Life & Culture

Powering better journeys, today and tomorrow

This is our purpose. It captures Z's essence as an energy company - the enabler of journeys for our customers and communities. The word 'better' is a simple word that encapsulates so much of our aspiration. It reflects our commitment to delivering value now, with the opportunity to deliver new journeys with new energy solutions in a changing world. With that purpose, it guides both our actions and our behaviours.

We want you to know everything you need in order to decide if we're the right match for both your head and your heart. 

A strong work-life balance at Z

We're proud that our eNPS (employee engagement) score puts us in Peakon Employment Voice's Top 10%. We reckon it's the combination of the following that makes Z a successful and extraordinary place to work.

Our crew

Our people are not only unique, we’re also in a bunch of different roles across Z. But our common denominator is that we’re all super passionate about what we do! We work hard to reach our goals, and we have fun along the way.

Our vibe

We’re really open in the way we work. So we have well-designed offices that make the most of informal areas like booths and couches. There's even an internal café area with Z Espress coffee on tap.

We believe in having the choice to work flexibly, so we have laptops to free you up and let you move around. We also have areas dedicated to wellbeing. We are extremely passionate about everything we do at Z and this starts with a few key areas that are really important to all of us – health, safety, security and environment (HSSE), sustainability and community.

Our development

We’re big on development here at Z, with a vision that our people’s work environment is more closely experienced as personal growth rather than ‘just work’. We've got dedicated leadership programmes at all levels across Z.

We provide support to help you go after what matters to you. When we talk about leadership, we don’t mean, “Are you in a leadership role?” We mean, do you make things happen? Act as one team? Inspire others? If yes, then Z may be just the place for you.

Our benefits

Let’s be straight up – money is important when you’re making a decision about where to work. At Z we believe in rewarding people for extraordinary performance, and this is reflected in our remuneration packages.

Our Crew Promise:

• enhanced employer contribution for KiwiSaver
• two days a year to do good in your hood, though our volunteering scheme
• a competitive annual incentive scheme *
• generous leave allowances including enhanced sick leave
• the option to buy additional annual leave
• 26 weeks topped up parental leave, a return-to-work payment and paid leave for non-Primary Carers
• health insurance for you and your family *
• wellbeing partnerships and initiatives
• rewards for referring top talent
• costs covered for professional certification and study
• discounts with our local and national partners

* For Z permanent employees

We also have a range of perks that focus on other areas of your life we know are important – including family, lifestyle and wellness.