Streetlighting Technician - NPE Tech Ltd - New Plymouth

We're Hiring

STREETLIGHTING TECHNICIAN

New Plymouth, Taranaki

NPE-Tech is an established, accredited electrical contracting company with teams across New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Tauranga, and Hamilton.

We're growing, and we're looking for a Streetlighting Technician to join our New Plymouth team — someone forward-thinking who's keen to grow with us. We take pride in our work, delivering on quality and safety within a friendly, close-knit team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is an exciting time to join NPE-Tech. With strong growth underway, it's a great opportunity for someone who wants to build a long-term career with us. The role will suit an experienced Streetlighting Technician who is methodical, safety-conscious, and customer-focused.

Key Tasks

• Install, repair, and maintain streetlighting infrastructure across the Taranaki network.
• Diagnose faults on streetlighting assets and recommend repair or replacement.
• Carry out preventative maintenance on streetlighting infrastructure.
• Carry out general streetlighting and electrical repairs and maintenance to support streetlighting contracts as required.
• Install, repair, and maintain lights, controls, circuits, wiring, fuse boxes, and other electrical system equipment and components.
• Operate a variety of electrical testing equipment to confirm installations are safe to operate.
• Set up and manage safe work zones in accordance with approved traffic management plans.
• Interpret manuals, drawings, and specifications to determine work requirements and sequence repairs.
• Operate power and hand tools.
• Ensure installations comply with relevant industry standards and codes of practice.
• Take part in site and company meetings as required.

Health and Safety

• Comply with company, client, and legislative health and safety processes and procedures.
• Attend toolbox talks and other health and safety meetings as required.
• Complete risk assessments for each task.
• Report risks, incidents, accidents, near misses, and hazards.

What We're Looking For

• A valid full driver's licence — EWP and Class 2 preferred.
• A valid Electrician and/or Line Mechanic qualification.
• An aptitude for network distribution electrical work.
• Sound knowledge of electrical codes and safety practices.
• The ability to read plans, schematics, and construction standards.

What We Offer

40 minimum hours

Overtime available

Competitive wages

Career development

Employee assistance program

Great team culture

To Be Considered

• Open to New Zealand citizens, NZ residents, and candidates who already hold a valid NZ work visa.
• Offshore candidates will not be considered.
• Applicants must hold the qualifications and experience required for this role.

Why New Plymouth Is New Zealand's Best-Kept Secret

If you're after the perfect balance of career opportunities, lifestyle, affordability, and natural beauty, New Plymouth should be at the top of your list.

Where else can you start the day surfing world-class waves, grab lunch overlooking the ocean, finish work ten minutes from home, and spend the evening hiking in the shadow of a magnificent mountain?

New Plymouth offers everything people love about New Zealand, without the congestion, stress, and inflated costs of the bigger centres. Housing stays comparatively affordable, commutes are measured in minutes rather than hours, and you spend more time enjoying life than sitting in traffic.

The city has excellent schools, modern healthcare, a thriving arts and culture scene, and a café and restaurant culture that rivals much larger cities. The award-winning Coastal Walkway runs for kilometres along the waterfront, and Pukekura Park is regularly rated among New Zealand's most beautiful public parks.

For outdoor enthusiasts, it's hard to beat. Mount Taranaki sets a dramatic backdrop for world-class hiking, mountain biking, skiing, and hunting, and within a short drive you can be surfing the coast, fishing offshore, or exploring native bush.

The local economy is diverse and resilient, with strong energy, engineering, agriculture, construction, and technology sectors. And New Plymouth still has something many larger centres have lost: a genuine sense of community, where people know their neighbours and local businesses support one another.

The real question isn't “Why move to New Plymouth?”

It's “Why would you live anywhere else?”

Sound like you? Apply now.