Peter started working as an assistant electrician with a local residential electrician while still in school at 16.

Upon finishing High school he started his apprenticeship with one of Auckland’s largest commercial electrical companies, where he got a range of experience from small maintenance jobs, to working on some of the biggest commercial jobs around Auckland. During this time he completed his Certificate in Electrical Engineering Level 4 at ETCO where he finished in the top 10% of his class for both his trade and regulations exams, becoming a fully qualified and registered electrician at 21.

After that Peter worked for 5 years with a small residential electrical company in west Auckland, where he worked on many projects from small maintenance work, to the design and work on new builds start to finish, including working on new alarm and AV systems.

At 26 Peter was head hunted for the position of Head Electrician at New Zealand’s biggest high wall heat pump installation company. Here he was in charge of making sure the team did a great job every time out in the field and maintaining team moral in a management position, as well as wiring an average of 4 heat pumps a day. After 4 years here Peter decided he needed a greater challenge and founded Simpson Electrical Ltd in Feb 2016.