Works Delivery Team Lead - Dunedin - Aurora Energy
Join a company that are focused on the delivery of successful projects across the network. Newly redefined leadership role in the Project Management space!
- Take charge of our high-performing project team
- Own region-critical projects across the Aurora Network
- Make your mark in an essential industry shaping Aotearoa's future
At Aurora Energy, we power communities across Te Waipounamu South Island. As one of New Zealand’s largest electricity networks, we operate in some of the most dynamic and challenging environments—Ōtepoti Dunedin, Central Otago/Wānaka, and Tāhuna Queenstown. Every day, we deliver reliable, sustainable energy to over 200,000 people. This is infrastructure at scale.
Why Aurora?
- Lead with purpose – oversee a capable, driven team and bring clarity, momentum, and focus to key initiatives
- Be the difference-maker – influence how we do business across the board
- Get rewarded – generous salary, strong benefits including boosted Kiwisaver after one year, and the backing of a values-led organisation
- Live the lifestyle – Dunedin offers rugged coastlines, historic charm, and zero-hour commutes
We’re searching for a decisive, capable leader to take the lead as our Works Delivery Project Lead. You’ll have a dual role; lead your crew with confidence and precision, while also managing a portfolio of major projects that keep the network running strong.
What you’ll do:
- Lead by example and with high expectation - coach, develop, and hold your team accountable through 1:1s and structured performance check-ins
- Run complex projects end-to-end; control the moving pieces, solving the tough problems, and driving precise execution
- Build trust with contractors, councils, and agencies like DOC and NZTA while aligning internal teams around deliverables and SLA’s
- Keep safety at your core, while constantly ensuring the standard remains high, across cost, time, and performance
What you bring to the table:
- Tertiary or trade qualifications in Electrical Engineering, Civil Construction, or related fields (or equivalent experience)
- A strong track record in project delivery - ideally across energy, utilities, or infrastructure
- Proven leadership – you’ve done this before, you're someone who backs their team and gets things done
- Technical nous - whether it's trenching, cabling, or coordinating across functions, you speak the language of those around you
- Confident communicator - able to hold both strategic discussions and on-site briefings with ease
We value strength in all its forms, and we welcome applications from anyone ready to lead from the front.
Own this opportunity. Step up, step in—apply now and build the future with Aurora.
- Locations
- Dunedin
Dunedin
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
What is a Paragon?
Paragon (n): A person or thing viewed as a model of excellence.
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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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