Strategic Asset Management Planner

We're looking for a Strategic Asset Management Planner for our committed and friendly Assets and Performance team. This a permanent full-time role based in our central Wellington office.

About the role:

This is your opportunity to shape how we manage infrastructure across Rōpū Taiao, the Environment Group. As the Strategic Asset Management Planner, you will lead the strategic planning and management of assets, ensuring they deliver long-term value and resilience. You'll develop and maintain robust asset management frameworks, guide lifecycle decisions, and provide strategic advice on policy, investment, and performance.

You'll play a key role in achieving optimal service levels for our communities and organisation by preparing Asset Management Plans and contributing to major initiatives such as the Long-Term Plan, Infrastructure Strategy, and Catchment and Delivery Business Plans.

Skills and experience required:

• Capability in Te ao Māori in line with Greater Wellington's Māori Capability Framework
• A tertiary qualification in infrastructure, asset management, business, or financial management
• Proven experience in asset management and strategic planning, ideally with exposure to infrastructure or engineering
• Deep knowledge of lifecycle planning, investment modelling, and risk management
• The ability to lead, mentor, and develop team members
• Confidence in managing budgets and making sound investment decisions
• Exceptional communication skills and a collaborative approach that puts end-users first
• A passion for working within Local Government

What we offer:

• Work to suit your life and whānau with our flexible working policy.
• We'll encourage you to grow and prosper with a range of learning and development opportunities, internal secondments and career progression.
• We want you to have a sense of belonging, where you can reflect your personal and cultural identity in the way that you work.
• Your wellbeing is our priority - we'll provide medical and trauma insurance, support through our employee assistance programme, including Rongoā Māori partner providers, generous annual and sick leave, along with Tangihanga leave and support.
• Social clubs, staff networks and a friendly and inclusive culture.
• Great working environments across our beautiful region.

Come help treasure and grow our rohe together

Our rohe and its lands, waterways, animals, plants and people can only grow stronger if they are nurtured.

To join our team is to step up and commit to playing an active part in this important mahi. That means restoring nature, connecting people and places, reducing environmental impacts and helping this rohe and its people prosper.

We are part of a collective movement alongside mana whenua and community members whose hopes for the future of this region are just as high as your own.

Our efforts across environmental management, public transport, flood protection, regional parks and water supply are interconnected and integral to treasuring our rohe and growing our future.

How to apply:

Greater Wellington is proud to be a member of Te Uru Tāngata Centre for Workplace Inclusion. We value diversity and are committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and welcome the unique talent and experience you will bring to our team.

We are passionate about ensuring our recruitment processes are fair and equitable. Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs or adjustments that need to be made so we can offer a recruitment process that is more accessible to you.

Click on the Apply link to view the job description and to apply for the role with a cover letter and CV. All applicants will be required to provide proof of their eligibility to work in New Zealand.

For further information, please contact Lucy Ashford on

Applications close: 5.00pm, Sunday, 14 December 2025. We'll be reviewing applications and arranging interviews for January 2026 ahead of the Christmas holidays.

Greater Wellington is an accredited Living Wage Employer. We're committed to making sure our people, including people in our supply chain, earn enough to meet life's basic needs, support their whānau, and participate fully in their communities.

The remuneration for this position, inclusive of all benefits, is $105,832 to $158,747 with a midpoint of $132,290. Starting remuneration will depend on the skills and experience of the successful applicant.

Agency applications won't be considered at this time.