Company Description
Meridian is Aotearoa’s largest renewable electricity producer, generating power from 100% renewable sources—wind, water, and sun!
Mō te tūranga | What you’ll be doing
Working across Meridian’s local Hydro generation stations, the Waitaki Trades team focuses on executing scheduled maintenance works and assisting with projects on-site to ensure the continued reliability of our hydro generation assets.
As an Electrical Fitter, you'll be on the front line of our maintenance delivery and fault response capability by:
Responding to faults and emergencies
Undertaking maintenance projects when required
Repairing, maintaining, and installing electrical equipment
Effectively investigating and resolving faults
Using your skills to ensure all work is undertaken safely, accurately, and on time.
Although the role's focus will predominantly be on site in the Upper and Mid Waitaki areas, Meridian is a NZ-wide operation and there may be the requirement of short periods of travel to suit the operational needs of the business.
Relocation is supported and the role has regular working hours, Monday to Friday (7:30am – 16:00pm), with an on-call aspect.
Ngā painga ki a mātou | What we can offer
An attractive and competitive salary package that’s reviewed annually, performance-incentive plus discounts from a number of partnerships
Southern Cross Healthcare - Wellbeing one insurance, funded scheme for eligible employees to give you that extra peace of mind
enhanced leave provisions: three company paid days (over the holiday period), enhanced parental leave and options to buy up to 12 days additional leave
life, trauma and income protection insurance (which we hope you won’t need!)
enhanced KiwiSaver contributions
access to the Meridian employee share scheme
excellent learning and development opportunities, we want you to be the best version of yourself and will help you get there!
award winning wellbeing programme that provides support whenever and wherever you need it
employee discounts off your power with Meridian, every bit counts
a one-off $400 payment to support your work from home set-up (if needed)
Ngā pukenga kei a koe mō tenei tūranga | What you’ll bring
Trade or Advanced Trade Cert in Electrical Trades
Experience in heavy rotating plant maintenance
Experience in fault-finding control systems
Sound knowledge of reading and interpreting electrical and mechanical drawings
Current Driver’s License
Demonstrated commitment to Health & Safety practices.
Experience in Hydro generation is a bonus but not essential!
Tono mai ināianei tonu | Apply now
All in all, we’re an awesome place to work. If this sounds like you and you want to bring your energy and use your power to make a difference (pun intended), then apply today and tell us why!
We encourage you to apply for this role — even if you don’t meet every requirement. At Meridian, we value diverse perspectives and believe that potential, passion, and a willingness to grow are really important. If you’re excited about this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you!
To view the full Position Description please click here. If you are applying through seek, please email careers@meridianenergy.co.nz for the full position description.
He aha koe i hono mai ai ki a mātou? | Why join us?
We help reduce carbon emissions and support communities in doing the same, supplying electricity to over 380,000 homes, businesses, and farms through Meridian and Powershop.
At Meridian, we embrace diversity and inclusion, knowing that different perspectives make us stronger. We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work, creating a welcoming and empowering environment for all.
Be gutsy, be in the waka, and be a good human – our three principles. We work hard and celebrate connection through quizzes, morning teas, and cultural events, both in person and virtually.
Sustainability is in our DNA. We proudly support KidsCan and Kākāpō Recovery and work side-by-side with our generation communities.
If you’ve any questions, please email careers@meridianenergy.co.nz. We're committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed. Please get in touch if there are parts of our process you would like assistance with (process found here meridianenergy.co.nz/careers), we’re more than happy to help.
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