Palmerston North, New Zealand

Reference: 6763832

PALMERSTON NORTH BASED

• Full-time, permanent role
• Career Development and long term career opportunities
• Great Team environment
• Staff Benefits
  
  

Horizon, a trusted division of the multi-disciplined Horizon Energy Group, serves the community wuth reliable electricity. At Horizon we believe our success is driven by our employees and in return offer a wide range of career opportunities.

Horizon, based in Palmerston North is recruiting for a Design Engineer.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Design Engineer Team Leader, you will be responsible to assist the Design Estimators, Project Managers and Managers with the following:

• Power system studies.
• Design of capital network and external projects.
• Managing customer connection and approval process; and
• Regulatory analysis.
  
  

To be successful a candidate will require the following qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering recognised by IPENZ
• Current Unrestricted Manual NZ Drivers Licence
• Up to 5 years' experience in Power Distribution industry, including underground design an advantage, but not necessary
• Familiar with load flow simulation software e.g. DIgSilent Power Factory, Overhead Line Design software e.g.COLDNEt, Neara.
• Advanced Mathematical skills
• Advanced Excel and Word skills with some exposure to databases
• Project management and experience
• High degree of initiative
• Ability to relate to staff/customers and Management
• Able to make decisions
• Self-motivated and results focussed
• Ability to think ‘outside the square'
  
  

The Horizon Energy Group takes pride in its commitment to the health and safety of all its stakeholders. It has well developed processes and procedures in the principle areas of safety leadership, risk management and worker participation.

To support this, you will have excellent communication and problem solving skills, sound industry and product knowledge, be safety focussed at all times, possess a high degree of initiative, able to think clearly under pressure and most of all be a team player.

Applicants must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand.

Applications close on Sunday, 22 June 2025.

Applications Close: 22 Jun 2025