communication and enhance career pathways for engineers within a recognised centre of excellence, ensuring a sustainable future.
- **About the opportunity | Te whai waahi**
- As our Senior Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for providing technical electrical engineering expertise, leadership and direction for electrical engineering matters across maintenance and capital.Key accountabilities include:
- Technical Framework Implementation: Implement a comprehensive technical framework for electrical systems, ensuring alignment with industry standards and business requirements.
- Expert Guidance: Provide high-level technical expertise and support across the Co-Op, addressing complex electrical engineering challenges and advising on system design and improvements.
- Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks associated with electrical systems, ensuring proactive solutions to prevent potential issues and maintain operational integrity.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all electrical engineering activities adhere to relevant regulations and standards, staying updated on regulatory changes and integrating them into practices and procedures.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment of electrical engineering strategies with overall business goals and operational needs.
- Building Capability: Mentor and develop junior engineers, promoting a culture of learning and professional growth.

**About you | Moe koe**
- You have significant experience in a senior technical engineering role, preferably within a complex asset-owning organization. Your proven leadership skills enable you to effectively influence key partners and stakeholders, driving success across projects. With strong technical engineering expertise, particularly in operational environments, you bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the team. An Engineering degree is essential for this role, and a Master's in Engineering (MEng) or chartership is preferred.
- **Our story | To Tatou Korero**
- Being part of Fonterra means being part of a unique history, realising the potential of dairy for generations to come, and solving for a better future together.
- Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit, guides a common strength and purpose.
- Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people at the heart of what we do.
- Kaitiakitanga ensures we care for the land, farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.
- Whakaohooho inspires us all with excellent career development opportunities, benefits, flexibility, and balance to suit everyone's lifestyles and choices.
- Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.
Sound good to you? Come join our whānau and let’s solve for better, together. You, me, us together. Tᾱtou tᾱtou.