Draughtsperson (Electrical)

About Airways:
Our people manage New Zealand's 30 million square kms of airspace, providing air traffic control, surveillance, communication, flight inspection, mapping, and airspace design services. We work with government, regulatory authorities, airlines, airports, and the general aviation community to ensure pilots, passengers and goods reach their destination - safely. At Airways, our values underpin all that we do. We value Safety, One Airways, Excellence and Success in all that we do.

Our organisation is made up of operational business groups that are supported by governance and corporate services functions. Our team members are located in offices, workshops, Air Traffic Control Towers and surveillance centres across Aotearoa.

To learn more about our people and organisational structure, check out www.airways.co.nz/about.

About the Team:
The Technology Group is responsible for the effective delivery, management and services of all technology disciplines within the air navigation services environment – engineering design, software design and development, technology architecture and infrastructure, asset management, installation and maintenance, technical training, workload planning, maintenance program development, project management, and logistics support.

Reporting into the Technical Training Manager, the team consist of Technical Instructors and Draughting Specialists.

About the Role:
We have a permanent full-time opportunity for a Draughtsperson (Electrical) to join our Christchurch campus.

In this role you’ll be responsible for producing schematics for circuit, switchboards and power distribution as well as building wiring, standby generator and uninterruptible power supply diagrams - developing multiple detailed drawings from a single source.

You’ll also support other draughts people in more general draughting services.

Additional, key tasks and responsibilities include:

• Delivering solutions that comply with the provisions of all legislation and governance requirements, including the provisions of CAA Regulations and AS/NZS3000
• Ensuring appropriate technical standards are set and maintained for draughting systems
• Meeting service levels for draughting outcomes
• Participating in bi-annual Draughting Cluster groups and the reviewing of Draughting Technology Plans
• Supporting the modernisation of the Draughting Strategy Roadmap
• Contributing to appropriate specifications, standards, policies, practices and procedures that drive best practice in the draughting discipline
• Taking a hands-on approach towards maintaining familiarity with draughting systems technology and compliance with relevant legislation and regulations.
  

For a full list of task and responsibilities, please refer to the position description attached the advert on our careers site.

About You:
For success, you’ll be a subject matter expert in draughting services relating to the area of electrical systems design, particularly with main switchboards and power distribution, standby generators and uninterruptible power supplies.

Additionally, you must have:

• Relevant tertiary qualification (Electrical Engineering) or equivalent experience in electrical draughting services in New Zealand or internationally
• Experience in New Zealand standards and recommendations in draughting systems
• Ability to implement a Systems Design Approach to draughting
• Proven experience with and highly skilled in AutoCAD
• Strong capability using MS Office products including Outlook, SharePoint, Teams and related
• Proactiveness with sound planning, time management and prioritisation skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills needed to professionally engage with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to adapt and collaborate a dynamic environment, demonstrating resilience, ownership, and a focus on delivering successful outcomes.
  

Beneficial:

• Being a certified draughting professional
• Exposure to Microstation (by Bentley)
• Previous experience in and a genuine passion for the aviation, transport or technology industries.
  

To Apply:
If you are eager to expand your expertise in a complex, challenging and rewarding environment - submit your application (CV and cover letter) via the Airways careers site or Seek.

Please note that you must be legally eligible to work in New Zealand to be considered.

This role will require the successful candidate to undergo pre-employment background checks including references, drug and alcohol screening, criminal conviction and related checks.

Application closing date is Wednesday, 24 June 2026.

At Airways, our people are at the heart of what we do to keep NZ skies safe. We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where people feel they belong and can bring their whole self to work. We currently hold the Rainbow Tick and NQTick (neurodiversity) and are working towards Gender Tick. We make our recruitment decisions based on the best candidate for the job and therefore encourage applications from diverse candidates.

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