young engineer of the year 2024 winner - harsharan singh

The Electricity Engineers’ Association is thrilled to announce this year’s Young Engineer of the Year as Harsharan Singh, Operations Manager at Ventia.

Harsharan currently leads a team of 35, responsible for projects across transmission and distribution clients in the Lower North Island region of the country. He is also the Chair of Judging Panel for the New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards.

A graduate of Auckland University of Technology, Harsharan began his career as a power systems engineer at Beca where he spent 10 years in several different roles before becoming a project manager at Ventia in 2021. He was particularly noted for his role in Ventia’s emergency response at Redclyffe Substation following the devasting floods in the Hawkes Bay region.

EEA Chief Executive Peter Berry says the judging committee were particularly impressed by Harsharan’s leadership both inside and outside of his workplace. Not only does he demonstrate strength in engineering, he has led teams through really challenging work and also shows strong leadership within the sector.

As part of his win, Harsharan will represent Aotearoa at the 2024 IEC Young Professionals Workshop which is being held in Edinburgh UK.

We look forward to seeing Harsharan at EEA2024 Conference and Technology Exhibition in September where his win will be celebrated alongside our other EEA Award winners.

There is still time to enter the EEA Awards for Health and Safety, Engineering Excellence and Professional Development. Find out more here.