KiwiRail Looking for Electrical Field Engineer – Hamilton at Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

• Hamilton location
• Ongoing growth
• Exciting projects
• Full time, permanent (40 hours)

If life’s a journey, KiwiRail is a great way of keeping your career moving through it. Ours is a fast-paced, inspiring, and truly customer-focused culture – where your career will connect you to real opportunities, while balancing work and whānau life.

What You’ll Do

Based in Hamilton and reporting to the STTE Manager, you’ll provide asset management for KiwiRail’s electrical assets including high voltage and low voltage reticulation systems, yard lighting and points of supply. You will also manage assigned electrical projects ensuring these are delivered to agreed quality, time, and budget targets and in accordance with relevant technical standards, codes, legislation and Health and Safety requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with managing the delivery of maintenance and repair work for electrical assets ensuring completed on time and fully compliant
• Provide technical advice and support to field teams in relation to electrical equipment and systems as required.
• Design and costing of electrical work in-conjunction with Traction and Electrical Engineering.
• Ensure electrical works are appropriately planned as required which may include prior consultation with relevant stakeholders
• Foster the development of electrical staff by assisting with provision of appropriate and targeted training and development

Health and Safety is an important part of how KiwiRail operates. You will be a safety leader and will be expected to “walk the safety talk”.

What You’ll Need

You will have good knowledge of Electrical Industry statutes, codes of practice, standards and trade practices. It is essential that you have:

• Experience with a wide range of electrical installations and outdoor flood lighting.
• Good understanding of occupational health and safety and risk management requirements.
• Registered Electrician 5+yrs practical experience

Being innovative, creative, always looking for improvement and focused to delivering to customer expectations will see you thrive in this role.

What You’ll Get

• A competitive salary
• Extensive support and ongoing training.
• KiwiRail will support your development if you are willing to expose yourself to the opportunities and you are keen to learn and grow with us. The more experience in the yard you gain the more opportunities open up to you with pay increases and with job progression opportunities. Your training is universally recognised.
• Discounted travel and health insurance and holiday homes across NZ as part of the Staff Welfare Trust.
• 4 weeks annual leave

Our people are everything. That’s why KiwiRail is committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace where everyone can feel valued, respected, and have equal opportunities to succeed. We encourage applications from people of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, personalities, ethnicities, abilities, and cultures.

#We’re going places. Are you?

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