Senior Asset Portfolio Performance Specialist – Wellington or Christchurch

• Use your asset management expertise, reporting and commercial judgement
• Provide performance insights across critical asset and maintenance portfolios
• Influence and help ensure a reliable, secure and future-ready National Grid

Our purpose is to empower the energy future for New Zealand — a future that delivers a net-zero carbon economy and a reliable and secure electricity system.

About The Team

Our Integrated Planning group ensures the safe, reliable and cost-effective performance of Transpower’s grid assets through long-term planning and analysis. The group develops 15+ year workplans that guide investment and delivery, incorporating whole-of-lifecycle costing and risk-based decision-making.

Within Integrated Planning, the Portfolio Performance team provides performance insights and visibility across Transpower’s asset, maintenance, resilience, and sustainability portfolios. The team supports Portfolio Owners and Portfolio Leads to assess delivery, understand outcomes across the asset lifecycle, and make informed decisions through portfolio analysis and Grid Development performance reporting.

The opportunity – based in Wellington or Christchurch

As a specialist Senior Portfolio Performance Advisor, you'll turn complex data into clear advice that helps leaders make confident decisions about New Zealand's electricity grid. You'll provide visibility of delivery, risk, value and outcomes across Transpower's asset, maintenance, resilience and sustainability portfolios, supporting better investment decisions and long-term grid performance.

You'll identify emerging risks, opportunities and trends, track delivery against regulatory period objectives, and provide evidenced early warning where plans or priorities may need to change.

Drawing on your asset management expertise and commercial judgement, you'll help shape maintenance priorities, regulatory submissions, budgets and improvement initiatives. You’ll also improve reporting frameworks, data quality, measures and governance so leaders have reliable information for decision-making.

It’s stimulating work for an asset management professional with a direct impact on the National Grid.

What will you bring?

Asset management expertise, sound commercial judgement and the ability to turn complex portfolio information into clear, useful insights. You’ll also bring the confidence to collaborate across technical, delivery and corporate teams, building alignment without relying on positional authority.

Your CV and cover letter will clearly demonstrate:

• depth of asset management experience, ideally in infrastructure, utilities, energy, telco or another asset-intensive environment, supported by a relevant technical and/or asset management qualification
• sound knowledge of asset management principles and techniques, including risk-based decision making, whole-of-life asset management, asset health analysis, criticality assessment and investment prioritisation
• demonstrated ability to translate cost, risk, service, delivery and asset performance information into actionable insights, ideally using tools such as Power BI, Python, Maximo or similar platforms
• analytical and reporting capability, including experience developing frameworks, measures and data sets that provide meaningful portfolio insights
• strong commercial acuity, risk-based decision-making capability, and excellent written and verbal communication skills for diverse audiences

Join us at Transpower!

Our people care deeply about each other and New Zealand. With more than 28 ethnicities represented across Transpower, our diverse perspectives, knowledge, and experience are willingly shared. We work in the office or on site for a minimum of three days each week to support collaboration, learning, and effective delivery.

We prioritise wellbeing through an excellent range of employee health and wellness benefits. You can learn more here: https://www.transpower.co.nz/about-us/careers-transpower/staff-benefits

Next steps

If you’re energised by asset management and enjoy turning data into insights, we’d love to hear from you. Learn more about our Asset Management Plan here and join us in shaping asset management outcomes for New Zealand’s National Grid. Please review the position description and apply without delay.

Role closes Wednesday 4 November however applications will be reviewed as they are received and you maybe contacted for an initial exploratory conversation to assist in shortlisting.

Existing eligibility to work in New Zealand is required.