GHD Looking for Electrical Engineer – Power & Future Energy at Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

Our world demands low carbon energy solutions to achieve a Net Zero future.

And as we look to transition from traditional energy sources to adopt more renewable alternatives, you can play a key role in enabling and accelerating this change.

We’ll support you every step of the way as you join us in finding sustainable energy solutions to make a positive impact that will last for generations.

At GHD, you will have an opportunity to develop your careers, working alongside, and being mentored by senior technical leaders across New Zealand and Australia.

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for up to three Electrical Engineers to join our Power & Future Energy team, located in Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington or Hastings. With our Power & Future Energy offering growing across New Zealand, you’ll have the opportunity to support local, Australian and Pacific projects, working with our team across the Asia-Pacific and global regions.

You will be New Zealand CPEng now or have a desire to be supported with your CPEng application in the future.

We are looking for candidates with strong knowledge of industrial and power engineering:

• If you’re from a power or pumping background, you will have strong skills in process logic, be conversant with P&ID interpretation, be able to deliver a functional description, hold a HAZOP, and translate this electrical and control designs. Our advice typically has long life expectancy and needs accuracy and technical competence. We seek candidates who have a track record of providing progressive electrical engineering advice for utilities owners:
• enhancement and remodelling
• detailed design of instrumentation, controls and automation including industrial networks and SCADA/HMI.
• new and upgraded plant
• If you’re from an industrial power background we are looking for candidates with Permit to Work (PTW) experience, being comfortable working across a range of industrial clients such as, but not limited to, renewable energy, mining, rail, data centres, and pharmaceuticals.
• If you’re from a HV background, you will be conversant with generation ,transmission and distribution, and have demonstrated experience in primary and secondary design for substations, and private HV networks.
• It would be beneficial if you have experience with:
• A range of industry software, such as, PowerFactory, SKM PTW ETAP, Powercad, Safegrid or CDEGS, Revit, Autocad or Acad 3D, Cywire, Python
• HAZNO 60079
• Participation in, or running a CHAZOP process
• Safety in Design
• Hazardous area design techniques

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Upgrading water, wastewater and stormwater assets for Councils
• New and upgraded industrial plant
• Renewable energy, such as solar, wind, hydro, pumped hydro, geothermal
• HV and MV power transmission and distribution
• Electrical equipment solution/specifications including technical assessment
• Preparation of electrical engineering drawings, calculations and reports
• Concept and detailed design of electrical systems within multidisciplinary projects
• Substation design
• Microgrid design
• BESS
• Future and transitional / alternative fuels
• CCUS and MCUS
• Oil & gas, power and industrial decommissioning and repurposing

What you will bring to the team:

• A collaborative and solutions-driven personality.
• A tertiary qualification from a recognised university in Engineering, demonstrating a major in Electrical Engineering, coupled with 2+ years’ experience, ideally with design, construction, commissioning of electrical and control systems.
• Experience in renewable energy and fuels is beneficial, with experience in underground and transmission and distribution, rail electrification or earthing being advantageous.
• Proactive in undertaking assigned tasks and skilled in the preparation of specifications and reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work as part of a team and engage with key internal and external stakeholders.

Interested? Apply online now by submitting your CV and Cover Letter

Ki GHD, ka ākina te kaimahi e mātou kia tutuki ōna ake moemoeā. Nā te mea, ko te kaha o te tangata te tuarā o te pakihi. Nā reira, he hiahia nō mātou ki te whiwhi kaimahi nō ngā ahurea tuakiri maha, nō whenua rerekē, tane mai, wahine mai.

At GHD we encourage individual achievement and recognise the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is committed to providing Equal Employment. Opportunities and invites applications from people of all nationalities, genders, and cultural backgrounds.

We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

About Us

Come together and make a meaningful impact.

We bring our people together to create something bigger and solve some of the world’s most complex problems. Come and experience the power of commitment and see strategy and ideas come to life when you join GHD.

Let’s drive real change.

Our Pledge to You

At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.

That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.

See where your commitment could take you.

That’s the #PowerOfCommitment

Who We Are

GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.

The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.