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Innovation

We pride ourselves on our consistent commitment to continuous improvement and best practice. 

Innovation and the use of technology are fundamental elements of our operations. Our people bring an energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to everything they do and this is encouraged within a culture that values input and feedback from all layers of the business. 

 We are proud to be an ever-evolving organisation that is responsive and listens to our customers. Network ownership creates a test bed for our network and contracting divisions to test and trial new technologies and innovations.

Here you can read more about some of the unique innovations we've contributed to the Transmission industry in New Zealand.

Bringing resource to our industry

One of the biggest challenges to our industry a skilled resource shortage, and Northpower is proud to be proactively addressing this through our cadets/trainees programme and talent pipeline.

We presently have eight trainees undergoing transmission training and skills development with us, taking them from entry level to becoming a fully-trained de-energised linesman. The training takes between 18-30 months, dependent on how the individual progresses.

Additionally we have another two trainees presently undertaking specialist vegetation control training.

Our trainees work alongside Team Leaders and supervisors who mentor them, and they move around different areas of our teams to gain full exposure to the different types of work we engage in.

We are looking forward to welcoming an additional four cadets to the team shortly.

You can read more about our trainee and cadet programmes here.

Continuous improvement of systems and processes

As part of our commitment to continuous improvement of our systems and processes, we're always looking for efficiencies and ways to do business better.

We pride ourselves on collaborating with our customers to incorporate and integrate with their business processes and procedures wherever possible in the work we do.

Some examples of this include:

  • Effective scheduling systems and forward works planning - providing our customer with proactive insights into the works programme and regular updates
  • Utilisation of digital technologies in the field, with all crews having access to digital devices allowing for streamlined work processes and paper reduction. We are the first in our industry to pilot the use of remotely operated digital security signs for outages at sites, improving efficiencies and saving costs. Inter-regional and remote access also allows for the signs to be used during emergency situations eg tsunami warnings
  • Collaborating with our clients to suggest process and product improvements, proactively identifying issues and working alongside them to resolve as a trusted partner
  • Continuous improvement of the earthing cleaning tool - taking an existing tool and improving to make it simpler and more time-efficient to use which is currently being trialed within teams and receiving positive feedback.

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