Are you an experienced or recently qualified Electrician, wanting to join an awesome team with a great company culture - then look no further!
About Us
Keeping the power on in the King Country is what we do, but it’s who we do the work for that is most important to us – our customers and our community. As a community owned business that has been around for close to 100 years, we take pride in our ability to keep our whare, our farms and our businesses powered up, 24/7.
We are looking for an Electrician to join our crew within our Te Kuiti Depot to help in our mission to deliver the best outcomes for our colleagues and customers.
Job Description
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
Reporting to the Team leader of Electrical Services, you will be a qualified and experienced electrician, able to work as part of our Network Services team based in Te Kuiti.
As an Electrician you will deliver a high level of duties through maintenance, repair, and fault response on TLC’s electrical distribution network. This will include:
liaising with control centre, dispatch, and operations staff.
Hanging and maintaining meters and related equipment.
completing proactive and corrective maintenance as scheduled in work plans.
The role includes climbing up the odd power pole or two and working in weather that can be challenging.
Your technical skills are only part of the story. If you can bring a great attitude, a sense of humour, and evidence of a strong commitment to Health & Safety, this will go a long way toward you being the successful applicant.
Living locally in the King Country is also crucial to allow a timely response to faults.
This is a full-time position with a minimum of 40 Hours per week worked Monday to Friday, you will also be required to participate in the after-hours faults roster on a basis of every 1 in 4 weeks. Any time worked outside of standard working hours is paid at a minimum rate of time and a half, and allowances are paid when applicable. There will also be opportunities to work overtime outside of the faults roster.
Desired Skills and Experience
Mōu - About You
Our first focus is your safety as well as the safety of those around you, therefore you must have an unwavering commitment to H&S and the capacity to achieve excellence in this area through a regulated network environment. It is also essential for you to have the following:
current practicing license as a Registered Electrician
Electricity distribution experience (preferable)
Ability to work autonomously.
Problem solving skills and a positive “can do” attitude.
Excellent communication skills
Lifting capacity up to 20kg
Commitment to meeting customer needs
Great self-motivation to meet deadlines.
He Aha Te Pai - What you'll love about us!
We take great pleasure in being an enjoyable place to work and in our passion of giving back to the local community. We've worked hard to build great teams of people who love coming to work, and in doing so have created a great work culture. So, on top of competitive wages, we will help you learn and grow on the job while keeping your skills up to date and attractive plus a bunch of other benefits that include:
Medical Insurance and Annual Health Screening
Company Leave / Lifestyle days, Volunteer Day, additional Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary caregivers
Staff Community Fund
Wellbeing Payment
Additional Employer Kiwi Saver Contribution after 3 years
Deals and Discounts
We've got a lot of work to do over the next decade so you will never be short of work!
The fine print
Safety and wellbeing are paramount to us, so our recruitment process involves a Ministry of Justice criminal history check and a pre-employment medical, alcohol and drug test.
Unfortunately applications from those without the right to work in New Zealand cannot be considered at this time.
Hiahia? - Interested? Come and join the whanau!
Please note, applications will be reviewed during advertising period and advertising may close earlier than the date advertised.
