At Contact Energy, we’re on a mission to reshape our business in an ever-evolving market. With customer expectations and competitive pressures at an all-time high, we need passionate individuals ready to strengthen our technology, customer, and data capabilities. This is your chance to be part of our transformation journey, where innovation and agility are at the forefront of our culture.
As a key player in this exciting transition, you'll lead strategic, enterprise-wide ICT projects that embrace cutting-edge technologies and methodologies. You’ll manage every aspect of project delivery, ensuring our core IT initiatives align with our overarching business strategy. Collaborating with senior stakeholders and technical experts, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment, expertly guiding your team through the complexities of change while ensuring that roadblocks are cleared and communication flows seamlessly.
To succeed, you'll bring your proven project management expertise and a knack for collaboration, whether working in agile or waterfall methodologies. You’ll be responsible for steering medium to large-scale projects, managing budgets between $1 million and $3 million, and mentoring your team to foster a culture of continuous improvement. Your meticulous planning skills will shine as you create and manage project plans, identify potential challenges, and ensure that safety and best practices are always prioritised. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and help shape the future of Contact Energy, we’d love to hear from you!
The type of experience you’ll bring to the role
Experience working within the technology, architecture, digital software ecosystem and you understand how to drive software change to get the business value
Contact is not a place you’ll stagnate. We are growing and offer superb learning and development opportunities along with trailblazing policies like Growing Your Whānau, and perks like discounts on Contact Energy products, access to own Contact shares and a bunch of corporate discounts!
He mea nui ngā paki kōrero ki a mātou i Contact, nā reira, mēnā kei a koe tētehi e hāngai pea ana ki tā mātou e kimi nei i tēnei tūranga kei raro iho nei--kei te hiahia mātou kia whakapā mai ai koe!
We are big on stories here at Contact, so if you have one that you think might align with what we are looking for – we would love to hear from you!
Applications close 5pm Friday the 25th of October but we’re considering applications as they come in so hop to it and apply if you're keen.
Please note, only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.
Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria, women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. We're not about box ticking, so if you think you have what it takes but don't meet everything stated above, please still get in touch. We'd love to kōrero.
Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent team. In the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies, Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.
