Waikato Waters is a brand-new, publicly owned water utility bringing together water and wastewater services across the Waikato region, built from the ground up to deliver for communities today and for generations to come.
Te tūranga | The role
Keep critical infrastructure running safely and reliably. As an Electrical Maintenance Engineer, you'll provide specialist expertise to ensure Waikato Waters' electrical assets, from power systems to control panels and plant, are maintained to the highest safety and compliance standards.
Reporting to the Maintenance Planning Lead, you'll play a key role in reducing risk, improving asset reliability, and bringing consistency across legacy systems. You'll work closely with operations and maintenance teams to solve problems, improve performance, and ensure electrical work is safe, practical, and fit for purpose.
Ō mahi | What you'll do
- Provide expert electrical engineering advice to support safe, reliable maintenance of plant and infrastructure
- Support maintenance teams with fault finding, diagnostics, and practical solutions
- Ensure all electrical work meets NZ safety legislation, standards, and internal requirements
- Identify and manage electrical risks, escalating issues early to prevent incidents
- Contribute to maintenance planning, including preventative strategies and clear work scopes
- Respond to electrical faults and failures, leading root cause analysis and long-term fixes
- Support commissioning, upgrades, and asset changes to ensure safe and maintainable outcomes
- Coordinate specialist contractors to deliver safe, compliant, high-quality work
- Analyse performance data to improve reliability and reduce repeat failures
- Contribute to continuous improvement of electrical standards and practices
You're a confident, credible leader who knows how to lift performance and deliver results in complex environments. You set the standard, bring others with you, and don't compromise on compliance.
- Registered Electrical Inspector, Licensed Electrical Supervisor, or equivalent
- Strong experience in electrical maintenance within operational or industrial environments
- Solid knowledge of NZ electrical safety legislation, standards and codes of practice
- Proven ability to diagnose faults and deliver practical, reliable solutions
- Experience coordinating contractors and managing service delivery
- Ability to work effectively in changing or evolving environments
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative, solutions-focused approach
- Experience with control systems, SCADA and instrumentation (desirable)
- Background in water, wastewater, utilities or industrial operations (desirable)
Waikato Waters is being built once, and you'd be part of that. He waka eke noa - we are all in this together. The work is real, the impact is visible, and the team we're assembling is genuinely exceptional. We offer competitive remuneration, health insurance, and hybrid working where the role allows. To learn more about Waikato Waters visit: www.waikatowaters.co.nz
Me pēhea te tono | How to apply
Applications close 20th April 2026. To apply, visit www.alexanderjames.co.nz/job-results . For a full position description or for a confidential chat, contact Toni Lea on toni@alexanderjames.co.nz