Co-Generation Production Engineer

New Zealand Steel, a wholly owned subsidiary of BlueScope, manufactures and markets a range of flat rolled steel products for the building, construction, manufacturing and agricultural sectors.  You may know us for our flagship COLORSTEEL® brand or the AXXIS® steel for framing brand.

The New Zealand Steel Co-Generation Team is looking for an experienced Production Engineer to provide technical leadership and to support the safe, reliable and efficient operation of our Cogeneration plant.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working closely with operations and maintenance teams, solving operational challenges and driving improvements across a critical part of the NZ Steel site.

About the Role

As the Co-Generation Production Engineer, you will be a key technical resource for the Operations Team, with responsibility for optimising plant performance, supporting operational decision-making and ensuring the plant meets its statutory and electricity market obligations.

You will:

• Provide day-to-day technical leadership and support to the Co-Generation Operations Team.
• Monitor and optimise boiler, turbine and auxiliary plant performance to maximise reliability, efficiency and availability.
• Analyse operational data, identify improvement opportunities and lead investigations into operational issues.
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert for boiler and turbine operations, providing technical advice during faults, abnormal events and operational challenges.
• Support planned shutdowns, commissioning, start-ups and major plant events.
• Oversee and coordinate plant isolations and promote robust operational safety practices.
• Manage operator training, competency and qualification requirements, including coaching and mentoring operators.
• Work closely with Maintenance, Engineering, Electrical & Instrumentation, Projects, Asset Management and HSE teams.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with relevant statutory requirements, operational procedures and electricity market obligations.
• Identify and implement initiatives that improve plant reliability, efficiency, safety and environmental performance.

What You'll Bring

We are looking for someone with strong technical capability and operational experience who can confidently work across a complex industrial environment.

You will have:

• A relevant Engineering Degree.
• Engineering experience in a power generation, utilities, process or heavy industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of boiler, turbine and associated plant operations.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to analyse plant performance and operational data.
• Experience supporting maintenance, shutdowns, commissioning or plant improvement activities.
• A strong understanding of operational safety, risk management and compliance.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships across Operations, Maintenance and Engineering.
• The confidence to provide technical leadership, coach others and make sound operational decisions.

Why This Opportunity?

This is a great opportunity to make a real impact on the performance of a critical part of NZ Steel's operations.

You'll work with a diverse range of teams and stakeholders while having the opportunity to influence plant reliability, operational excellence, safety and continuous improvement.

If you're ready for your next challenge and want to play a key role in the ongoing performance of our Co-Generation plant, we'd love to hear from you.

What’s in it for you

Being part of the BlueScope brand makes us a strong and successful global company offering connections throughout the world and providing access to resources and tools from the wider business. We believe our people are our strength and embrace diversity and inclusion as we aim to have the right people in the right roles to move us into the future. If you enjoy working with people who are practical, put your safety first, and care about the communities in which they work, then New Zealand Steel is the place for you.

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