Application Engineer

The role for the Application Engineer is to work as part of the Engineering team to complement existing activities.

Responsibilities:

• Perform modifications & enhancements to existing systems
• Expanding customer systems for new revenue meters
• Oversee the companies laboratory and testing functions
• Administer the Company’s customer support contract activities
• Review support reports & action as appropriate
• Respond to support or information requests
• Develop & expand support documentation
• Perform period system reviews & report to system owner
• Occasionally visiting customers to review system performance & functionality
• Based in Christchurch with some travel within NZ & occasionally internationally

Qualifications or Technical skills:

• Ideally a degree in electrical engineering specialising in Automation & Control or similar.
• Competency and experience in Substation Automation including Communications, Protocols and IEDs from a SCADA/HMI perspective is preferred
• Candidates with experience in meter test-house lab procedures will be favoured.
• Highly Proficient in software such as MS Office, VB6, SQL or other programming & database languages
• A good command of the English language and written English is essential

 Personal Attributes:

• Excellent command of the English language
• Able to quickly grasp & learn new technologies
• Self-confident, highly motivated team player
• Adaptable in their thinking with attention to detail
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal & communication skills
• Responsible, self-disciplined, reliable, energetic & productive

 An ideal candidate will have;

• New Zealand Permanent Residency
• Customer Support skills
• Technical skills (One or more of the following may be sufficient)
• Revenue and/or power quality metering systems
• Meter test-house procedures
• Electrical engineering in a utility environment or heavy industrial environment, or other relevant knowledge/experience
• Knowledge of installation & maintenance of applications in a Windows Server 2003 environment
• Knowledge of Corporate networking and protocols (TCP-IP, Routers, Cyber Security etc)
• Knowledge of Industrial networking & protocols (IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, etc)
• Knowledge of Telemetry systems (Radio, GSM, GPRS, CDMA etc)

In return we offer an attractive salary package, a modern working environment, and the opportunity to advance your career in a growing company tasked with delivering new and exciting products to the market place.