Principal Primary or Secondary Systems Engineers!
Overseas applicants are welcome to apply, fantastic locations, great teams, senior roles with pay to match.
Join leading NZ engineering firms specialising in electrical, civil, and structural consulting for the power and energy industry.
These firms undertake a wide range of interesting and challenging projects involving the design of new or upgraded HV Substation facilities and infrastructure across NZ.
Roles are available across NZ, it is busy, the teams are growing!
What’s on Offer:
Flexibility: Remote work options and minimal bureaucracy. We’ve invested in making remote working easy. We recognise everyone has a life outside work and that family time goes hand in hand with your career.
Growth: With our commitment fostering your learning and development, we will support your career goals and provide opportunities for development.
Culture: A supportive, fun, and dynamic work environment.
Benefits: Health insurance, life insurance, income protection, bonus award for gaining CPEng accreditation, study assistance and so much more.
Your Role:
Design: Produce high-quality, detailed designs that leave no questions unanswered.
Lead: Guide and develop junior engineers and lead technical discussions with clients to determine the optimal solution to meet their needs.
Deliver: Ensure successful project outcomes on time and within budget.
Contribute: Actively contribute to successful project inputs, monitoring, and outcomes.
Develop: Protection standards/philosophies for clients and internal use.
We are seeking people who are from the Primary Systems and Secondary Systems background, within substations.
What You’ll Bring:
- Extensive experience (ideally 12+ years) in HV substation design — Primary or Secondary systems
- Consultancy or utility experience developing protection schemes, settings, relay configuration files, and reports
- Ability to technically lead projects and mentor junior engineers
- Proficiency in tools such as DIgSILENT, SINCAL, or similar
- Relevant engineering qualification
- Strong communication and client engagement skills
You will get the opportunity to join an enthusiastic team of like-minded professionals, working on interesting and challenging projects.
Open to International Talent
Applications are welcome from experienced engineers currently based overseas — particularly those at Principal or Director level looking to move to New Zealand.
- Industry
- Engineering
- Locations
- Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Mt Maunganui, Hamilton
Why work with Paragon? 💎
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True Partnerships, we're not about transactional relationships 🤝
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Proven success recruiting in the contact-centre industry 📞
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Solutions built for your business, not others
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Upholding the businesses and your candidates privacy 🔒
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We use technology to back our processes. Therefore full transparency is assured 🖥️📱💻
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We provide guidance to your hiring managers!
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A unique cost-model, we're not just about the big fee at the end 💰
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We have over 70 years of joint expertise to find you the best and hardest to entice talent across the globe
Partnering with Paragon
As a small business we’re agile and adaptable to meet the expectations of our clients, and our candidates.
Our ethics, honesty, transparency and hands-on approach means we’re always contactable, in tune with what our candidates and clients require and provide updates and advice, along the recruitment journey.
We are inclusive, love having fun and a laugh, we're inquisitive about you as a candidate, and your business as a client, so we ask loads of questions so we can help you as best as we can!
We don’t take ourselves too seriously but take finding your next dream job, as seriously as anything!
At the same time, we are very committed to attracting the best talent for your business, and ensuring your brand speaks volumes for potential employees to join your team.
Check out the candidate journey we take our candidates on, to be their best!
About Paragon Recruitment Ltd
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These are the values that drive Paragon. When it comes to recruitment, our mission is to find you that diamond in the rough.
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Principal Primary or Secondary Systems Engineers!
Overseas applicants are welcome to apply, fantastic locations, great teams, senior roles with pay to match.
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