Wind Service Technician
March 03, 2025
Company Description
Meridian is the largest producer of renewable electricity in Aotearoa and we strive to deliver clean energy for a fairer and healthier world. We only generate electricity from 100% renewable resources – wind, water and sun, because we believe that’s the best way forward for our planet and our communities. We also retail electricity to more than 380,000 homes, businesses and farms across New Zealand through our Meridian and Powershop brands.
Mō te tūranga | What you’ll be doing
This role will see you ensuring successful delivery of quality service on our wind turbines at the Te Apiti site situated near Palmerston North.
Each day, you’ll carry out scheduled services and reactive maintenance on a number of our turbines (we have 55 of them at Te Apiti!). You will also be required to respond and attend to reactive maintenance and monitoring outside of normal working hours on a rostered basis (approx. 1 week in 10).
Your peers are a team of multi-disciplined Wind Maintenance Technicians who work hard to keep our turbines in great shape. Working with the support of the Team Lead and the Site Owner, you will work safely on a daily basis to deliver on our maintenance plan.
Ngā pukenga kei a koe mō tenei tūranga | What you’ll bring
You’ll either be a Trade qualified Mechanical Fitter, Hydraulic Engineer on the mechanical side or an EAS/EST qualified technician registered Electrician or have an Electrical trade qualification.
Prepared to get your hands dirty in support of mechanical tasks as part of any given day.
Because of the nature of the work, you’ll need to be physically fit and able to climb up to 70 metres and lift up to 25kg.
You’ll be comfortable working in confined spaces, and it goes without saying able to work at height!
Having experience in the wind industry and an appetite and ability to work in all types of weather will be an advantage.
He aha koe i hono mai ai ki a mātou? | Why join us?
At Meridian, we value all people. We embrace different ways of thinking, living and working, because we believe diversity benefits us all. It makes our capabilities even stronger. We encourage all our people to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work and we’re proud to have a diverse and inclusive workplace. So, no matter who you are, you’ll find it a great place to work.
We value and live by three ‘How to Be’s’: ‘be gutsy’, working together by ‘being in the waka’ and doing the right thing by ‘being a good human’. We work hard and value the importance of connection and fun, whether this be through daily quizzes, morning teas, birthday and cultural celebrations both in person and virtually!
Sustainability sits firmly in our DNA both socially and environmentally. We proudly support KidsCan and the Kākāpō Recovery and work side-by-side with our generation communities to empower and support projects where needed. There are many opportunities to volunteer to any of our partnerships throughout the year.
Ngā painga ki a mātou | What we can offer
We offer:
an attractive and competitive salary package that’s reviewed annually, performance-incentive plus discounts from a number of partnerships
Southern Cross Healthcare - Wellbeing one insurance, funded scheme for eligible employees to give you that extra peace of mind
enhanced leave provisions: three company paid days (over the holiday period), enhanced parental leave and options to buy up to 12 days additional leave
life, trauma and income protection insurance (which we hope you won’t need!)
enhanced KiwiSaver contributions
access to the Meridian employee share scheme
excellent learning and development opportunities, we want you to be the best version of yourself and will help you get there!
award winning wellbeing programme that provides support whenever and wherever you need it
employee discounts off your power with Meridian, every bit counts
a one-off $400 payment to support your work from home set-up (if needed)
Tono mai ināianei tonu | Apply now
All in all, we’re an awesome place to work. If this sounds like you and you want to bring your energy and use your power to make a difference (pun intended), then apply today and tell us why!
To view the full Position Description please click here – we’re not necessarily looking for someone who ticks all the boxes (an elusive unicorn), so if you think you have what it takes but don't meet every requirement in the PD, we strongly encourage you to apply!
If you have any general enquiries, please email [email protected] and one of our team will get back to you. We're committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed, please get in touch via email or phone if there are any parts of our process you would like assistance with (process found here meridianenergy.co.nz/careers), we’re more than happy to help.
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