System Technician

Company Description
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At Contact, we believe home is the most important place in the world. It's all part of our vision to leave Aotearoa better than we found it. We’re a power and broadband company, but we’re so much more than that. We are transforming the ways we mahi, and how Aotearoa is powered, leading the charge on renewable energy and digitising customer journeys in ways not yet seen here. A team of 1000+ from all walks of life who love what we do, look out for each other, and learn from one another every day, we’re stoked to be guided by our tikanga: _we touch lives to make life better_.

**Job Description**:
Based at our Stratford Power Station, System Technicians look after the maintenance of our process control and instrumentation systems to ensure we keep our workplace safe as well as keep the lights on for Contact customers.

Focused on maintenance of our electrical and process control systems, this is a trade role, but more specialised than you might be used to. Part of a supportive team of 9, you’ll report to our Maintenance Supervisor and get stuck into everything from plant electrical systems, control and instrumentation devices and machine protection systems to plant alarm, indication systems and along with testing, calibration of field instrumentation, control valves and maintenance of critical control systems.

With 35 people in total at Stratford (working shifts across a 24/7 roster, so never that many on-site at once), this is a small team with lots on the go, making for some awesome learning opportunities. It’s a given that you’ll bring a certain level of I&E expertise to be able to help us from day dot, but we’ll help you, too. Over time you’ll gain exposure to a range of mahi and technical challenges that mean you grow as you go. (One example would be upcoming scheduled maintenance of our gas turbine’s.)

**Qualifications**:
**Ko wai koe | About you**

This is an Electrical/Instrumentation focused role. A dual trade in Instrumentation and Electrical with knowledge of PLC and automation would be the bee’s knees, but we know it’s a lot to ask so don’t be put off if you don’t tick every box. At a minimum you’ll need to have a relevant National Diploma/NZCE, Trade Certificate or equivalent qualifications in Electrical or Controls & Instrumentation, **_or_** a Trade/Technician Certificate in a specialist maintenance discipline.

Working in power generation can throw up all sorts of curly challenges you might not have come across elsewhere, so it’s essential to have good initiative and problem-solving skills along with clear communication and a generally keen, positive attitude. There’s a fair bit of admin required to keep processes and reporting up to date, so you’ll need to have a good eye for detail and be comfy with computers and record-keeping, too.

Bonus points if you have contract and project management experience.

Additional Information
**Additional Information**

This is a permanent full-time role, working 7:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday to Thursday one week, Monday to Friday the next, although if you’d prefer a standard working week (8 hrs per day, Mon-Fri) we’re open to that too. There will be the odd bit of overtime (paid at your normal hourly rate) if a breakdown comes in or we have a shutdown or outage.

There are a bunch of perks to being a permanent Contact kaimahi (employee). Along with great leadership, teammates, development, and growth and progression opportunities, you’ll enjoy free health insurance cover, better-than-your-average leave, access to Contact Shares, a ‘Good to be Home’ annual payment toward your home set up & wellbeing, a trail-blazing parental leave policy, discounts on Contact Energy products_, _and more.