Principal Design Engineers

The Roles

At Connetics, Design Engineers are critical to the delivery of innovative, quality electrical designs. While this role requires solid technical delivery capability from the candidate — it is equally important to step into leadership, grow capability within the team, grow the business and contribute to the development of future engineers.

You'll bring strong technical expertise and confidence in leading / managing design project teams, while also playing a key part in mentoring, guiding, and building out team strength. This is an opportunity to make your mark by combining design excellence with leadership in an organisation committed to powering a cleaner and brighter future.

Key Responsibilities

As a Principal Design Engineer, you will :

• Deliver safe, effective and innovative design solutions from concept to construction
• Lead small to medium projects, balancing quality, cost and time outcomes
• Build capability in junior engineers through coaching and mentoring
• Foster strong relationships with customers and stakeholders to ensure trusted outcomes
• Collaborate across disciplines to drive future-focused solutions and continuous improvement

What We Are Looking For

The ideal candidates will bring :

About Connetics

Connetics is a multi-disciplined, multi-regional electrical design, construction, and maintenance business delivering electrical infrastructure assets for customers throughout Aotearoa.

We deliver energy solutions for our communities with depots in Wellington, Westport, Paraparaumu and Christchurch. We aim to exceed our customers' current and future needs by innovating, designing and delivering electrical projects, proactively harnessing opportunities in the fast-evolving energy landscape.

Connetics is a wholly owned subsidiary of Orion NZ Limited (a Christchurch City Holdings Limited company) which operates within an Orion Group ecosystem as the electricity distribution services unit.

The Orion Group purpose is to power a cleaner and brighter future with our community captures the contribution we want to make to the wellbeing and prosperity of our region. We are committed to taking a lead in sustainability and delivering innovative future energy services.

The Design and Engineering team's purpose is “We create value through quality engineering solutions enabling our customers to connect people and energy”.

Why Join Us?

We offer :

How to Apply

If you're a collaborative engineer ready to step up in leadership and help shape the future of energy design, we'd love to hear from you. Apply with your CV and cover letter via SEEK.

For a confidential discussion, contact Kerry Ellis at

Applications close 23October. We may progress recruitment earlier depending on applications received.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. If you're curious but not sure you meet every requirement, we'd still like to hear from you.

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