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Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity 

Are you a passionate Computer Science or Information Technology student looking to build a career in an industry and company that is making a positive difference for Aotearoa, New Zealand! 

Contact needs your energy to help decarbonise Aotearoa and safeguard the planet for future generations.

Our Graduate Development Programme is committed to providing a great foundation where you’ll be trained, supported, and mentored along with providing exciting challenges for you to reach your full potential. You will work with passionate members of the Contact Energy team who are excited to share their knowledge of the energy industry with you, we can guarantee no two days will be the same!

The Graduate Development Programme commences in February 2025 and is an 18-month rotational programme. At the conclusion of the programme, you will transition into a permanent role within our ICT Core Platforms Team.

As an ICT graduate based at our Head Office in Wellington you will:

• Be given the opportunity to work across our cloud engineering, people technology (UX), and networks teams throughout your 18-months.
• Learn to take complex technological issues and build real solutions that translate into business outcomes to benefit Contact and our customers.
• Work in a dynamic environment to develop technical skills in (but not limited to) Python, AWS, Linux, Windows, Powershell, InTUne networks (LAN, SDWAN, etc) and firewalls.
• Opportunity to work with and learn from architects, network engineers, cloud engineers and cyber security teams on a range of operational and business improvement initiatives and projects.

We can teach you the skills you need to succeed, what’s important for us is diversity of thought, so it is important to just be yourself! So, if these behaviours and values align with yours then perhaps, we are the company for you.

• Interested in the energy sector.
• Passionate about the environment and our strategy to decarbonise Aotearoa.
• Are curious by nature and enjoy solving problems.
• Bring strong communication skills, including written, verbal and listening.
• Enjoy working as part of a team, building relationships, and working collaboratively.

Our purpose is to put our energy where it matters, to decarbonise the New Zealand energy sector.  We are passionate about our mission and proud to have a tribe of people behind us working towards a common purpose.