Sampling Technician

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About the team | Ko te rōpū nei

Christchurch City Council’s Three Waters team is responsible for delivering safe, reliable drinking water, as well as wastewater and stormwater services, to communities across Christchurch and Banks Peninsula. This work is critical to protecting public health, supporting environmental outcomes, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

About the role | Ko te mahi nei

As a Sampling Technician, you’ll play an important role supporting drinking water quality monitoring through field and laboratory‑based activities. This role focuses on ensuring water samples are collected, processed, recorded, and managed accurately to support compliance, reporting, and public health outcomes. A substantial part of the position involves field work that requires working alone, sometimes in remote locations. Regular on call work, and work on rostered weekends and public holidays is required.

Working both in the field and the laboratory, you’ll support water quality staff by collecting samples, receiving and logging samples, undertaking field and bench‑based analysis, and ensuring data is accurately captured in line with procedures and standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide a sampling service across Christchurch and Banks Peninsula, with a focus on drinking water, but also including environmental water, stormwater, wastewater, and sewer overflows
• Performing routine field testing for chemical parameters, such as chlorine and pH

• Performing routine microbiological testing in the laboratory, such as E. coli and total coliform testing
• Accurately recording and managing sample data using laboratory or electronic systems

• Ensuring correct sample handling, storage, and chain‑of‑custody requirements are met

• Maintaining laboratory equipment, cleanliness, and readiness

• Supporting internal and external sampling programmes as required

• Assisting with investigation of water quality results and transgressions

• Adhering to all laboratory health, safety, quality, and environmental procedures

• Supporting audits, reporting, and continuous improvement activities

About you | Ko Koe Tēnei

You are detail‑focused, methodical, and comfortable working primarily in the field, but also in a laboratory environment where accuracy and reliability matter. You take pride in following procedures, working safely, and ensuring data and samples are handled correctly.

You’ll bring:

• Experience working in a laboratory, scientific, water quality, or sampling environment

• An understanding of sample handling, testing procedures, and quality standards

• Strong attention to detail and accurate record‑keeping skills

• Confidence using computers and laboratory or database systems

• The ability to work independently while following established protocols

• Good communication skills and a professional, collaborative approach
• Current full drivers licence

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience with drinking water sampling or water quality analysis

• A relevant qualification or training in science, laboratory techniques, or water treatment

• First Aid and health & safety training (or willingness to obtain)

What's in it for you? He aha ngā hua ki a koe?

Want to be involved in shaping your City? Here at the Council we know our strength comes from our people, working together as one team to create results. When you join us, you're getting involved first hand, and contributing to crafting the Christchurch community. You will also benefit from:

• Access to training programmes, workshops, and development opportunities
• Collaboration - exposure to wider areas of the organisation
• Benefits - a variety of benefits for Council staff from health schemes to retail discounts.

If this sounds like an interesting opportunity, you think you have what it takes and want to get involved in shaping our City then please apply today.

Additional Information | Ko ētahi atu kōrero

At the Christchurch City Council, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.

We understand that recruitment processes can be challenging. If you require any support or adjustments to help you put your best foot forward, please reach out to us at ***email_hidden***

• Hours of work - 40 hours per week
• Position - Permanent, full-time
• Location - This position is primarily based at Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant, Shuttle Drive, Bromley
• Salary - The salary band for this position goes from $67,635 to $75,150 per annum based on a 40 hour week. Starting salaries will be based on knowledge, skills and experience the successful candidate brings to the role, and relativities both, within the immediate team and in the broader organisation for the same or similar roles.
• Closing date - Monday 13th July 2026

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the close date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad before the advertised close date.