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Mercury is a bold future focused organisation, leading the way with renewable energy and working toward a sustainable future. At the heart is our purpose; Taking care of tomorrow, connecting people and place today. This pushes us to do all we can to create a better future for our people, communities, and Aotearoa.

Our Opportunity:
We have an opportunity to join our Maintenance Team who are continuously improving Mercury's generation assets across the Waikato and Taupo regions. As our company continues to evolve, you'll have excellent opportunities to continue your career through development and progression - while also enjoying a work/life balance.
You will be joining the Hydro Maintenance Team who are spread across the Waikato River and made up of Electrical & Mechanical Maintainers/Maintenance Technicians and Trade Assistants. This role also will have a vehicle to allow you to travel between sites.

Key Accountabilities:

• Maintaining facilities in accordance with Mercury policies and practices and environmental principles.
• Maintaining Generation assets to ensure they are able to meet client and market requirements.
• Assistance to develop and manage yearly station outage and work programmes to meet targets.
• Improvement of Preventative Maintenance strategies are developed and elevated for improvement opportunities.

What we are looking for:

• Qualified, experienced and motivated Electrical tradespeople, experience working in a high voltage plant.
• Experience and qualifications with instrumentation and protection systems.
• Experience carrying out HV testing.
• Relevant experience within plant operations / process control or maintenance experience in a manufacturing or heavy process industry.
• New Zealand certificate in electrical supply (Power Technician) level 5 is an advantage.
• Extensive experience with plant operations, process control or maintenance experience in the electricity supply, manufacturing or process industry.
• Electrical maintenance of geothermal/hydro generation assets would be desirable.

Mercury offers:

• Tool of Trade Vehicle
• Additional 5 days leave per annum (My Days)
• $400 one off tax-free payment towards setting up your home office
• A diverse workplace where your unique abilities and talents will be recognised and encouraged
• Annual salary reviews with excellent parental leave policy, with the option to purchase additional leave
• The opportunities, career paths and facilities associated with working for one of New Zealand's largest energy providers
• Discounted health insurance and free life and income insurance
• Excellent well-being programme including up to $100 annual check ups

Mercury is a learning organisation that is committed to providing you with opportunities to grow and develop that will benefit you now and in the future. Part of your role includes building your skillset and mindset through a variety of ways. We believe this creates an energised, innovative and agile work environment where you will feel valued.
At Mercury, we believe that having a team of individuals with different backgrounds, experience and capability working together makes us stronger and better as an organisation. We know that some candidates may only apply for a role if they meet all of the criteria. If you have a passion for creating Energy Freedom and want to join our team, we encourage you to apply for any role that matches your skills, capabilities and interests, even if you aren't sure if you meet all of the criteria.
A full position description is available below. Applications close Monday, 18th November at 5:00pm. Please note that Mercury retains the right to bring a particularly strong candidate through to interview more quickly.
Unfortunately applications from those without the right to work in New Zealand cannot be considered.
To find out more about working in our Generation Team visit: https://www.mercury.co.nz/about-us/careers/generation-careers