Electrical Designer

Egis is a global organisation with over 20,000 employees worldwide and its head office in Paris. While we offer genuine global career pathways, our focus is equally on building rewarding, long-term careers for our people here in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Egis has proudly been part of New Zealand's infrastructure story for over 50 years. Today, our local team of around 140 professionals is growing, and we are investing in the next phase of our journey in this market. We are looking for motivated, values-driven people who want to grow with the business and help shape Egis into a leading force in New Zealand in the years ahead.

What sets Egis apart is the combination of strong local presence and deep global capability. Our teams in New Zealand are supported by international expertise, innovation and best practice, allowing us to deliver solutions that are culturally aware, contextually relevant and grounded in the communities we serve.

Every day, we partner with clients and communities to help create sustainable, connected and resilient places. Through our expertise in advisory, engineering design and infrastructure management, we work on some of New Zealand's most important infrastructure and environmental challenges, helping to build a more balanced and sustainable future.

If you want to do meaningful work and make a real impact on New Zealand's future, we'd love you to join us and Impact the Future.

Job Description

Join us as we grow our electrical design capabilities in New Zealand and design the networks for the future with us. As an Electrical Designer, you will be responsible for the production of high-quality design documentation for clients within the transmission and distribution space. You will report directly in to the Director – Energy and be actively supported to grow and develop within the role as our team expands.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design of distribution overhead lines, substations and underground cable networks
• Developing and maintaining AutoCAD and Revit models for substation layouts, equipment arrangements, and associated building services.
• Preparing design drawings and documentation in coordination with electrical engineers and design staff.
• Project scoping and estimating.
• Collaborating in a team environment, while learning to work efficiently and autonomously on allocated tasks.

Qualifications

To be successful in this opportunity, you will ideally have recent demonstrated experience in a similar electrical design role within industry. In addition, you will also have:

• Technical qualification such as a Diploma or Certificate of Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)
• Relevant work rights to live and work full-time in New Zealand
• Current full Driver's License
• Experience in electrical or mechanical drafting and/or design using software such as AutoCAD, Revit, NEARA, PLS CADD or similar is essential.
• Practical working knowledge of fundamental requirements of electrical engineering and design.
• Effective communication skills with ability to work with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to travel to site as and when needed.

Addition Information

We are open to considering this role on a full-time, part-time or job-share basis. Please let us know of your flexibility requirements.

Egis is committed to creating an inclusive, creative culture that embraces diversity and flexibility. We offer generous parental leave, support flexible work practices and strive to create an environment where employees can connect, collaborate, grow and succeed.

We are expanding in Australia and New Zealand and are excited for you to join our growing team.

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