Data Engineering Team Leader

Bluecurrent is a leading provider of innovative smart metering services and solutions in New Zealand and Australia. As a B2B company, we partner with leading energy retailers and distributors in New Zealand and Australia.

Are you an experienced Data Engineering Team Lead ready to promote data quality, drive innovation and support a dynamic team? Join Bluecurrent and lead the data engineering team in designing, building, and maintaining scalable data practices, pipelines, and infrastructure.

Key responsibilities include :

• Develop and implement data engineering strategies that align with business goals and technical requirements.
• Ensure data quality, timeliness, resilience, cost, governance, and accessibility across the organisation.
• Collaborate with data scientists, data analysts, and other stakeholders to integrate data solutions into business processes.
• Oversee the development, management, and monitoring of data solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the data engineering team.
• Develop and maintain documentation for data engineering processes and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with commercial restrictions, data protection and privacy regulations.
• Support data-centric projects and initiatives by providing data engineering expertise.

What we are looking for

You will ideally have a bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. You will also bring previous proven experience and knowledge in :

As the Team Lead, you will bring previous leadership and mentoring experience, leading high performing teams in a technical environment. Your communication and stakeholder management skills will be excellent. You will bring a problem solving, analytical and continuous improvement mindset enabling innovation to drive the future of technology in alignment with Bluecurrent’s strategic goals.

If you are ready to drive excellence, uphold the highest standards in data governance and privacy, and join a dynamic team, apply today!

About Us

Bluecurrent is jointly owned by Vector and QIC. We are a highly successful smart metering and data services company that operates in New Zealand and Australia. With 18 years’ experience behind us we are a new company, with strong foundations and ambitious goals.

It’s a great time to join the highly dynamic energy sector, with consumers and energy companies driving rapid change. Changes that can make a difference are often informed by the data we provide.

Bluecurrent’s team is made up of people with diverse skills, values, backgrounds and experiences.

We respect people’s differences, including gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, race and religion.

Our values reflect how we do things together and for our customers.

They are :

Additional information

As we continue to grow there are many future career pathways for our people.

We offer :

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As part of the recruitment process if we progress with your application, we will complete background and pre-employment checks, such as a drug and alcohol assessments, reference checks, immigration checks, criminal background checks, qualification checks, and additional checks required for the role.

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