Water Compliance Advisor

• Develop your career across water infrastructure
• Key role supporting the organisation's compliance across the three waters
• Based in our Petone office close to the beach and shops

This is a full time position of 40 hours per week

The remuneration range for this role is $80,369 to 113,462 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience

The opportunity
Are you detail-oriented with a knack for asking the right questions? We're seeking a dedicated Water Compliance Advisor to join our team. In this key role, you will carry out assurance activities, including audits, to ensure that our systems, resources, and controls are effectively supporting our water management objectives. Your insights will help build confidence that our operations adhere to relevant standards and regulations, ultimately ensuring the safety, sustainability, and compliance of our water services.

You Will Get To

• Undertake internal quality assurance audits and performance against relevant legislation
• Undertake site assessments and inspections to audit our environmental compliance
• Work with operational managers to develop tools and processes to effectively monitor resource consent compliance
• Support source water risk management plans
• Build and maintain sustainable relationships with staff across Wellington Water to facilitate effective quality assurance programmes

About You
To be successful in this role you will bring:

• A bachelor's degree in environmental, engineering, natural sciences, environmental planning, or other relevant degrees
• Experience in auditing or compliance
• An understanding of the legislative and regulatory compliance environment
• Awareness of management systems like ISO 9001, ISO 17025, and ISO 14001
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills

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

• Flexible working arrangements including up to 2 days working from home
• Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
• Formal and informal professional development opportunities
• 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 waters services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.

Applications close: Thursday 15 January 2026
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.

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Applicants for safety sensitive roles 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.