Graduate Engineer

2 weeks ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time
Kick start your engineering career with a leading NZ utilities organisation

  • Three year Graduate Programme with mentoring and career development
  • Friendly and supportive environment to help you thrive and grow
This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.
The remuneration for this role is $67,382 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.
The opportunity

At Wellington Water, our graduate programme will help you make the move from being a graduate with huge potential to being a high achieving young professional with a head-start in the water industry.

To enable you to learn and build experience, you will be rotated through multiple areas of our business which will provide you with an introduction to the overall operations and maintenance activities for the water supply, wastewater and stormwater networks.

Your skills will be engaged across a broad spectrum of activities including administration of maintenance activities, contracts, budgeting, investigations, auditing and managing minor capital works projects.

Over time you will gain experience and confidence through our adaptive leadership program and become a really valued part of the company.

This is a special opportunity that will take you places you never expected as you define a career path surrounded by experienced professionals.


You can expect:

- a three year rotational programme
- opportunities to contribute to meaningful work that makes a real difference to the Wellington region
- ongoing learning and development opportunities that will set you up for the future

About you

To be successful in this role you will bring:

  • bachelor's degree in Engineering (equivalent to a Washington Accord dgeree)
- the desire to collaborate and engage with a broad range of people, valuing a customer service focus
- excellent communication skills - written and verbal
- a pro-active approach with a health and safety mindset
- a current NZ driver's licence.

About us

Wellington Water knows that a great values-driven culture like ours means we can be a trusted advisor to the region's councils and deliver great outcomes for our customers.

Wellington Water plans and delivers drinking water, wastewater and storm water services from source to sea in partnership with the community, engineering consultants and contractors.

People work at Wellington Water because they want to make a difference.

That means you will be helping to look after our most precious assets:
water, human health and welfare, and the environment so our communities can prosper.
Why join us

It is an exciting time to be working in the water sector, not only are you at the forefront of looking after our most precious assets: water, human health and welfare and the environment, but proposed changes for the sector is increasing awareness around the importance of managing the three waters and creating new opportunities.

Your personal and professional growth will be encouraged, and you will work alongside likeminded people who are passionate about their work and have a strong sense of purpose.

If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you
Applications close on Sunday, 9 April 2023
How to apply

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.

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