Senior project manager

Orion has some exciting things happening as they kick-start their Integrated Asset Management project. Do you want to be a part of our critical Integrated Asset Management project on a 2-year fixed-term contract?

As our Senior Project Manager (IAM), you will lead the end-to-end project management as well as managing the delivery of programme scope by our Implementation Partner Deloitte. The key aspect is to transform Orion’s Network Asset Management across the entire value chain by re-engineering, automating, digitalising and implementing our Asset Management platform and associated functional change.

If you have experience delivering large projects across complex environments, you won’t want to miss this opportunity!

About us

Passionate, curious, and innovative are a few words that describe our people. We are powering the future, connecting communities, and igniting innovation. Orion owns and operates the electricity distribution network that provides power to central Canterbury. As the third largest electricity distribution network in New Zealand, we cover remote rural areas, regional towns, and the city of Christchurch.

We are an essential service and take our responsibilities seriously. We are community owned and working here means a career with meaning and purpose that makes a difference in your very own neighbourhood.

The role

• Lead the IAM project through planning, execution and monitoring phases including project timelines, budget constraints and quality standards
• Manage the delivery performed by the Implementation Partners – Deloitte and sub-contractors) for non-Orion deliverables
• Establish and maintain strong communication and collaborative channels with key stakeholders including business leaders, data owners and Implementation Partners
• Implement robust monitoring to track on-going project progress while identifying potential risks and initiate corrective actions
• Support change management to ensure a smooth transition for new processes, technologies and the way we work
• Ensure that appropriate project management frameworks align and governance practices are followed

About you

• Proven experience as a Senior Project Manager delivering across a medium to large size business with a relevant qualification
• Previous extensive experience building a strong vendor relationship, preferably a “big 5”, including delivery management
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders
• Ability to manage expectations through delivery, application, reporting and forecasting principles
• Comfortable with ambiguity and experienced in problem solving by applying tools and frameworks
• Be solution focused while managing risk, conflicting priorities and constantly changing demands

We offer

You’ll find at Orion, you can come as you are and just be you. You will be joining a workplace that values who you are, the work you do, and the way you think. Importantly, we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements, and flexible locations with our Head office in Burnside and satellite offices in Rolleston and Ferrymead
• Three days of “My Days” leave
• A broad range of workplace benefits from a wellbeing allowance to access to our holiday house in Hanmer!

You might be surprised to find out that the company that brings the power to your home is innovative, inclusive, progressive, and quite good fun.

To apply

We encourage you to be you in your application! We are truly committed to diversity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in these areas, but you do need to be on board with learning.

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We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interviews. To learn more about us, check out our careers site to find out more about working Orion. You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to apply for this job. Pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.