Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the role    This is a broad, practical role working across Contact’s Kaimai and Matahina hydro generation schemes. You’ll work across electrical plant, control and protection systems, automated operations and the wider equipment that keeps our hydro schemes running. Alongside maintaining and diagnosing plant, you’ll build the operational knowledge and competencies needed to safely operate within a hydro generation environment.In this role, you will:<ul><li>Carry out routine maintenance, inspections and condition monitoring to support the safe and reliable operation of our generation assets.</li><li>Investigate faults, diagnose plant and equipment issues, and complete or coordinate the work needed to rectify them.</li><li>Work with electrical plant, control and protection systems, and provide manual support to automated operations when required.</li><li>Operate plant and equipment in line with operational guidelines, safety rules and relevant competency requirements.</li><li>Plan and complete scheme, asset and outage work, including approved modifications and enhancements.</li><li>Monitor plant condition and respond to alarms, faults, defects and emergency maintenance requirements.</li><li>Maintain accurate operational, maintenance and plant history records, including updates following changes to plant or systems.</li><li>Work closely with your regional team, contractors, technical specialists and other Contact teams to deliver safe, well-coordinated work.</li><li>Maintain a thorough understanding of operational requirements, environmental consents and the safety rules that apply across the schemes.</li><li>Support other sites and remain onsite during adverse weather or other emergencies when required.</li></ul>This is a 24-hour operational environment, and you’ll take part in an on-call roster, currently approximately one week in every six. You’ll need to be comfortable responding outside standard working hours when rostered and when an operational situation requires additional support.

Contact (contact.co.nz ) is one of New Zealand&rsquo;s largest energy retailers and generators. We&rsquo;re committed to building a better New Zealand. We balance our commitment to lowering carbon emissions and producing renewable energy, with maintaining reliable access to energy for our 500,000 customers. We generate electricity from hydro, geothermal and gas and have one of the most flexible generation portfolios in the country.

Hydro Generation Technician - Operations

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