Powerco
Powerco's Engineering Virtual Experience
New Zealand, Online/remote
What is this?
Welcome to Powerco's Engineering Virtual Experience.
Powerco delivers reliable energy to your door. We keep the lights on and gas flowing to around 1.1m customers (across 442,000 homes, businesses and organisations) in New Zealand’s North Island. In this virtual experience, you will get a taste of what it is like to work as a graduate engineer at Powerco.
Why should you do this?
This Virtual Experience Program is self-paced and should take only 4 to 6.5 hours to complete.
This Virtual Experience Program is free for all students.
When you complete the Virtual Experience Program, you’ll earn a digital badge and certificate you can share on Linkedin and include on your resume.
Throughout the program, you’ll learn and develop deep insights into what it is actually like to work as a consultant at Capgemini. Apply your engineering knowledge to a real-world problem & gain practical experience and knowledge to draw upon in interviews.
What skills will I gain?
Investigating whether protection devices (fuses and reclosers) trip correctly
Evaluating and optimising proposals for new transformers
Evaluating Sub-transmission circuits
Choosing a location and determining the cost of a feeder installation
What you will do?
Module 1: Secret Road feeder trip investigation (30 minutes - 1 hour)
Investigate whether protection devices (fuses and reclosers) trip correctly and identify the possible fault location.
Module 2: Evaluate a customer proposal for a new transformer (45 minutes - 1 hour)
Provide recommendations to improve the low voltage network and high voltage network, and calculate the new maximum demand on the feeder.
Module 3: Name the phenomena (30 minutes - 45 minutes)
Name the phenomena and provide the characteristics of a type of discharge caused by a hairline crack on an insulator.
Module 4: Install a new transformer (45 minutes - 1 hour)
Calculate the load for the installation of a transformer to supply a new Joinery shop and adjust the voltage quality.
Module 5: Evaluating sub-transmission circuits (30 minutes - 45 minutes)
Identify and gather data on thermal constraints and voltage drops within sub-transmission circuits.
Module 6: Feeder installation (30 minutes - 1 hour)
Choose a location and determine the cost of adding a new CFCF RMU and TX to the backup hospital feeder.
Ready to get started?
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Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
Reviews
Asset engineer power intern scope the project and update it in system
Network planning, project engineering, review and approve customer connection, review and approve dg. Outage planning.
Network planning, project planning, network review, customer connection, outage planning
About the employer
Powerco
4.1
500 - 1,000 employees
Energy & Utilities
Electricity and Gas distribution company
Pros and cons of working at Powerco
Pros
The team culture and atmosphere within the office is very positive and supportive.
Very flexible working hours, allows good work-life balance.
Powerco is extremely diverse company, and is very supportive of LBGTIQA+, as seen in the culture and celebrations during pride month.
There are many opportunities to gain new skills, and the company is more than happy to pay for some of the training.
The company offices are new and modern, with a flexible dress code.
Cons
It has undergone quite a few restructures in recent years.
Lack of entry-level job opportunities.
As a graduate, you sometimes get mundane work.
Can be difficult to navigate all the standard.
Confusion around who to ask for different information – mainly due to the restructure.