Senior Engineer / Team Lead

About Us. At Connetics, we deliver energy solutions that power a cleaner, brighter future. We design, build, and maintain electrical infrastructure across Aotearoa, supporting communities and helping keep the network running safely and reliably.About the Role. We're looking for an experienced Senior Primary Design Engineer / Team Lead to join our Substations & Green Grids team in Christchurch.

This is a great opportunity to combine strong technical engineering capability with leadership. You'll play a key role in delivering complex primary design projects while supporting, mentoring and growing the capability of the team around you.We're also open to experienced Senior Design Engineers who are ready to take the next step into a Team Lead role and combine their technical expertise with leading and developing a team.

You'll be involved in:Leading the day-to-day workload and workflow of the Substations & Green Grids team. Delivering substation design projects across distribution and sub-transmission networks. Providing technical guidance, coaching and mentoring to engineers. Leading complex multidisciplinary projects from scoping through to construction.

Driving quality, continuous improvement and safe engineering outcomes. About You. You'll thrive in this role if you have:Strong experience in substation primary design within distribution and/or sub-transmission environments. Experience leading a team, or a strong desire to take the next step into a Team Lead role. Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop engineers.

Strong project, stakeholder and customer management skillsA relevant Level 7 engineering qualification, with CPEng or working towards it desirable. What's on Offer. Sign-on bonus + relocation supportA hybrid role combining technical engineering with team leadership. The opportunity to lead and grow the Substations & Green Grids teamA diverse range of challenging electrical infrastructure projects.

Professional development and leadership opportunities. Health and wellbeing benefits, modern offices, free onsite parking and flexible working options. Apply. We'd love to hear from experienced Senior Design Engineers who are ready to take the next step into leadership, as well as established Team Leads looking for a new challenge.

Please note: Connetics requires all successful applicants to complete a pre-employment Ministry of Justice check, along with a medical assessment including a drug and alcohol test.