The Company
Gentrack provides leading utilities across the world with innovative cleantech solutions. The global pace of change is accelerating, and utilities need to rebuild for a more sustainable future. Working with some of the world’s biggest energy and water companies, as well as innovative challenger brands, we are helping companies reshape what it means to be a utilities business. We are driven by our passion to create a positive impact. That is why utilities rely on us to drive innovation, deliver great customer experiences, and secure profits. Together, we are renewing utilities for the sustainable era.
Our Values and Culture
Colleagues at Gentrack are one big team, working together to drive efficiency in two of the planet’s most precious resources, energy and water. We are passionate people who want to drive change through technology and believe in making a difference. Our values drive decisions and how we interact and communicate with customers, partners, shareholders, and each other. Our core values are:
Respect for the planet Respect for our customers and Respect for each other Gentrackers are a group of smart thinkers and dedicated doers, outside of work we are musicians, travel fanatics, artists, sailors, family folk, environmentalists, and sports lovers. We are a diverse team who loves our work and the people we work with and who collaborate and inspire each other to deliver creative solutions that make our customers successful.
We are a team that shares knowledge, asks questions, raises the bar, and are expert advisers. At Gentrack we care about doing honest business that is good for not just customers but families, communities, and the planet. Gentrackers continuously look for a better way and drive quality into everything they do.
This is a truly exciting time to join Gentrack with a clear growth strategy and a world-class leadership team working to fulfil Gentrack’s global aspirations by having the most talented people, an inspiring culture, and a people-centric business.
The Opportunity
We are currently hiring an Engineering Manager to lead squads within the delivery engineering team in Auckland.
As part of the customer delivery leadership team, reporting to the Head of Engineering, you will lead your team of technical experts to deliver the best to our customers. Customer Delivery is your passion and you are comfortable dealing directly with customers.
In this role you can expect to:
People leadership and management is a big part of this role. You strive to motivate and inspire your team Having 10 - 15 technical resources report directly into you means that you have the ability to coach, motivate and lead a team to be the best they can be Performance is high, delivery is critical. You understand this and know how to bring your team along for the journey While this role has no hands-on component, your strong technical background allows you to challenge your team during technical discussions from Unit Testing to Intensive integration requirements You take a system-wide view in creating conditions and focus, allowing your cross-functional teams to flourish The teams you support build strong bonds, challenge each other to inspire excellence, and support one another through the rough patches What you need to be successful:
To be successful in this role, you will have leadership experience and have ideally led a tribe of autonomous, multidisciplined, Customer Delivery teams spanning 10 to 15 people approximately. You are a leader and are comfortable with managing software delivery, coaching teams, possess an agile mindset, and have a clear understanding of the business’ bigger picture.
You have a successful track record of leading two or more teams while maintaining a customer delivery focus and understand the complexities of managing large teams from establishing training plans to performance management and reviews. You are able to drive change within the organization and foster a positive culture of continuous improvement and have a drive for continuous improvement.
You ideally have experience with a software product company that values agile principles and practices that is customer centric. Additionally, you have good planning and time management skills to meet our targets and delivery dates. Experience in the Energy/Utilities industry would be beneficial for this role.
What we offer in return:
Career development opportunities, we’ll support your special interests and professional growth A talented team to work in Did we mention we have a modern office and a tennis court! An opportunity to further develop and deepen your passion for software This will be a role offering constant learning, working as part of a vibrant team. We are very passionate about what we do and, therefore, the successful candidate will be focused and capable of delivering in a fast-paced and time-constrained environment. Our reward package is competitive and global career prospects are good for the right person.
We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So, if you are passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, you will fit right in.
Also, qualifications are not that important to us. If you have great experience, talent and passion then we’d like to hear from you.
To apply for this vacancy you MUST either currently reside in New Zealand (and hold the right to work), or if currently off-shore, be an NZ citizen with valid travel conditions.
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