Project Manager - Wastewater Planning
Watercare Services Limited
Date: 10 hours 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 $14 billion over the next 10 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 $3.8 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 whole of life carbon footprint through our construction programme, and across the lifecycle operation of our assets. We really are a company that wants to make a positive difference.
He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About these roles
This is an exciting time at Watercare! This role plays an integral part in shaping the future of Auckland's wastewater infrastructure!
Reporting to the Team Lead - Wastewater Planning Delivery, the focus of this role is to deliver high value and complexity wastewater planning projects in line with Watercare's Asset Management Plan (AMP). Sitting in the Strategy and Planning unit, the Wastewater Planning Delivery team picks up projects from the business need stage and runs them through feasibility and the delivery of concept designs ahead of handover to our Detailed Design teams. This phase is critical to the shaping of the overall project implementation and addressing key technical and stakeholder requirements to ensure key risks are addressed prior to obtaining funding for subsequent phases.
Key Responsibilities Will Include
To be successful in this role, you will be a strong communicator who thrives on an environment where you are liaising with multiple stakeholders, both internally and externally. You are a problem solver who is self-driven, and have a customer solutions focus.
Your Skills And Background Also Includes
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 $14 billion over the next 10 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 $3.8 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 whole of life carbon footprint through our construction programme, and across the lifecycle operation of our assets. We really are a company that wants to make a positive difference.
He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About these roles
This is an exciting time at Watercare! This role plays an integral part in shaping the future of Auckland's wastewater infrastructure!
Reporting to the Team Lead - Wastewater Planning Delivery, the focus of this role is to deliver high value and complexity wastewater planning projects in line with Watercare's Asset Management Plan (AMP). Sitting in the Strategy and Planning unit, the Wastewater Planning Delivery team picks up projects from the business need stage and runs them through feasibility and the delivery of concept designs ahead of handover to our Detailed Design teams. This phase is critical to the shaping of the overall project implementation and addressing key technical and stakeholder requirements to ensure key risks are addressed prior to obtaining funding for subsequent phases.
Key Responsibilities Will Include
- Progressing the delivery of planning activities associated with the AMP with a focus on highly complex and significant projects and programmes across our wastewater treatment plants and wastewater networks.
- Ensuring that the feasibility phases of our AMP are progressing in a cost-efficient manner and to schedule. You will be independently leading projects and identifying solutions, and delivering infrastructure and operational outcomes that meet our business, community, mana whenua, stakeholder and operational expectations.
To be successful in this role, you will be a strong communicator who thrives on an environment where you are liaising with multiple stakeholders, both internally and externally. You are a problem solver who is self-driven, and have a customer solutions focus.
Your Skills And Background Also Includes
- Tertiary level qualification (engineering, construction, sciences, planning, environmental)
- 5+ years engineering and/or project management experience
- Management of consultant and contractors on multi-disciplinary projects
- Large scale project and programme financial and contract management
- Water industry experience is desirable, as is formal project management training.
We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:
- Flexible working.
- Training and development opportunities.
- Life and income protection insurance plans.
- 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 Wilson parking.
- On site 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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