Network Operations and Engineering Lead

at  Wellington Water

• Great development opportunity
• Build lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Position based in Rongotai, Wellington
  This is a full time position of 40 hours per week
  The remuneration range for this role is $106,892 to $150,906 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience

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.

The purpose of this role is to support Network Operations with planning, technical support, network investigations, project management and support Service Delivery and Maintenance teams to resolve complex customer service requests. The role based in an operational depot encompasses client, customer and contractor management associated with drainage and water network operations and upgrade projects.

• Lead, train and motivate customer technical advisors, graduates, engineers and summer interns to increase capability.
• Provide technical advise, service and environmental water quality management
• Develop proactive and effective relationships with councils and all infrastructure and operational stakeholders
• Provide engineering and operational solutions to the Alliance service delivery managers and field crews in order to provide performance improvement
• Report on asset performance and recommend longer-term strategic investment for asset upgrades
• Handle Incident and emergency responses and have an understanding of legislation procedures

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• Relevant engineering qualification or equivalent experience
• Working knowledge of statutory legislation, including Local Government Act, Resource Management Act & Health and Safety Act 2015
• Operation and Maintenance of water supply, wastewater and stormwater systems
• Customer service and relationship management and asset management experience
• Computer mapping, project, contract and budget management experience
• Ability to lead, develop and manage staf