Contact Energy
Mechanical Engineer Graduate (Feb 2025)
Waikato
Opportunity expired
Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- NZD 68000 / Year
- Power & Broadband discounts, $400 annual 'good to be home' payment, Kiwisaver Contributions.
- 1 vacancy
- Apply by 19 May 2024
- Start date 23 Feb 2025
Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity
Are you a passionate Mechanical Engineering student looking to build a career in an industry and company that is making a positive difference for Aotearoa, New Zealand! Contact needs your energy to help decarbonise Aotearoa and safeguard the planet for future generations.
Our Graduate Development Programme is committed to providing a great foundation where you’ll be trained, supported, and mentored along with providing exciting challenges for you to reach your full potential. You will work with passionate members of the Contact Energy team who are excited to share their knowledge of the energy industry with you, we can guarantee that no two days are the same!
The Graduate Development Programme commences in February 2025 and is an 18-month rotational programme. At the conclusion of the programme, you will transition into a permanent role within our Geothermal Mechanical Engineering Team in Taupo.
As a Mechanical Engineer Graduate based at our Geothermal Generation Site in Taupo you will:
- Be given the opportunity to work within our engineering, operations and maintenance teams learning how our geothermal power plants operate.
- Work in a dynamic environment with large machinery including a variety of field and office-based work, to helping with investigations and upgrade projects of our plant.
- Gain a good understanding of power generation engineering assessment, design, and decision making processes.
We can teach you the skills you need to succeed, what’s important for us is diversity of thought, so it is important to just be yourself! So, if these behaviours and values align with yours then perhaps, we are the company for you.
- Interested in the energy sector.
- Passionate about the environment and our strategy to decarbonise Aotearoa.
- Are curious by nature and enjoy solving problems.
- Bring strong communication skills, including written, verbal and listening.
- Enjoy working as part of a team, building relationships, and working collaboratively.
Our purpose is to put our energy where it matters, to decarbonise the New Zealand energy sector. We are passionate about our mission and proud to have a tribe of people behind us working towards a common purpose.
Please note, only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
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My role as a Finance Graduate has me placed in the wider region of Finance. I currently work in commodity risk where we look into how different commodities contribute to the risk we take on as a company.
About the employer
Contact Energy
4.5
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Energy & Utilities
Our strategy is to lead Aotearoa's decarbonisation by growing renewable development and creating outstanding customer experiences.
Pros and cons of working at Contact Energy
Pros
The culture is very authentic and welcoming, both in and outside of office hours.
Flexible working hours with emphasis on getting the job done rather than unproductive work.
The people are super friendly and supportive, flexible working arrangements, interesting work.
You're encouraged to block out a work hour of your week in your calendar and use that to focus on self-learning.
I have found myself as a graduate in meetings and bumping into our CEO, CFO and heads of different business areas a lot. Everyone has time for you, no matter the question.
Cons
Sometimes not enough work for entry level and sometimes work can be heavy at times.
Not super social workplaces, as most people based in major cities work from home.
Not very transparent with career development, salary bands per job etc.
My first couple of rotations were a bit unorganised, not much planned work.
There is a lack of transparency around career progression, especially regarding pay bands and what is needed to move from one level to the next.