Company Profile
Powerco’s corporate office is situated in New Plymouth, with locations in Palmerston North, Lower Hutt, Mt Maunganui and Tasmania. We employ approximately 225 staff, 42 of which are located in Tasmania.
We own, design and operate electricity and gas networks across New Zealand’s North Island and increasingly in Tasmania, Australia. Lines and pipes, the vital infrastructure that connects homes and businesses with the energy they need, are Powerco’s business. A growing economy relies on power and New Zealand’s energy infrastructure sector is constantly being asked to deliver more – more capacity, more flexibility, more efficiency.
Powerco has risen to this challenge, having strategically targeted acquisitions and mergers over the past ten years, making us very much a business on the move. By consumer connections we are now New Zealand’s second largest natural gas distributor and also the second largest for electricity. We have also been rated by a leading New Zealand financial newspaper as best in the local electricity and gas sector for growth and innovation.
In Australia, Powerco is developing a major natural gas network in Tasmania. Looking to the future, our vision is very clear. We aim to continue to provide safe and reliable distribution network services and to become New Zealand’s premier lines and pipes utility, achieving consistent commercial returns for our shareholders.
Powerco is committed to providing an enjoyable and challenging work environment with competitive remuneration and a focus of ongoing personal development. Staff receive reward and recognition for extraordinary effort; we offer health and wellness initiatives such as access to discounted medical plans and opportunities to participate in a variety of sporting and social activities.
