Manager Strategic Planning

5 days ago

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Wellington Water Full time NZ$40,000 - NZ$50,000 per year
  • Set the medium- and long-term direction for 3 waters services
  • Work across the organisation and influence investment planning decision making
  • Based in our Petone office close to the beach and shops

This is a full time position of 40 hours per week

The opportunity
As the Manager Strategic Planning you will lead a specialist team to set the medium and long-term direction for how water, wastewater and stormwater networks and services will evolve, ensuring that all planning and decision making about assets and investments is aligned with the organisation's overall goals and outcomes, sustainability and resilience priorities and stakeholder needs.

You Will Get To

  • Lead, coach, and develop a multi-disciplinary strategic planning team
  • Drive the development and maintenance of strategic plans years with a 100-year horizon) for the evolution of each of the three water networks/systems
  • Develop, implement, and continuously improve strategic frameworks
  • Build strong external collaborative relationships with councils, and other water services providers

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

  • Ideally 8-10 years' experience in strategic planning or infrastructure management
  • A degree in Engineering, Urban Planning, Environmental science or related.
  • Proven ability to develop and implement long-term strategic plans aligned with corporate outcomes and sustainability priorities
  • A deep understanding of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems, including regulatory frameworks, serving trends and infrastructure planning
  • The ability to influence internal and external stakeholders to align on strategic priorities

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: Friday 12 December 2025
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.

For further information, email:

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.

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