Wastewater Networks Engineer

Job title: Wastewater Networks Engineer

Company: Watercare


Job description: He kōrero mō mātou | About WatercareKi te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata
When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthyWatercare is the largest water and wastewater utility in New Zealand providing 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 roleReporting to the Programme Lead, Wastewater, the Wastewater Networks Engineer is responsible for managing investigations of Watercare’s public and private Wastewater Network to address specific customer drainage and environmental issues and recommended resolutions to these issues.The key responsibilities will include:

• Inform relevant department of the faults within the networks to allow them to remediate.
• Initiate and lead continuous improvement and optimisation of performance
• Maintain the integrity of operational information and ensure all findings are recorded and captured within the GIS systems.
• Liaison with Watercare’s Wastewater Networks teams, Environmental Care, Digital, Strategy and Planning and Programme Delivery departments.
• Undertakes technical tasks and provides technical assistance, including scoping, water sampling scoping and sampling and implementation of field drainage investigation and monitoring
• Work with Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters department to resolve issues.
• Detailed analysis of field investigations, SCADA and faults data to target improvements in the wastewater networks that reduces and removes stormwater from the wastewater network and contamination from the stormwater network.

Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About youTo be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• A relevant tertiary level qualification in Engineering, Science or GIS
• 5 years’ experience in a similar Engineering role.
• Proven ability in management of budgets
• Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation, systems, standards and requirements
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

Ngā hua mōu | What’s in it for youWe offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:

• Training and development opportunities
• Life and income protection insurance plans
• Generous parental leave
• Employee discounts at a range of large retailers

Me pēhea te tono mai | How to ApplyThis role is open to applications from current Watercare employees. Applications made by anyone else will not be progressed.

Expected salary:

Location: Newmarket, Auckland

Job date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 23:43:15 GMT

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