Future Fuels Engineer - New Plymouth

  • Full-time
  • Department: Future Fuels

Company Description

About Us:

Firstgas Group is made up of four complementary companies – Firstgas, Gas Services NZ, Flexgas and Rockgas.  The names say it all, we’re in the business of ‘gas’.  More specifically, we own and operate the pipes, storage, tanks, cylinders and trucks that deliver natural gas or LPG to about 430,000 customers across the country.

We are proud to be on a journey to help Aotearoa meet its target of net zero emissions by 2050. That’s why we are already well underway investigating low carbon gas options, such as hydrogen, biogas and bioLPG, to ensure that families and businesses can continue to enjoy the reliable supply of heat for production processes, endless hot water, and cooking with a flame. For more information about what we're doing in this space see our website https://gasischanging.co.nz.

Job Description

The Role:

You will be responsible for leading the technical evaluation and development of opportunities and providing technical support to the Project Managers in the execution phase to successfully bring new future fuel technologies and products to market.

Specific responsibilities of the role will include:

  • Performing technical screening and leading the technical maturation of all opportunities in the Future Fuels space (hydrogen and biogas/LPG) until handover to the delivery team.
  • Supporting the development of a network transition roadmap through technical analysis to identify locations on the network most suitable for renewable gas projects and trials
  • Providing technical oversight and guidance on the delivery and execution of projects including trials
  • Acting as the subject matter expert on low/zero carbon technologies and products, maintaining and sharing your knowledge of global developments
  • Researching and sharing information on emerging technologies to understand their impact on Firstgas Group’s existing operations and their potential for our business/growth strategy; and
  • Representing Firstgas in technical committees and working groups in the Future Fuels space.

Qualifications

What You'll Bring:

You will have a tertiary qualification in engineering and a minimum of 8 years’ experience (ideally including experience with future fuels) providing technical/engineering direction for the problem definition, analysis, requirement development, and implementation of complex/advanced technologies.  As well as having exceptional research, analytical and project management skills you will have an excellent working knowledge of energy and carbon legislation, market trends, new technologies and energy solutions.  Your stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills will be top notch. 

Additional Information

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Applications close on Monday 20 June 2022.

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