Who We Are
Pacific Hydro is one of the world’s leading clean energy independent power producers. We have the vision, capability and commitment to develop clean energy projects and carbon abatement products across the globe.
We currently have 2,500 megawatts (MW) of hydro power and wind farm projects at varying stages of development, construction and operation in Australia, Chile, Brazil, Fiji and the Philippines.
Our 300MW of operating projects have already saved the atmosphere from over 7 million tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution and produce enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of 600,000 homes each year.
We are active in the booming carbon market, with proven success in the production and trading of carbon credits from our run-of-river hydro projects registered under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.
Our innovative clean energy projects not only benefit the environment and our communities, but also deliver significant value to our partners and investors. Pacific Hydro is owned Industry Funds Management providing a sustainable investment to around 5 million Australians.
With a policy of not building any new dams, all our hydro projects have made use of either existing irrigation dams or run-of-water flows, while our wind projects have been sensitive to the existing farming environment and communities of our sites.
With more than A$5 billion of new hydroelectric and wind farm projects planned for development across Australia, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific over the next five years our projects will continue to reward investors, safeguard the environment and support local communities.
Vision and Values
Vision
Powering a cleaner world.
Mission
To produce electricity profitably through the innovative commercialisation of clean energy resources.
Our LEADing Values
Leadership – having the courage to lead and innovate.
Energy – helping to meet the world’s energy needs while making a positive and lasting difference to the environment.
Action – achieving our goals by working together, with integrity and entrepreneurial spirit.
Dedication – we are dedicated to ensuring a healthy and safe environment for our employees, the sustainability of our business and positive outcomes for our communities.
Pacific Hydro Culture
Our culture is described as dynamic, young, enthusiastic, continuously changing, relaxed, fun and hard working. In our Employee Opinion Survey we top the company scores within the database of staff being proud to work for Pacific Hydro.
Our people are our most important asset and we strive to be an inspiring and admired workplace.
Pacific Hydro recognises our people are the key to achieving our goals and we are committed to creating a workplace that attracts, rewards and retains highly skilled and motivated employees.
Pacific Hydro offers the unique opportunity to staff to work for a company where they are proud of what they do but also where they can learn unique skills in a number of specialised business areas.
A number of staff has availed of the opportunity to work overseas for pacific Hydro in our Latin America and Philippines offices. We strive to offer our staff every opportunity to grow and develop.
Our initiatives, such as Spanish and English lessons for staff, bike racks in our offices, lockers and shower facilities, sponsorship of numerous sporting events, regular funded social club events and celebration of our successes, all lend themselves to creating an environment that is pleasant, interesting and fun to work in. We have implemented numerous Health and Wellbeing initiatives including an Employee Assistance Program, daily fresh fruit deliveries and health and wellbeing seminars, to mention a few.
Professional Development
Pacific Hydro offers professional development through personal and team training and ongoing education for all employees. This is an area we focus on as part of our development and retentions strategy and includes internal knowledge training through initiatives such as lunchtime information sessions and training courses. External professional development is also encouraged and tracked for our employees through a range of methods. We pride ourselves on having a “healthy” training budget and offering employees opportunities to move into different areas of our business through our internal recruitment methods and our performance appraisal system.
Employee Opinion Survey
We value the thoughts and feedback of our people and are always keen to evolve and improve in areas of our business where we may not be performing as well as we should. Employee feedback helps the company understand what areas it needs to improve and is also used as a benchmark for us to compare ourselves against each year.
The Employee Opinion Survey [and OAS] is a confidential and anonymous survey held annually, designed to give all our employees the opportunity to state their opinion on what is important to them in the workplace and how well they think Pacific Hydro is performing in relation to those criteria.
Our response rate globally for 2008 was an impressive 90% proving our employees support the process and believe that their say makes a difference. The global performance score across best practice categories were within the top quartile. This reflects an organisation that, across the categories of leadership, strategy, information, processing and business performance, is in the top 25% compared to other organisations in the survey providers benchmark database. Overall satisfaction was also measured in the top 25%.
Year on year initiatives are approved for implementation in the specific areas, highlighted by the survey results globally and locally, in order to maintain or increase satisfaction.
Sustainability and Community at Work
Pacific Hydro is committed to building a global business which powers a cleaner world, creates positive outcomes for our host communities, protects and improves the environment and respects and develops our people, while at the same time creating value for our shareholder. Pacific Hydro is committed to building a sustainable business.
Relationships with Communities
Forging sustainable relationships with our host communities is fundamental to Pacific Hydro’s long term success and viability.
In the 2008 financial year, Pacific Hydro provided A$370,000 to the communities in which we operate under the company’s land mark Sustainable Communities Fund and through other community initiatives.
We have conducted numerous community consultations through the development and planning phases of projects to ensure that our host communities have a say in shaping our projects and are fully informed of plans and progress.
Our community sponsorships and partnerships also demonstrate our commitment to becoming a contributing member of our host communities.
Health & Safety
A key value of Pacific Hydro is to have a workplace that is free of injury and harm to people, and we have dedicated significant resources to ensuring the health and safety of our staff, contractors and other stakeholders.
Year on year we set challenging targets in the area of health and safety management and we are pleased to report that we met all of our health and safety targets in the 2008 financial year.
Business Units
Over the past 3 years Pacific Hydro has been focussing on resource and capability growth and shaping the structure of the organisation to successfully deliver the company’s significant construction project pipeline, manage an expanding asset portfolio and realise investment opportunities in global clean energy and carbon markets.
Since 2006 Pacific Hydro’s headcount has increased by over 50% each year. We now have the capability and expertise in each business unit, supported by integrated global corporate functions, to deliver on the objectives and strategic directions outlined in our 2009-14 Business Plan.
Pacific Hydro is currently organised through a matrix structure of geographic and functional reporting lines, with a number of key functions at the corporate level being integrated and providing expertise and support to each of PH’s three core business units; Australia/Pacific, Chile and Brazil.
The organogram below outlines the functions embedded within the business and how they operate within our structure.
Our Locations
Our office locations are:
Australia - Melbourne CBD and sites
Chile - Santiago Business District and sites
Brazil - Sao Paulo Business District and Natal
Contact
If you wish to enquire about opportunities within Pacific Hydro please contact us on the email address below. Please go to the vacancies page to view our current opportunities.
Email: careers@pacifichydro.com.au
Phone: 03 8621 6000
Mail: Careers, Pacific Hydro, Level 11, 474 Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000