Power Technician - High Voltage
Are you a qualified Power Technician with high-voltage experience, ready to take the next step in your career?
Locations: Waikato | Taupo | Napier | Wellington | Christchurch
- Competitive hourly rate, annual reviews, and 4% KiwiSaver
 - Free Southern Cross health insurance with family discounts
 - Flexible work based on project demands – see NZ while you work!
 
Are you a qualified Power Technician with high-voltage experience, ready to take the next step in your career?
At PBA, we do more than deliver high-voltage projects. We’re a team that looks out for each other, rolls up our sleeves, and takes genuine pride in doing things right. We work hard, laugh plenty, and back each other to grow, on and off the job. Part of the Unison Group, we’re known for our technical expertise and for being the crew our clients trust when they need things done properly, safely, and on time.
We’re looking for a number of certified Power Technicians to join our national team. You’ll be involved in commissioning, testing, and maintaining primary and secondary systems, supporting projects and customers across the country. Strong communication skills and a commitment to exceptional service are essential.
These roles require you to travel to our clients sites, so regular time away from home, is a must. You will be well compensated for your stays away.
What you’ll bring
- Proven experience in high-voltage work
 - Current EWRB registration or eligibility to obtain
 - Level 5 Power Technician qualification or equivalent
 - Full, current NZ driver’s licence or ability to obtain this
 - Proficiency in Microsoft Office
 - Ability to work independently and collaboratively
 
What you’ll get
- Competitive pay with employer KiwiSaver contributions
 - Ongoing technical training and career development
 - Generous travel allowances
 - Paid birthday leave and long-service rewards
 - Supportive team culture with industry experts
 
About PBA Ltd
Part of the Unison Group, PBA is a trusted team of over 30 high voltage experts. We tackle the complex energy challenges of tomorrow from decarbonisation to distributed energy and cybersecurity while keeping safety, collaboration, and real-world results at our core. 
PBA offers high voltage specialist services including transformer and circuit breaker, secondary systems, and transformer oil/SF6 gas management services
We welcome candidates from overseas with relevant HV experience who are familiar with NZ visa processes, EWRB registration, and NZQA qualification assessments.
If you’re ready to join a team focused on a great culture, fantastic varied work, where health and safety standards, quality craftmanship and celebrating success is all part of the norm, apply now!
- Locations
 - Christchurch, Wellington, Waikato, Napier
 
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.
Imagine a 100-carat diamond, Invaluable. Precise. Flawless.
These are the values that drive Paragon. When it comes to recruitment, our mission is to find you that diamond in the rough.
Paragon represents Excellence in Recruitment & HR.
We take the hassle out of recruitment; Using a precise method that focuses on quality to deliver invaluable candidates for our clients.