New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Senior Infrastructure Development Engineer, It starts with you!!

• Based at RNZPC Wellington
• Band J
• Police Employee
• Fixed term – initial 12 months with likely additional 12-month extension Full Time
• NAV
• JR 4986112

E tῡ ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e ngā ngaru o te wā.

Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face

Mō te tūnga | About the role

Do you have a passion for technology and thrive on challenges? We're looking for a talented Infrastructure Development Engineer specialising in Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Design to join our dynamic team at the NZ Police Information and Communications Technology Service Centre, based in central Wellington, with working from home option.

The Police ICT Service Centre is here to save police officers time, enhance their safety and contribute to making New Zealand a safer community. To prevent crime and crashes, Police needs information delivered to the front line that is reliable and able to be accessed anywhere, anytime. Making this happen is the daily work of our people in the ICT Service Centre. With our operational colleagues and partners, we create world leading solutions in radio, mobile, computer aided dispatch, intelligence, networks, and security. We are looking for people that have the technical expertise but most importantly share our vision for innovation, partnerships and being part of a positive work environment.

NZ Police operate two legacy Land Mobile Radio [LMR] Networks. The Digital P25 Phase 1 Radio Networks (DRN) in the Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury districts and the Nationwide legacy analogue radio network, also known as the Land Mobile Radio Network (LMRN).

Under the Public Safety Network Programme [PSN], Police will transition from existing Mission Critical (MC) voice services to the latest commercially provided MC services. The Public Safety Network means Police and emergency services will have a single digital radio network that is encrypted, secure and with resilience features enabling frontline responders to communicate with each other even when connectivity to their communications centre is lost, for example in a significant disaster. Next Generation Critical Communications is responsible for developing the new Public Safety Network on behalf of Fire and Emergency, Police, Hato Hone St John and Wellington Free Ambulance.


This role is responsible for supporting and maintaining both the existing LMR network, and new PSN network. This role will report into the Radio Networks Manager on a day-to-day basis but be responsible for working with both Radio network BAU project managers and Public Safety Project Managers.

This role is responsible for development activities to ensure the Police existing radio network infrastructure and user devices remain reliable and to support the build migration to the PSN Radio Network.

You will have high levels of motivation and have experience working as part of a team as a Senior Infrastructure Development Engineer. The current radio team consists of 5 dedicated resources. In doing so you will have developed your engagement skills at all levels of organisations and be able to build networks and trust.

This is a dynamic and challenging position, and the successful applicant will need to be able to demonstrate the following:

Key Accountabilities:

• Extensive experience in LMR Radio infrastructure design and radio frequency planning.
• Experience in evaluating vendor LMR site and system designs and co-siting impacts with existing services.
• Fault management and reporting
• Working with field installation and maintenance engineers
• Experience with LMR mobile and portable, configuration and testing.
• Experience in radio coverage prediction evaluation and use of prediction software tools to evaluate coverage drive test data.
• Ability to learn new technologies while on the job.
• Experience in working in both project delivery and BAU teams and working to deadlines.
• Systems design - delivered effective detailed systems designs for environments that take cognisance of relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security) and the commercial impacts thereof.

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring

Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

You will bring

• The ability to work well both independently and collaboratively.
• Excellent interpersonal and people skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Knowledge of Agile methods and techniques desirable
• A Significant level of radio service experience in operations and/or development environments within large scale organisations

What qualifications you will have:

• Bachelor of Engineering or NZCE (Telecom) with 5 years radio industry operations or development experience:

Whakaritenga motuhake | Special requirements

• This role is based in the Wellington with flexible options available.

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.

To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser:
https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/10-2024/senior_infrastructure_development_engineer_2.pdf

Mo tātou | About us

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.

Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.

The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.

To view more detailed information about our recruitment process along with further details about requirements please click below link:
Applicant Information Pack (External)

Tono ināianei | Apply now

Please note: For permanent internal staff, you will not be required to relinquish your substantive position. However, you must gain endorsement from your Line Manager and Workgroup Director or District Commander and provide this consent to recruitment to be considered.

If this position sounds like you, click apply now and submit a tailored CV. You will be required to submit an application form. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken which include reference, drug and alcohol testing and police vetting prior to any written offer being made.

For further information on the application process, please copy and paste this URL: https://www.police.govt.nz/careers

All applications must be submitted online and will not be accepted directly via email. All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.

Utu ā-tau | Salary

This position is covered by a collective agreement and salary will commence between $110,425 and $117,014 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.

If you are an internal applicant, you must apply internally through the police system. You must provide an alternative contact email address and state your future commitments should you be successful for the next stage of the recruitment process.

Please note: Deadline for applications is 5:00 pm on Friday 08 November 2024. Applications may be reviewed prior to the close date as well as contact made with candidates.

If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact deepa.shankar@police.govt.nz