Senior Project Engineer - Capital Delivery
Watercare Services Limited
Date: 1 week ago
City: Auckland, Auckland
Contract type: Full time

He kōrero mō mātou | About Watercare
Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata
When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy
Watercare is the largest water and wastewater utility in New Zealand supplying more than 400 million litres of water to Auckland every day. Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $18.5 billion over the next 20 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. When you average that out, that's an investment of $2.5 million every day.
It doesn't just stop there; we ensure that sustainability lies at the heart of everything that we do to help protect our water resources for future generations. This means that we are continuously focused on how we can reduce our carbon footprint with initiatives likes solar panels, electric cars, revegetation programmes and much, much more. We really are a company that wants to make a positive difference.
He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role
Working in Programme Delivery and reporting to the Project Engineer Team Lead, this is a great role where you will be fully immersed in some large scale projects.
The focus of this role is to provide construction supervision and project engineering services during the delivery of capital projects ($3m to $30m) at water and wastewater treatment plants.
You will be ensuring agreed quality of deliverables is achieved in accordance with standards with a very strong emphasis that the work is being performed safely.
You will also lead the management of small capital projects (<$3m).
Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
To be successful in this role, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, have the ability to easily build relationships with both internal and external parties, and enjoy working outside of the office environment.
Your Background Will Include
We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:
Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - www.careers.watercare.co.nz.
Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata
When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy
Watercare is the largest water and wastewater utility in New Zealand supplying more than 400 million litres of water to Auckland every day. Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $18.5 billion over the next 20 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. When you average that out, that's an investment of $2.5 million every day.
It doesn't just stop there; we ensure that sustainability lies at the heart of everything that we do to help protect our water resources for future generations. This means that we are continuously focused on how we can reduce our carbon footprint with initiatives likes solar panels, electric cars, revegetation programmes and much, much more. We really are a company that wants to make a positive difference.
He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role
Working in Programme Delivery and reporting to the Project Engineer Team Lead, this is a great role where you will be fully immersed in some large scale projects.
The focus of this role is to provide construction supervision and project engineering services during the delivery of capital projects ($3m to $30m) at water and wastewater treatment plants.
You will be ensuring agreed quality of deliverables is achieved in accordance with standards with a very strong emphasis that the work is being performed safely.
You will also lead the management of small capital projects (<$3m).
Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
To be successful in this role, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, have the ability to easily build relationships with both internal and external parties, and enjoy working outside of the office environment.
Your Background Will Include
- A tertiary qualification in Process, Mechanical, Civil or Electrical engineering and relevant construction management/supervision experience.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience of construction project engineering/site management on infrastructure projects or a similar role.
- You would preferably be accredited or working towards chartered professional engineer or equivalent accreditation with Engineering NZ.
- Management in the delivery of projects in a water/wastewater or manufacturing environment would be an advantage although not essential.
We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:
- Fantastic training and development opportunities
- Generous parental leave policy
- Employee discounts at a range of large retailers
- Modern offices in the heart of Newmarket with easy access to public transport
- Discounted parking
- An onsite free gym
Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - www.careers.watercare.co.nz.
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