Wellington, Palmerston North or New Plymouth
Are you ready to take a central role in planning, designing, and delivering gas network projects? Join our dynamic Gas Operations team as a Technical Project Manager and be at the heart of shaping the future of Gas within Powerco!
What we offer you
Positive and supportive team culture and the opportunity to thrive in a genuinely caring and fun environment
Loads of flexibility – we embrace hybrid working, so if you'd like to work a couple of days a week from home (or the beach) – that's fine by us
All the usual stuff, but way better – 4% KiwiSaver, ability to buy extra leave, paid volunteer days, free fruit in the office, amazing Parental Leave entitlements, free life and medical insurance – Wow!!!
As much growth and development as you can take! We are one of the top workplaces to grow your career (2023 LinkedIn Top Companies List for Aotearoa).
About the role
As a Technical Project Manager, you'll be responsible for overseeing the entire lifecycle of projects—from scoping to construction. Your key tasks will include securing project funding, ensuring on-time delivery, managing budgets, and upholding quality standards. You'll engage with a variety of stakeholders, mitigate risks, and ensure our customers' needs are met. Your technical skills, especially your proficiency with systems like SAP and GIS, will be crucial to your success.
You'll collaborate closely with our internal teams, including the Principal Engineer and Health & Safety Advisors, and work with external partners like contractors, local authorities, and end-users. Strong communication, ethical integrity, and leadership will be essential as you build positive relationships, influence project teams, and drive excellent outcomes for our customers. By living Powerco's values of safety, trust, and collaboration, you'll play a key role in the successful delivery of our gas network projects and contribute to achieving our mission and vision.
To be a success in this role, you will need:
Ability to engage and quickly establish and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
Demonstrated strategic and big picture thinking, always looking ahead
Ability to thrive and lead in uncertain, complex and ambiguous situations, agility and adaptability is key
Able to drive high performance through others, ensuring that the workstream teams maintain focus and momentum towards achieving the goals
It would be ideal if you have:
Technical knowledge of utility network construction
Creativity and ability to solve problems by thinking outside of the box
Experience with Agile methodology and design-thinking
About us
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 support Aotearoa on the journey to a low-carbon future. Nga Tikanga - Our Way, is what guides us to achieve our purpose and ensures we're better together, work smarter, proud to be here, and future focused in how we work together with each other, our communities, and industry stakeholders.
Applications close on Tuesday 10 December 2024 . We are reviewing applications as they come in, so don't wait to apply!
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