Job Description * Petone based, full-time position* * Alliance Senior Leadership position* * Directly impact infrastructure improvements in your community We have a permanent opportunity for an individual that can provide leadership and water engineering experience to improve infrastructure and achieve positive outcomes for our community and environment.
The Opportunity The Wellington Water Alliance is an Alliance between Wellington Water and Fulton Hogan.
As the Head of Network Operations and Engineering, you will work within the Alliance leadership team to operate and maintain the three waters reticulation networks across the Greater Wellington Region and South Wairarapa.
This role will lean on your expertise to lead technical and operational teams, engage with internal and external stakeholders, and address key areas of focus for three water infrastructure funding, development and capital work programmes and initiatives.
The Network Operations and Engineering teams plays a vital role in ensuring that we continue to provide safe and healthy water to our customers.
This includes: Network operation and incident management Condition assessment and monitoring The development of planned maintenance programmes The delivery of allocated capital programmes, and providing engineering technical support and evaluation About You To be successful in this role you will bring the following: Knowledge of the operation and maintenance of complex three waters networks Experience directing programmes of work relating to engineering infrastructure from concept to delivery An Engineering qualification and previous water engineering experience Excellent leadership experience, with the ability to prioritise and focus direction and efforts across multiple teams Ability to engage meaningfully with community and external stakeholders including iwi and mana whenua to achieve positive partnerships Astute financial and budget management experience across capital programmes Ability to build and a positive team culture dedicated to high performance, collaboration, and risk management 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.
For a full list of our employee benefits click here .
About Us Wellington Water and its Alliance partnership 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 water services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whanau and Mana.
Applications close on Wednesday, 23 October 2024.
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: 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.
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