Protection & Automation Engineer - Transmission Grid Development

at  Transpower

• Join an expert team, enjoy varied mahi, collaboration, and learning
• Work on new-build and brown-field projects from inception to completion
• Help enable the New Zealand Transmission Grid of the future!
  Use your Protection expertise and people skills to work both at a high level, and where risk and complexity require more detailed analysis.
  Transpower owns and operates New Zealand’s National Grid; the unique High Voltage transmission network connecting areas of generation with towns and cities across New Zealand. The National Grid is connected by HVDC between our two main islands, with a large amount of renewable energy generated in the South and a growing load requirement in the North.
  At the heart of the electricity sector, Transpower proactively plans for the grid of the future that will connect new renewable energy projects and enable the transition to a net-zero carbon economy. Enquiries to connect to the Grid from generators, distributors, and end-users have doubled in the past three years and these projects are cheaper and faster to build than ever before. We are working hard to ensure we can respond by offering connections faster and more efficiently.

Our Grid Development division identifies the long-term needs of the National Grid, based on the potential for investment in generation, expected load growth, and changes in electricity demand and technology. This includes:

• Developing transmission solutions to meet these needs while ensuring the grid continues to meet our customers’ expectations for cost and reliability.
• Working with the business and regulator to acquire approvals for nationally significant transmission infrastructure projects.

Tactical Engineering and Estimation provides the engineering support and expertise to planning, investigations and project delivery functions within Grid Development, and ensures that Transpower’s objectives are met through quality, cost-effective engineering design which is carried out by external Engineering Consultants.

ROLE CLOSES THURSDAY 31ST OCTOBER

Existing eligibility to work in New Zealand is required. Start date by mutual agreement either by December 2024 or in Jan/Feb 2025.

The Protection & Automation teams in Tactical Engineering are collectively responsible for:

• Engineering and asset management investigations, design, project support, technical specifications, and cost estimation covering high voltage electricity transmission, specifically Protection & Automation, and supporting primary systems with a capital value of $700-$800m pa.
• Managing a range of technical controlled documents that include technical policies, design standards, standard designs, service, and purchase specifications.
• Innovations, including new equipment and alternative designs, which will be studied and implemented by the team to meet the demands of a quickly developing energy market as we move towards a more sustainable future.
• Providing solutions which also consider the needs of the Substations, Transmission Lines, Asset Planning, and Operations teams