Project Manager

Company Description

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 supporting others in our communities to do the same.

Together, our two brands, Meridian and Powershop retail electricity to more than 380,000 homes, businesses and farms across New Zealand. Now that’s a pretty impressive combo!

Mō te tūranga | What you’ll be doing

It’s an exciting time to join our Retail team which has undergone a significant change to adopt new modern ways of working. Committed to making energy cleaner and cheaper for Aotearoa New Zealand, our Retail structure is made up of a network of empowered teams, united by a shared purpose and clear goals, equipped with the skills and capabilities to deliver value to customers end to end. 

Reporting to the Asset Deployment & Operations Lead, the Project Manager will initially work on an improvement project aimed at creating velocity through the pre-sale proposal generation piece through the transfer of responsibility for project estimation (especially network upgrades and installation contractor costs) from sales engineering into ADO. 

In the medium and longer term you will champion Health & Safety in the asset deployment and operations space, while tracking financial, sustainability, and other targets. The role involves managing multiple complex issues, identifying solutions, and maintaining strong relationships with key parties involved in installation, ensuring stakeholders are well-informed on progress. 

You will oversee the deployment of EV chargers, solar systems, and other assets in the field, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on budget, on time, and to specification. You will provide regular reports and analytics related to individual deployments and the wider deployment program. Additionally, you will minimise and measure materials used and people travel during site work to report carbon use during construction. Working closely with internal H&S experts, you will lead a high-quality H&S culture across our team and business, ensuring practices align with Meridian policies and procedures. You’ll continuously identify and deliver process improvements to support the scale-up of Meridian’s deployment capacity and support value streams and squads to achieve our objectives. 

Ngā pukenga kei a koe mō tenei tūranga | What you’ll bring 

• At least 5 years in a Project Management position. 
• Strong understanding of best practice Risk/Compliance frameworks and processes. 
• Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of our internal and external customers, using first-hand customer information to improve products and services. 
• Strong problem-solving skills, applying rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, seeing hidden problems by looking beyond the obvious and not stopping at the first answers. 
• Focused on learning and feedback: Gains insights from mistakes of self and others, seeks feedback, and is receptive to addressing shortcomings. 
• A team player with strong communication skills, openness to others’ ideas, and new ways of doing things. 
• Strong understanding of the NZ Electricity and Energy market is preferred. 

He aha koe i hono mai ai ki a mātou? | Why join us?

We’re a great place to work with plenty of opportunities and career development for those that want it. 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 embrace diversity and inclusion and ensure that everyone feels like they belong, are welcomed, feel valued, and feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We want all our people to be the best that they can be, so we make sure that there’s room for everyone to be exactly who they are. We believe that fun is good for you, and we make sure that our office vibe reflects that. We support each other and celebrate our successes.

Sustainability sits firmly in our DNA – both socially and environmentally – and we’re doing what we can to help Aotearoa reduce their carbon emissions and we’re helping support others in our generation communities to do the same. 

Ngā painga ki a mātou | What we can offer

We value work/life balance so our WFH and 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-incentive plus discounts from a number of partnerships 
• Southern Cross Healthcare - Wellbeing One insurance, funded scheme for eligible employees to give you that extra peace of mind
• 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 or Powershop, every bit counts
• a one-off $400 payment to support your work from home set-up (if needed) 

Tono mai ināianei tonu | Apply now

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 please click here (link to PDF) – 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 email [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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