Project Engineer - Electrical

Hamilton, Rotorua, Waikato / / Project Engineer - Electrical

Mercury is a bold future-focused organisation, providing energy and telecommunications to more Kiwis than anyone else, leading the way with renewable energy and working toward a sustainable future. At the heart is our purpose. Taking care of tomorrow : connecting people and place today. This pushes us to do all we can to create a better future for our people, our communities, and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Join Mercury's $1B investment in powering New Zealand's energy future!

Are you ready to help shape the future of electricity in Aotearoa? Mercury is seeking a Project Engineer - Electrical to lead and deliver electrical workstreams across our hydro and geothermal generation projects. This is a unique opportunity to work on some of New Zealand's oldest and most iconic energy assets—reviving and upgrading 70-year-old equipment, bringing legacy infrastructure into the future to meet the demands of a modern, sustainable energy system.

In this role, you'll work across all stages of the project lifecycle—from design and planning through to installation, commissioning, and close‑out. You'll collaborate closely with Asset and Site Engineering teams, operational staff, and external partners to define scope, solve technical challenges, and ensure safe, high‑quality outcomes. Your electrical engineering expertise and ability to engage across disciplines will be key to driving innovation and maintaining asset integrity.

We offer flexibility in our hours to accommodate your lifestyle, you can work from our office, one of our sites, or from home while still valuing the opportunities to work with your wider team to collaborate. This role can be based in Hamilton or Rotorua - close to our hydro and geothermal sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead project electrical engineering workstreams and provide technical to achieve the generation project goals – Generate power safely and reliably.
• Drive implementation of electrical systems across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring timelines and quality standards are met.
• Actively participate and collaborate with the wider Mercury team to gain alignment to projects goals.
• Safeguard the technical integrity of assets by proactively identifying and addressing asset risk through Projects.

Qualifications

Benefits

Mercury is a learning organisation that is committed to providing you with opportunities to grow and develop that will benefit you now and in the future. Part of your role includes building your skillset and mindset through a variety of ways. We believe this creates an energised, innovative and agile work environment where you will feel valued.

Every voice has its place - and together, we thrive.

At Mercury, we believe that having a team of individuals with different backgrounds, experience and capability working together makes us stronger and better as an organisation. We know that some candidates may only apply for a role if they meet all of the criteria. If you want to join our team, we encourage you to apply for any role that matches your skills, capabilities and interests, even if you aren't sure if you meet all of the criteria.

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A full position description is available below. Applications close Tuesday, 2nd November at 5 : 00pm. Please note that Mercury retains the right to bring a particularly strong candidate through to interview more quickly.

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