Our People

Inspired. Agile. Genuine.

Our people are at the core of what makes Ergo different. 

Meet some of the faces and have a brief introduction to the wealth of experience and talent we have to offer at Ergo.

Chris Turney

Richard Cuthbert

Craig Brown

Alistair Williams

Barbara Elliston

Soumya Doar

Steve Gaskin

Kane Morison

Jack Stainton

Angela Lin

Want to be part of Ergo’s Team?

Current Vacancies

Do you have experience and a passion for engineering and design with substations? We are always looking for specialised individuals in Electrical or Civil & Structural engineering to become part of our team here at Ergo Consulting Ltd.

Intermediate Draughtsperson – Civil/Structural/Primary Electrical Design

At Ergo, flexibility is critical to the way we operate. Our people contribute openly in an environment where bureaucracy is minimised and where an agile approach enables us to work effectively with our clients. We’ve invested in making remote working easy.

Geospatial Leadership Role

Ergo Consulting Ltd is a successful, New Zealand professional services practice. Founded in 2003 and independently owned, we provide electrical, civil and structural engineering consulting services to the power and energy industry. We aspire to be New Zealand’s first choice provider of these services. We undertake a wide range of interesting and challenging projects involving the design of new or upgraded HV Substation facilities and infrastructure across NZ. We are “inspired, agile and genuine”.

Senior/Intermediate Electrical Design Engineer

Ergo Consulting Ltd is a successful, New Zealand professional services practice. Founded in 2003 and independently owned, we provide electrical, civil and structural engineering consulting services to the power and energy industry. We aspire to be New Zealand’s first choice provider of these services. We undertake a wide range of interesting and challenging projects involving the design of new or upgraded HV Substation facilities and infrastructure across NZ. We are “inspired, agile and genuine”.

Power System Analysis & Protection Engineers – Intermediate & Senior

Life at Ergo is enjoying our days spent at work with our workmates - we like to have fun, do interesting work and delight our clients with quality solutions.

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Intermediate/Senior/Principal HV Substation Engineers

Ergo Consulting Ltd is a successful, New Zealand professional services practice. Founded in 2003 and independently owned, we provide electrical, civil and structural engineering consulting services to the power and energy industry.

Electrical & Civil/Structural Engineering Graduates – Chch, Wel & Akl

As a medium-sized, NZ owned, consultancy with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, Ergo deals with a wide range of electrical and civil engineering projects, giving you many opportunities to grow your skills quickly, with guidance from our experts.

Angela Lin

Finance Manager & Company Secretary

Angela started at Ergo as Finance manager and is responsible for the day-to-day financial elements of Ergo’s operation. Having graduated from the University of Auckland and a current full member of CPA Australia, she’s always had a passion for numbers and problem solving which has resulted in, what she feels will be, a lifelong career in Accounting. In Angela’s spare time, she loves to spend time with her young family.

Jack Stainton

Christchurch Office Lead / Operations Manager

Located in our Christchurch office, Jack has experience in design management, secondary design, switchgear retrofit projects and Greenfield substation projects.  Jack also leads our Operations Team and is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of Ergo’s internal systems.

Kane Morison

Head of GIS

Kane Morison joined Ergo Consulting in February 2021 and established our Wellington office.

Kane has worked in the Energy sector since graduating in 2009.  He has broad experience across bother Power Generation and Transmission.  Kane has now moved to Tauranga, where he is establishing Ergo’s fourth office.  In his spare time, Kane enjoys spending time with his young family.  He’s also a very keen fisherman and diver.

Steve Gaskin

Head of Department – Civil & Structural Engineering / Health & Safety Manager

Steve is the lead engineer for Ergo Consulting’s Civil/Structural team, Steve has had 13 years working in electrical industry in various roles and differing types of projects. As a Principal Engineer with more than 20 years’ experience in civil and structural engineering Steve has been responsible for the design and management of works across various sectors. 

Soumya Doar

Principal Engineer - Head of Power Systems

Soumya is a valued Principal Engineer who heads up our power systems team.  Passionate about client relationships, she works hard to ensure her team delivers outstanding solutions to all our clients.  

Barbara Elliston

Advisory Board Director

Barbara is an experienced company director, having served on the Boards of Transpower, Genesis and Counties Power. Barbara is an electrical engineer with over 30 years’ experience in the power sector, she has a growing involvement in renewable energy and also has her own start-up, promoting a solar PV water heating product. 

Alistair Williams

Managing Director

Alistair joined Ergo in 2015 with extensive experience in project and design management, as well as business development for power transmission and distribution in NZ, Australia and the UK. Born and bred in Scotland, Alistair now calls NZ home with his wife and two girls.

Craig Brown

Advisor to the Board

Craig oversees the administrative and financial operations of Ergo and has extensive experience in financial and systems roles. Craig has worked in the capacity of CFO or financial controller for various organisations, and has also been an audit manager for PWC. Craig is also a squash player, and enjoys escaping to Hahei.

Richard Cuthbert

Chairman

Richard is a company director and advisor. A civil engineer by profession, he has held senior leadership positions for major UK multi-discipline engineering consultancies. Since joining Ergo in 2014, he has been responsible for the company’s governance and strategic development. Outside of work Richard enjoys family time and sport.

Chris Turney

Director & Founder

Chris has been involved in all aspects of electrical engineering, providing conceptual and detailed design for primary and secondary systems up to 110kV. He is passionate about the company’s culture, quality and delivery.