Dam Safety & Civil Engineer (Twizel / Waitaki area)

Company Description

Meridian is Aotearoa’s largest renewable electricity producer, generating power from 100% renewable sources—wind, water, and sun!

Mō te tūranga | What you’ll be doing    

You’ll play a crucial role in managing New Zealand’s most iconic hydro generation and renewable energy assets. Your expertise will ensure the integrity and reliability of vital generation infrastructure, and your technical acumen will contribute to the enhancements of these assets, supporting sustainable energy generation while safeguarding communities and the environment. 

You'll contribute to the delivery of Meridian’s Dam Safety Assurance Programme and to Dam Safety Regulation Compliance. This includes: 

• Contribute to dam safety reviews (intermediate and comprehensive).

• Monitor and resolve dam safety issues.

• Plan emergency response and dam safety investigations.

• Provide civil advice to other renewable energy assets and sites, including wind farms, solar farms and battery sites, in areas such as roading, drainage, and slope and retaining structures engineering.

What we can offer you!  

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 several 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, every bit counts

• Access to fleet vehicles 

• a one-off $400 payment to support your work from home set-up (if needed) 

• Volunteering opportunities 

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!  

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

We’re looking for an engineer to oversee asset management, dam safety, and civil projects. You’ll collaborate across teams to ensure asset risk and dam safety compliance, with a strong understanding of the hydro power sector and risk management strategies.  

We encourage you to apply for this role — even if you don’t meet every requirement. At Meridian, we value diverse perspectives and believe that potential, passion, and a willingness to grow are really important. If you’re excited about this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you! 

To view the full Position Description, please click here (link to PDF). If applying through Seek, please email [email protected] for the position description.

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

We help reduce carbon emissions and support communities in doing the same, supplying electricity to over 365,000 homes, businesses, and farms through Meridian and Powershop. 

• At Meridian, we embrace diversity and inclusion, knowing that different perspectives make us stronger. We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work, creating a welcoming and empowering environment for all.

• Be gutsy, be in the waka, and be a good human – our three principles. We work hard and celebrate connection through quizzes, morning teas, and cultural events, both in person and virtually. 

• Sustainability is in our DNA. We proudly support KidsCan and Kākāpō Recovery and work side-by-side with our generation communities. 

If you’ve any questions, please email [email protected]. We're committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed. Please get in touch if there are 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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