• Shape key investment & expenditure decision-making for critical infrastructure
• Create and translate economic analysis into clear, persuasive narratives
• Facilitate regulatory processes and interfaces to drive engagement

Transpower owns and operates New Zealand's National Grid - the high voltage transmission network connecting areas of generation with towns and cities across New Zealand.

With a whole-of-industry view of the electricity sector we are at the forefront of the country's pending energy transformation. Our team is working hard to enable a net-zero carbon future.

About The Opportunity 

You’ll join our specialist Grid Investment Advisory team, supporting smart decision-making for the benefit of all New Zealanders now and into the future.

The team works with colleagues across the business who collectively manage critical infrastructure assets in excess of $5.5B—bringing people and information together to make the right investment decisions for New Zealand’s future.

You’ll use data, modelling, and structured analysis to provide insights across areas such as:

• Current and future electricity demand
• Emerging new energy sources
• Future pricing and transmission needs
• Project benefits, costs, and risks

In this role you will:

• Provide economic and quantitative analysis to inform major grid investment decisions
• Build evidence-based investment cases and high-quality documentation to support investment and expenditure decisions
• Contribute to Major Capex Proposals (typically >$30M), including options assessment and recommendation narratives
• Test assumptions, assess costs and feasibility of alternatives, and clearly explain trade-offs
• Work with stakeholders across the business to align on problem definition, inputs, and decision needs

With coaching and mentoring, you’ll grow your technical depth and your ability to influence decisions through clear, well-reasoned advice.

About You (capabilities We’re Looking For) 

We’re looking for a person who can demonstrate the skills below through work, study, or other relevant experience.

You can:

• Apply quantitative thinking to real-world investment problems (e.g., economics, finance, engineering, maths, statistics, physics, or similar)
• Build and/or interpret models and analysis, and check for logic, sensitivity, and reasonableness of results
• Translate analysis into clear recommendations for non-technical audiences (written, verbal, and visual)
• Produce high-quality reports or decision documents that stand up to review and scrutiny
• Work effectively with multiple stakeholders, bringing people together to progress a decision
• Navigate regulated or high-assurance environments (or learn quickly), including preparing evidence and responding to feedback

Experience/qualification 

A relevant tertiary qualification is welcomed (e.g., Honours/Masters/PhD in a quantitative field), or equivalent practical experience demonstrating strong quantitative analysis and the ability to develop clear, decision-ready advice.

Commercial or investment analysis experience is valued, but we’re most interested in your demonstrated capability and potential to grow.

Why should you join us? 

Our business is exciting. The scale, criticality, and complexity of our environment is stimulating and challenging, and the work is meaningful. An equal opportunity employer, we value the diversity of thought that comes from our people of over 28 nationalities.

Joining a fun and hardworking team, we offer a range of employee health and wellness benefits and on the job professional development over time.

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