The Opportunity

A newly created role, you will be responsible for Aurora Energy’s operational technical excellence. This will see you leading an astute team managing network safety, risk assurance, and operational improvement.

Continuous improvement and risk management is at the heart of this role. You’ll guide your team through identifying constraints and operational performance improvement opportunities, including internal processes and service provider performance. Innovative, you will be willing to challenge the status quo and provide solutions that enables the safe and reliable operation of the network.

Supporting the Network Operations Centre, your team will ensure that Aurora Energy’s operations processes and standards are in line with industry best practice, investigate ‘issues and incidents’ on the network, and provide engineering support to NOC including load studies.

This role presents a great opportunity to play a key role in ensuring the network is operated in a safe and reliable manner that best serves Aurora’s community.

Leveraging your strong influencing skills, you can achieve tangible results through building effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at various levels, both internal and external. These will include (but not limited to) Asset Management and Planning, Network Control, Regulatory, Service Providers, Major Customers, Transpower and Industry Working Groups

About You

Having successfully led teams within electrical distribution or transmission and holding a relevant tertiary qualification, you will bring a wealth of industry knowledge across network operations, risk management and safety leadership.

Understanding operational excellence, you will also bring demonstrated experience related to:

• Delivering process improvement, management & quality systems
• Analytical, business case and financial acumen
• Enabling and fostering a continuous improvement culture
• Risk management and incident investigations
• Applying relevant H&S and electrical legislation and regulations
   

About Us

Aurora Energy is New Zealand's seventh-largest electricity distribution company, supplying power to more than 93,500 homes, schools, farms and businesses in Dunedin, Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes.  We're in a major phase of network renewal that touches nearly every part of the community, and it is a time of exciting and positive change as we work to support our community's future growth.

What's in it for you?

• Ongoing support for professional development and training
• Hybrid flexible work policy and lifestyle leave option
• Active Wellbeing Programme giving you access to free fruit, free flu vaccinations, regular activities and events
• Access to 24 hour Employee Assistance Programme
• Exclusive discounts and great deals on over 40 of your favourite brands and stores including air travel, hardware and home appliances
• Southern Cross private medical insurance discount
• Additional Employer contribution to KiwiSaver
• Employee Reward and Recognition programme
   

Are you up for the challenge?  Join our team.

We see diversity as a strength and welcome applications from anyone who has what it takes, regardless of gender, ethnicity or background. 

If you think you are a good fit for the role, click the ‘Apply Now’ button to submit your application. Or for a confidential discussion around this position please contact Fluid Recruitment:

Tom Stevens
Manager - Engineering
Fluid Recruitment
03 467 7227

Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications.  We encourage early applications as we may withdraw the advertising at any time.