Asset Management and Performance Engineer

at  ORION

As our Asset Management & Performance Engineer you will need to rely on your ability to foster key relationships as you play a pivotal role across most if not all our asset groups at Orion. There will be key relationships across the business that you need to influence and communicate on how we perform under changes that we experience across our network and asset management system.
You’ll play a vital part in how we report, develop, and implement processes to ensure our asset models are managed and maintained, so your ability to communicate our strategic plans will be critical. This is a challenging role, so you’ll need to be curious and love to explore new possibilities.

ABOUT US

Passionate, curious, and innovative are a few words that describe our people. We are powering the future, connecting communities, and igniting innovation. Orion owns and operates the electricity distribution network that provides power to central Canterbury. As the third largest electricity distribution network in New Zealand, we cover remote rural areas, regional towns, and the city of Christchurch.
We are an essential service and take our responsibilities seriously. We are community owned and working here means a career with meaning and purpose that makes a difference in your very own neighbourhood.

THE ROLE

• Analyse the condition, risk, cost, and performance of our network assets ensuring whole-of-life strategies are improved and implemented
• Refine and implement methods representing asset risks ensuring we justify our investment decisions
• Help us improve, validate and add value to our existing asset management system.
• Analyse data to provide assurance for our asset programmes.
• Collaborate across the wider business advising on our forecasted future spend and communicate clear oversight of our physical assets on the network
• Contribute to the development of our asset management documents, plans and systems

You’ll find at Orion, you can come as you are and just be you. You will be joining a workplace that values who you are, the work you do, and the way you think. Importantly, we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements, and flexible locations with our Head office in Burnside and satellite offices in Rolleston and Ferrymead
• Three days of “My Days” leave
• A broad range of workplace benefits from a wellbeing allowance to access to our holiday house in Hanmer