Skip to contentKi te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangataWhen the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthyWatercare, the largest water and wastewater utility in New Zealand, delivers more than 400 million litres of water to Auckland every day. Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $18.5 billion over the next 20 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. That's an investment of $2.5 million every day.It doesn't just stop there; we ensure that sustainability lies at the heart of everything that we do to help protect our water resources for future generations. This means we are continuously focused on how we can reduce our carbon footprint with initiatives like solar panels, electric cars, revegetation programmes, and much more. We are truly committed to making a positive difference.This is an exciting time at Watercare! This newly created role plays an integral part in shaping the future of Auckland's wastewater infrastructure!Reporting to the Team Lead - Wastewater Planning Delivery, the focus of this role is to deliver high value and complexity wastewater planning projects in line with Watercare's Asset Management Plan (AMP). Sitting in the Strategy and Planning unit, the Wastewater Planning Delivery team picks up projects from the business need stage and runs them through feasibility and the delivery of concept designs ahead of handover to our Detailed Design teams. This phase is critical to the shaping of the overall project implementation and addressing key technical and stakeholder requirements to ensure key risks are addressed prior to obtaining funding for subsequent phases.The initial focus of this role will be the delivery of the feasibility phase of Watercare's Western Isthmus Water Quality Improvement Programme and ensuring its connectivity to the Central Interceptor tunnel and Healthy Waters' aligned programme of stormwater work. The programme has an overall capital value exceeding $700m.Key responsibilities will include:Progressing the delivery of planning activities associated with the AMP with a focus on highly complex and significant projects and programmes across our wastewater treatment plants and wastewater networks.Ensuring that the feasibility phases of our AMP are progressing in a cost-efficient manner and to schedule. You will be independently leading projects and identifying solutions, and delivering infrastructure and operational outcomes that meet our business, community, mana whenua, stakeholder and operational expectations.To be successful in this role, you will need:A strong communicator who thrives in an environment where you are liaising with multiple stakeholders, both internally and externally. You are a problem solver who is self-driven, and have a customer solutions focus.Your skills and background also includes:Tertiary level qualification (engineering, construction, sciences, planning, environmental)10+ years engineering and/or project management experienceManagement of consultants and contractors on multi-disciplinary projectsLarge scale project and programme financial and contract managementWater industry experience is desirable, as is formal project management training.We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:Training and development opportunitiesLife and income protection insurance plansGenerous parental leave policyEmployee discounts at a range of large retailersModern offices in the heart of Newmarket with easy access to public transportDiscounted Wilson parkingOn site free gym.Me pehea te tono mai | How to ApplyCome and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - www.careers.watercare.co.nz.
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