Principal Engineer

4 weeks ago

Mount Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand Wellington Water Full time
Are you passionate about providing safe drinking water to customers and providing sustainable solutions to meet growth?

  • Do you thrive in a busy, fastpaced environment?
  • Fulltime, permanent position based in Petone
This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.

The remuneration range for this role is 109,980 to $155,266 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.

The opportunity


As Principal Engineer Network Engineering, you will take a guiding role on network projects, supporting the Network Engineering team to deliver them and lending your technical expertise to complex issues.

Acting as client project sponsor, you will ensure strategic outcomes are delivered.

You will review work and provide technical guidance across the business and to the wider industry at a regional/national level.

Being a Principal Engineer is more than being technically capable. You will be a team player who is confident collaborating and in mentoring and leading others.

Ideally you would show:

  • 15 or more years engineering experience at a senior level and be recognised as an expert in water engineering
- experience with water supply engineering design, bulk water supply, storage, pumping, reticulation, source water management and water treatment
- the ability to solve complex engineering problems
- strong technical knowledge in Drinking Water engineering
- good understanding of drinking water quality requirements, structural and non-structural solutions, water supply modelling process, consenting requirements and meeting climate change challenges.

About you
You are able to take strategy and turn it into activities that deliver the right outcomes for the region. You have strong analytical skills and the ability to manage data to inform and make meaningful decisions.


Your experience might be in the private sector or public sector, but wherever you come from you will thrive in the role if you have a desire to deliver a difference to the councils and community we work for.


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

How to apply
We support being fully vaccinated. 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.

Applications close:
no closing date

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