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New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Applications close:
As our Connections & Low Voltage Planning Manager, you'll lead a team responsible for two critical areas:
Supporting customers to connect to the network efficiently and transparently
Planning the future of our low voltage (LV) network to ensure it can meet growing demand
This is a unique opportunity to bring together customer needs, network planning and emerging technology to make a real impact on how our network evolves.
Overview
What you'll be doing
You'll lead a specialist team that sits at the intersection of customer growth and network planning.
Your focus will include:
- Leading Powerco's Connections & Low Voltage Planning function
- Ensuring customer connection requests are delivered efficiently and consistently
- Working closely with Customer Delivery Services, Development Planning, Asset Management and Delivery teams to remove barriers and improve outcomes
- Using new data and insights from our LV visibility platform (GridSight) to better understand network capacity and future constraints
- Helping shape investment decisions that support growth across the network
- Responding to evolving industry and regulatory requirements
- Driving continuous improvement, capability development and team performance
- Building strong relationships with customers, developers, consultants and industry stakeholders
Requirements
What we're looking for
We're interested in hearing from experienced electricity industry professionals who bring a combination of technical expertise, leadership capability and commercial awareness.
You'll ideally have:
- An engineering degree (BE or equivalent)
- Significant experience in electricity network planning, power systems engineering or a related field
- Experience leading, coaching or developing technical teams
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
- The ability to balance customer, commercial and technical considerations when making decisions
- Knowledge of electricity industry regulations, standards and emerging trends
- CPEng accreditation (or be working towards it)
What we can offer you
At Powerco, we're committed to building a network that supports the communities we serve now and into the future.
You'll join a collaborative team that values innovation, continuous improvement and working together to solve complex challenges. Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to influence decisions that directly shape the future of our network and customer experience.
If you're passionate about enabling growth, developing people and helping create a smarter, more resilient electricity network, we'd love to hear from you.
Who we are
Our purpose is to connect communities. It's at the heart of everything we do as we serve our customers now and into the future. At Powerco, we're passionate about doing mahi that keeps over 1.1 million customers connected and enables energy choices as we leverage Aotearoa low carbon electricity system and grow our economy towards a net zero 2050 goal.
