Intermediate Electrical Engineer (Power & Energy)

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Senior level
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The Role
Design and deliver industrial and renewable power projects from feasibility through commissioning and post-construction. Prepare technical reports, design documents, specifications, proposals, and bids while supporting client engagement and multidisciplinary project delivery. The role focuses on wind, solar, battery energy storage, hydroelectricity, industrial power systems, electrical distribution, instrumentation, control, and automation across New Zealand and the Pacific region.
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Help us build the future and we’ll help you build a rewarding and purposeful career. 

Our global network is made up of architects, designers, planners, engineers, and environmental scientists all working towards the same goal. 

GHD is actively seeking a highly motivated and skilled Intermediate Electrical Engineer to join our team in Auckland, Christchurch or Wellington. 

In this role, you will contribute to project delivery, including design from concept through to detailed design, and provide technical advisory support to industrial and renewable power clients across wind, solar, large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) and hydroelectricity. 

The role:

  • Design and deliver all aspects of projects across feasibility, concept, reference, detailed design, construction, commissioning and post-construction phases. 
  • Manage several projects or assignments concurrently and determine priorities. 
  • Assist senior engineers with business development, client engagement, and building and maintaining relationships with industrial and renewable power clients. 
  • Contribute to projects across energy, renewable energy, water and industrial sectors, with a primary focus on New Zealand and the Pacific region. 
  • Work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams, with opportunities to support Australian and wider APAC delivery. 
  • Support the preparation of proposals and bids for projects. 
  • Prepare technical reports, design documentation and specifications in line with GHD and client requirements. 

About you:

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. 
  • Minimum 5 years’ electrical engineering experience, with 5 to 8 years preferred. 
  • Industrial electrical design experience. 
  • Experience in water, energy or renewable energy projects. 
  • Good working knowledge of industrial electrical supply and distribution, instrumentation, control and automation. 
  • Experience with PowerCAD, PTW, AutoCAD electrical and Powerfactory is preferred. 
  • Experience preparing design documentation, reports and specifications. 
  • Well-developed communication skills, both written and verbal. 
  • Client engagement and stakeholder management capability. 
  • Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality outcomes. 
  • Project management experience would be advantageous. 
  • Earthing and bonding, substation or transmission line design experience would be advantageous. 
  • Owner’s Engineer experience would be advantageous. 
  • CPEng or actively working towards professional registration is preferred. 
  • Promote our values of teamwork, knowledge-sharing, integrity and respect. 

Click ‘Apply’ to submit your CV or reach out to Zen Chua ([email protected]) for more information.

Our Hybrid Work Model:

Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in office, three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.

Ki GHD, ka ākina te kaimahi e mātou kia tutuki ōna ake moemoeā. Nā te mea, ko te kaha o te tangata te tuarā o te pakihi. Nā reira, he hiahia nō mātou ki te whiwhi kaimahi nō ngā ahurea tuakiri maha, nō whenua rerekē, tane mai, wahine mai.

At GHD we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities and invites applications from people of all nationalities, genders, and cultural backgrounds.

We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

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About UsCome together and make a meaningful impact. 
We bring our people together to create something bigger and solve some of the world's most complex problems. Come and experience the power of commitment and see strategy and ideas come to life when you join GHD. 
Let's drive real change.
Our Pledge to You
At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.
That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today. 
See where your commitment could take you.
That’s the #PowerOfCommitment
Who we are 
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
  • Minimum 5 years of electrical engineering experience
  • Industrial electrical design experience
  • Experience in water, energy, or renewable energy projects
  • Working knowledge of industrial electrical supply and distribution, instrumentation, control, and automation
  • Experience preparing design documentation, reports, and specifications
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Client engagement and stakeholder management capability
  • Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality outcomes
  • Experience with PowerCAD, PTW, AutoCAD Electrical, and PowerFactory
  • Five to eight years of electrical engineering experience
  • Project management experience
  • Earthing and bonding, substation, or transmission line design experience
  • Owner's Engineer experience
  • CPEng or active progress toward professional registration
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The Company
HQ: Sydney
11,027 Employees
Year Founded: 1928

What We Do

GHD recognises and understands the world is constantly changing. We are committed to solving the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. We are a global professional services company that leads through engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Our forward-looking, innovative approaches connect and sustain communities around the world. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are focused on building lasting relationships with our partners and clients. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals connected by over 200 offices, across five continents – Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region.

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