Technical Advisor

6 days ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Permanent role based in Porirua
- Customer focus and people engagement
- Company vehicle use and great benefits

The opportunity
The Technical Advisor - Drainage Investigations is a customer interface position that undertakes drainage investigations to identify wastewater escaping from private and public drainage networks that are entering water ways. This work looks to improve the quality of our water ways.
Working within our Network Operations and Engineering team, you will undertake inspections and investigations of more complex drainage issues across waste water and stormwater infrastructure to provide fault analysis and reporting.
To see issues through from beginning to end, you will plan work requirements and guide our service teams and subcontractors across any remedial work and act as a key customer contact for updates and resolutions.
About you

**To be successful in this role you will have**:

- a passion and commitment to protecting our environment and waterways
- experience working in a civil construction or similar environment
- excellent customer service skills and ability to build relationships
- experience working across issue resolutions and good verbal communication skills
- experience in using Microsoft suits, such as good report writing and data collection in excel
- traffic management experience and training/tickets is desirable
- previous work experience within underground services or within civil construction
- a clean, full class driver's licence and ability to drive a manual work vehicle is desirable
- a degree of physical fitness to carry out field inspections and enter water/drainage networks is required
- relevant Engineering Diploma or Bachelor qualification, or suitable trade qualification and work experience.

Please note this role works and operates across the Greater Wellington Region, primarily operating from our Porirua depot you will be required to work from other areas in region such as Wellington, South Wairarapa, Porirua, Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt locations from time to time, a company vehicle is supplied for this role.
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
Wellington Water are offering a remuneration between $69,496 to $81,761 with the potential for increases and higher earnings based on experience and performance and hours worked, feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss the remuneration for this role.

**Additionally our benefits include**:

- ongoing Training and Development for tickets, certifications and qualifications relating to your position
- significant career pathways and supportive people leaders
- additional five days leave per annum after two year's service and additional domestic leave above minimum requirement
- wellbeing and safety support programmes such as EAP
- free vision and hearing testing and discounts on corrective lenses, and various NZ retailers including Southern Cross Health Insurance.

Applications close on Monday, 26 February 2024.
How to apply
**To view a copy of the position description**: click here
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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