The company
Passionate, curious, and innovative are a few words that describe our people. We are powering the future, connecting communities, and igniting innovation. Orion owns and operates the electricity distribution network that provides power to central Canterbury. As the third largest electricity distribution network in New Zealand, we cover remote rural areas, regional towns, and the city of Christchurch.
We are an essential service and take our responsibilities seriously. We are community owned and working here means a career with meaning and purpose that makes a difference in your very own neighbourhood.
The role
At Orion, we're thinking beyond what our network needs today. We're looking at how we make the right investment decisions for the future, strengthen our asset management capability and ensure our approach continues to evolve as the energy landscape changes.
This is a role with genuine scope to influence that direction. As our Network Investment & Improvement Lead (12-month fixed-term), you'll play an influential role in strengthening Orion's strategic asset management capability.
Working across the business, you'll improve the frameworks, strategies and investment approaches that support smart, long-term decisions - balancing network risk, performance, customer needs and value. It's a varied role, spanning asset management maturity and improvement, investment methodologies and strategy, through to bringing together the information that shapes our Asset Management Plan.
Lead asset management maturity assessments, audits and improvement initiatives
Develop our asset management framework, strategy and improvement plan
Shape strategies across areas such as network reliability and resilience Improve the frameworks and tools used to assess network investment
Support robust business cases and economic evaluation of investment options
Coordinate development and delivery of the annual Asset Management Plan
Bring people together across disciplines to turn strategy into sustainable improvement
About you
Extensive experience in the electricity and/or related infrastructure industry
Commerce degree (business, economics, or accounting) and/or and Engineering degree (preferably in electrical or power field)
A creative, innovative and strategic mindset with strong communication and leadership skills
Working knowledge of the ISO 55000 series and its application to asset management practices
Ability to identify, design and deliver continuous improvement initiatives
A collaborative, customer-centric approach with adaptability to a changing environment
What they offer
You'll find at Orion, you can come as you are and just be you. You will be joining a workplace that values who you are, the work you do, and the way you think.
Importantly, we offer:
Flexible working arrangements, and flexible locations with our Head office in Burnside and satellite offices in Rolleston and Ferrymead
Three days of “My Days” leave
A broad range of workplace benefits from a wellbeing allowance to access to our holiday house in Hanmer!