Wind Technician - Electrical or Mechanical

Wind Technician - Electrical or Mechanical

• Full-time

Meridian is the largest producer of renewable electricity in Aotearoa, and we strive to deliver clean energy for a fairer and healthier world. We only generate electricity from 100% renewable resources – wind, water, and sun, because we believe that’s the best way forward for our planet and our communities. And, we’re doing what we can to help Aotearoa reduce their carbon emissions and support others in our generation communities to do the same. We also retail electricity to more than 365,000 homes, businesses, and farms across New Zealand through our Meridian and Powershop brands.

Maintaining and servicing 62 wind turbines at our West Wind site, situated thirty minutes from the Wellington CBD.

Each day, you’ll carry out scheduled services and reactive maintenance on several of the turbines on site, which can generate enough electricity to power about 78,000 average New Zealand homes! You will also be required to respond to reactive fault finding and monitoring outside of normal working hours on a rostered basis.

Your peers are a team of multi-disciplined Wind Maintenance Technicians who work hard to keep our turbines in great shape. With the support of the Team Lead, you will work safely to deliver on our maintenance plan consisting of electrical, hydraulic, and other key mechanical equipment.

In addition to your day-to-day activities, you will be open to development opportunities, growing your trade knowledge and experience as you progress through our competency framework. Safety and technical training will be provided to ensure you have all the tools necessary to succeed.

What you’ll bring

• You’ll be a registered Electrician (EWRB), trade qualified Mechanical Technician, Hydraulic Engineer, or EAS/EST qualified technician, or a qualification relevant to any trade sub-discipline (Marine, Oil & Gas, Dairy, Heavy Industry).
• Ideally, you’ll have some electrical and mechanical fault-finding experience, with the ability to read and interpret schematic drawings.
• You’ll use your IT and communication skills to track and report on tasks completed.
• Because of the nature of the work, you’ll need to be physically fit and able to climb up to 70 metres and lift up to 25kg.
• You’ll be comfortable working in confined spaces, and it goes without saying able to work at height!
• Prepared to get your hands dirty in support of mechanical tasks as part of any given day.
• Having experience in the wind industry, proven fault-finding experience, and an appetite and ability to work in all types of conditions will be an advantage.

Why Meridian?

At Meridian, we value all people. We embrace different ways of thinking, living, and working because we believe diversity benefits us all. It makes our capabilities even stronger. We encourage all our people to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work, and we’re proud to have a diverse and inclusive workplace. So, no matter who you are, you’ll find it a great place to work.

We value and live by three ‘How to Be’s’: ‘be gutsy’, working together by ‘being in the waka’ and doing the right thing by ‘being a good human’. We work hard and value the importance of connection and fun, whether this be through daily quizzes, morning teas, birthday and cultural celebrations both in person and virtually!

Sustainability sits firmly in our DNA, both socially and environmentally. We proudly support KidsCan and the Kākāpō Recovery and work side-by-side with our generation communities to empower and support projects where needed. There are many opportunities to volunteer to any of our partnerships throughout the year.

What we can offer you!

We value work/life balance, so our flexible work options (where possible) make things easier for you and your whānau. We also offer:

• an attractive and competitive salary package that’s reviewed annually, performance incentives, plus discounts from a number of partnerships
• 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

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!

To view the full Position Description pleaseClick Here – we’re not necessarily looking for someone who ticks all the boxes (an elusive unicorn), so if you think you have what it takes but don't meet every requirement in the PD, we strongly encourage you to apply!

If you have any general enquiries please contact [email protected] and one of our team will get back to you. We're committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed, please get in touch via email or phone if there are any 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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