Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
- Exciting position with training and development opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements available
- Permanent role based at our Petone office
This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.
The remuneration range for this role is $83,096 to $117,312 p.a. (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.
The opportunity
In this role, you will serve as a key liaison between the Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Services Contractor (Veolia) and Wellington Water's operations, communications, asset planning, and capital delivery teams to ensure all critical functions are properly coordinated and aligned.
Additionally, by leveraging your strong relationship-building skills and working collaboratively with Wellington Water and Veolia, you will drive continuous improvement, ensuring wastewater treatment activities deliver safe water and environmental excellence to our communities, while meeting the expectations of our client councils and regulatory authorities.
You will:
- respond to day-to-day concerns on treatment plants and escalate any activity that could impact the contract service levels
- ensure treatment plant performance is monitored and optimised
- maintain strong relationships across Wellington Water and Veolia
- oversees general compliance of plants
- coordinate minor spend projects and support the capital renewal programme
- support internal and external performance reporting
- champion a strong health and safety culture.
About you
To be successful in this role you will bring the following:
- Diploma (Wastewater, Chemical, Process, Environmental, Asset Management) or equivalent on job learning
- Full driver's licence
- Two plus years' experience supervising and reporting on operations and maintenance of water treatment infrastructure
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of asset maintenance and management principles
- Strong commercial and relationship-building skills
- Effective time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to work effectively under pressure with the capacity to manage changing priorities and ambiguity
Benefits
At Wellington Water, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region; we foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce, and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.
Our benefits include the following:
- Flexible working arrangements including up to two days working from home
- Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
- Formal and informal professional development opportunities
- Five weeks annual leave accrual will be available following two years of continual service
For a full list of our employee benefits: click here.
About us
Wellington Water is the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa. Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. We're a multi-council owned entity, tasked to manage the infrastructure and deliver water services to our communities.
The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Our people are passionate about providing waters services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.
Applications close: Sunday, 29 June 2025.
How to apply
To view a copy of the position description: click here.
To apply for the role, click on the 'apply' button or visit the Wellington Water Careers site, please note if you are a Wellington Water employee please apply using your work email.
For further information, email: JoinUs@wellingtonwater.co.nz
Applicants will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand or eligible to obtain a working visa.