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

About you

• Depth of experience in a similar infrastructure role within a complex environment
• Electrical Engineering degree with a background in power distribution networks of lifecycle asset management preferred but not essential for the right candidate.
• Be an influencer, help us navigate change with exceptional relationship management skills
• Strong data analytical skills with a keen eye for attention to detail.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic and complex environment across various cross-functional teams
• Be highly motivated, innovative, curious and open to new ways of doing things, so you'll need to think outside the box

We offer
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!

You might be surprised to find out that the company that brings the power to your home is innovative, inclusive, progressive, and quite good fun.
To apply
We encourage you to be you in your application! We are truly committed to diversity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in these areas, but you do need to be on board with learning.
Please reach out to us with any questions at zoe.dalton@oriongroup.co.nz. We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interviews. To learn more about us, check out our careers site to find out more about working Orion.
You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to apply for this job. Pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.