Senior Water supply Engineer/ Network Planner/ Modeller

4 days ago


Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Wellington Water Full time

Provide advice for complex infrastructure projects in Wellington

Influence decision makers

Based close to the beach and shops in Petone

This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week

The remuneration for this role is $106,892 to 150,906 p.a. (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.

The opportunity

As a Senior water engineer/ network planner/ modeller you will develop, maintain, and operate Drinking Water hydraulic models and contribute to the development of operations and capex proposals. Your expertise and comprehensive skills will be utilised across the company. You will take a collaborative approach, playing an active role in advising on various infrastructure projects and overseeing the management of modelling consultants. This position is internally known as Senior Modeller (Drinking Water).

You will get to:

  1. Provide technical advice to network operations, planning, engineering, and asset management teams
  2. Conduct thorough technical reviews (peer review) of outsourced model build projects and master planning studies
  3. Support strategic network planning and development control
  4. Utilise calibrated hydraulic models to assess network performance against levels of service
  5. Project manage external model build contracts
About you

To be successful in this role you will bring:

  1. A Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline (for example, Civil or Environmental Engineering)
  2. Ideally 10+ years' experience in Drinking water hydraulic modelling
  3. Modelling project management experience
  4. A continuous improvement mindset with strong data analytics skills
  5. Proven ability to innovate and implement new modelling techniques
  6. Strong written and verbal communication skills
  7. Experience in coaching and mentoring
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:

  1. Flexible working arrangements including up to 2 days working from home
  2. Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
  3. Formal and informal professional development opportunities
  4. 5 weeks annual leave accrual will be available following 2 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 water services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.

Applications close: Tuesday 8 April 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.

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