Principal Protection Engineer - (Transmission)
The Talent Hive ·www.talenthive.nz
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Principal Protection Engineer (Transmission)
Location: Christchurch, Wellington, or Auckland | Permanent, Full-Time
About the Role
In this pivotal position, you’ll lead the design and delivery of advanced protection and secondary systems for transmission networks across New Zealand. You’ll play a key role in guiding technical excellence, mentoring others, and driving innovative engineering solutions.
Your responsibilities will include:
You are an experienced transmission protection engineer who thrives on solving technical challenges and leading others to achieve great results. In return, you’ll join a forward-thinking business committed to innovation, collaboration, and professional growth.
To be successful, you will bring:
Location: Christchurch, Wellington, or Auckland | Permanent, Full-Time
About the Role
In this pivotal position, you’ll lead the design and delivery of advanced protection and secondary systems for transmission networks across New Zealand. You’ll play a key role in guiding technical excellence, mentoring others, and driving innovative engineering solutions.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading the design, feasibility, and delivery of complex protection and secondary systems for transmission networks.
- Providing technical oversight, mentoring, and peer review across multi-disciplinary teams.
- Developing comprehensive technical documentation, design reports, and strategic engineering papers.
- Managing end-to-end project delivery — from scope and budgeting to quality assurance and client liaison.
- Supporting business development activities through opportunity identification, tender preparation, and client engagement.
You are an experienced transmission protection engineer who thrives on solving technical challenges and leading others to achieve great results. In return, you’ll join a forward-thinking business committed to innovation, collaboration, and professional growth.
To be successful, you will bring:
- Significant experience in protection and secondary systems for transmission networks (Transpower project experience highly valued).
- A proven background in leading complex transmission protection projects.
- Strong project management and stakeholder engagement capability.
- Confidence mentoring and guiding other engineers.
- Excellent communication and technical writing skills.
- A tertiary qualification in Electrical Engineering (Chartered or Professional Engineer status preferred).
- Deep understanding of the NZ power system environment or similar.
- Join a business known for its technical depth, supportive culture, and strong development pathways. You’ll enjoy:
- Professional growth: Structured mentoring and leadership development programmes.
- Work flexibility: Options to base yourself in Christchurch, Wellington, or Auckland.
- National impact: Opportunities to drive innovation across New Zealand’s critical energy infrastructure.
- Recognition and wellbeing: Service rewards, wellbeing allowance, EAP support, and health initiatives including flu vaccinations and life insurance.
- Family support: Up to 26 weeks of primary carer leave top-up payments (to 80% of salary) with KiwiSaver contributions and paid partner leave.
- Relocation assistance: Available for the right candidate.
- Team culture: Regular team events, social club activities, and a supportive, collaborative environment.
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