Te Tākinatanga - Our Story   

Ko tā Contact e whakapono nei, ko te taiao tonu te taonga nui katoa o te ao.  

Koinei mātou e whai atu nei kia mahue atu i a mātou tētahi ao hauora ake, tēnā i te ora i kuhu ai mātou.  

He pakihi whakarato hiko, ipurangi mātou, engari arā kē atu anō ā mātou taha.  

Kei te whakawhanake mātou i ā mātou mahi ake, i ngā ara hoki e whai hiko ai a Aotearoa, kei te kōkiri kia tukua te hiko tukurua, ā, kei te whakaputa i tētahi wheako matihiko mō ā mātou kiritaki kāore anō kia kitea i tēnei whenua.  

He tīma kotahi mano mātou nō ngā hau e whā, e ngākau nui ana ki ā mātou mahi, e aroha ana tētahi ki tētahi, e ako ngātahi ana, e whakapono tahi ana ki ā mātou tikanga ārahi: mā te manaaki kia toa, ka mana te katoa.  

At Contact, we believe home is the most important place in the world. It's all part of our vision to leave Aotearoa better than we found it. We’re a power, mobile, and broadband company, but we’re so much more than that. We are transforming the ways we mahi, and how Aotearoa is powered, leading the charge on renewable energy and digitising customer journeys in ways not yet seen here. A team of 1000+ from all walks of life who love what we do, look out for each other, and learn from one another every day, we’re stoked to be guided by our tikanga: we touch lives to make life better.  
 
We are on a journey to lift our organisational data capability to enable our people to do what they do best – deliver amazing customer experiences, create growth, and increase the value of our business. You’ll be part of a data team working with business stakeholders to deliver these outcomes.  

Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the role  

You’ll work in a data product squad to design, build and deliver beautiful data products and insights to our business, collaborating with our technical leads and the broader data team. You’ll be a leader in the team ensuring our platform standards and practices are followed, including recommending practice improvements to our technical leads, and coaching/mentoring junior team members.   

At Contact although technical skills are important, so are the soft skills you bring to the table. The work you do will enable stakeholders to save money, save time, and add value so they can concentrate on delivering some pretty audacious and important goals Contact have (like working towards the decarbonisation of Aotearoa). 

We are working on a modern data platform that is still growing, so there is a lot of scope for growing and understanding current trends and emerging technology in this role. 

Ko wai koe | About You 
 
We’re really big on collaboration so this type of environment will suit you well. You're a problem solver at heart who embraces challenging problems in the data world.  Additionally, you’ll be unfazed by a fast-changing complex environment and have a passion for continuous improvement and delivering the right solution for our business.   

Here’s some technical skills we’ll be searching for in your application;  

• Designed and deployed data pipelines and solutions in complex environments  

• Technical analysis and problem-solving skills to find and resolve data issues 

• Data transformation (ELT/ETL) using a range of structured and unstructured sources to create data that works for a variety of use cases  

• Extensive knowledge of the SDLC and contemporary tools, practices, and expectations as applicable to data and ML engineering contexts 

• Open-source data and cloud platforms/services, preferably AWS, Spark  

• Programming, preferably SQL and Python 

• Additional skills and experience are beneficial, especially experience implementing and optimising ML/AI pipelines and a practical understanding of ML frameworks and libraries.  

Contact is not a place you’ll stagnate. We are growing and offer superb learning and development opportunities along with trailblazing policies like Growing Your Whānau, and perks like discounts on Contact Energy products, access to own Contact shares and a bunch of corporate discounts!  

He mea nui ngā paki kōrero ki a mātou i Contact, nā reira, mēnā kei a koe tētehi e hāngai pea ana ki tā mātou e kimi nei i tēnei tūranga kei raro iho nei--kei te hiahia mātou kia whakapā mai ai koe!  

We are big on stories here at Contact, so if you have one that you think might align with what we are looking for – we would love to hear from you!   
  
Applications close on Friday 15th November 2024 but we’re considering applications as they come in so hop to it and apply if you're keen.   

Please note, only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet 60% of the criteria, women and those in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they tick every box. We're not about box ticking, so if you think you have what it takes but don't meet everything stated above, please still get in touch. We'd love to kōrero.

Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) does not accept any CVs received from recruitment agencies where a formal engagement has not been confirmed and agreed to with our Talent team. In the event that unsolicited CVs are submitted by recruitment agencies, Te Mata Hiko (Contact Energy) reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and consider them for current/future vacancies without any financial obligation to the recruitment agency in question. This will also apply to any CVs sent directly to line managers.