Water Infrastructure Leader

21 hours ago


Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand Wellington Water Full time

**Job Overview**

We are seeking a senior leader to direct critical engineering initiatives and enhance water services for our communities.

The successful candidate will lead customer-centric operational teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and alignment to our organisational strategies.

This role is critical in leading the operation and maintenance of our water networks, ensuring essential services continue to run efficiently and affordably during a period of transition.

About the Opportunity

You will lead teams that drive our customer experience, network improvement initiatives, asset engineering solutions, and the operational performance and optimisation of our three waters services through the region.

Through effective communication and programme leadership, you will collaborate with our Operations Leadership Group to ensure our services remain reliable, affordable, and meet community needs.

About You

To thrive in this role, you will bring significant leadership experience and a deep understanding of public water networks, utilities, and water engineering regulations.

You will have:

  • A proven ability to manage complex financial budgets and build benefit-based business cases to finance key initiatives.
  • Significant leadership experience, with the ability to coach and foster emerging leaders and set performance measures.
  • Experience directing infrastructure projects and overseeing the procurement of commercial and contracted services.
  • A strong focus on enhancing customer experience, leveraging feedback and analytics to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Competent communication, relationship, and engagement experience with key stakeholders and governing committees or boards.
  • A relevant tertiary qualification such as environmental, chemical, civil, or mechanical engineering.

About Us

We are Wellington Water, the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa.

We're committed to providing safe and healthy drinking water, collecting and treating wastewater, and ensuring our stormwater network is well managed.

We value our people and our relationships with the communities we serve.



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