Senior Water Engineer

1 week ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Vitruvius Full time

Auckland

Are you ready to shape Auckland’s water future? Our growing team is looking for an exceptional **Associate, Technical Lead, or Senior Water Engineer** in Tāmaki Makaurau, who thrives on problem solving of the complex challenges of our sector, through balanced right-sized approach, collaboration with our industry and delivering quality outcomes.

As our senior technical leader, you’ll be the driving force behind project delivery and exceptional client outcomes across Auckland’s water sector. You’ll be instrumental in growing Vitruvius’ technical capability, bringing a strong reputation and established relationships with key clients, such as Auckland Council Healthy Waters and/or Watercare, ensuring projects are executed to specification, on time, and with the highest quality.

You’ll provide technical expertise and project leadership across stormwater, wastewater, and potable water infrastructure, guiding other engineers on best practice while mentoring our graduate and junior team members. Your deep understanding of our client’s needs, ways of working, and specifications will be critical to ensuring successful, compliant outcomes, while also growing Vitruvius’ technical capability and presence in the sector.

Working alongside our Sector Lead and Service Lead, you’ll also help strengthen Vitruvius’ standing in the national water sector through client engagement, business development, and collaborative leadership. Above all, you’ll champion a culture of safety, ensuring our projects are delivered with care for people, communities, and the environment.

Some of the projects you would be involved in include:

- 3-Waters design
- 3-Waters asset renewals
- 3-Waters strategy and planning
- Green-infrastructure and water quality treatment

**What You Will Bring to Vitruvius**:

- Essential Experience:_
- **8+ years**working in water engineering projects
- **3+ years** technical leadership working within a project team
- Experience in **client facing roles** and stakeholder management
- Relationships with Auckland Council **Healthy Waters** and/or **Watercare**
- **Washington Accord Degree**in Engineering
- On your way to becoming **Chartered**
- Bonus Points For:_
- Experience in **business development**
- **NZS3910 administration / engineers** representative experience
- **Complex project experience**

**What Makes This Role Special?**:

- **Strategic Impact**- your solutions will transform how Vitruvius delivers projects
- **Shape our Future**- Influence how projects are managed from day one
- **Limitless Ambition** Vitruvius is dedicated to creating an environment that encourages ambition to thrive

**What Vitruvius Can Offer You**:

- **Professional development** - conference attendance and leadership trainings
- **Potential shareholding** - own a piece of what you build
- **Work-life balance** - we actually mean it
- **Flexible working** - hybrid arrangements available
- **Strategic Influence**- your digital vision will shape our future
- **Diverse, collaborative team** - small enough that your voice matters

Vitruvius is dedicated to creating an environment that encourages Limitless Ambition to thrive. We value your individual skills and expertise that every team member brings to Vitruvius, and we encourage staff to innovate and collaborate so we can produce our best work as a team and as individuals.

This opportunity will allow you to help grow our intermediates and graduates, develop your own skill set whether this is client facing, technical or people management/support.

We operate in an environment where people want to engage with clients and one another - a place that promotes, empowers, and willingly blurs the line between work and adventure.

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