Principal Planning Engineer - Water Treatment

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 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!

Are you looking for a role where you feel you have a truly positive impact on the community? At Watercare, you will be involved in contributing to the future of Auckland’s infrastructure and making a real difference! Reporting to the Team Lead – Water Treatment Planning, the focus of this role is to drive and develop the Asset Management Plan (AMP) based on the expectations of our servicing strategies, water treatment and networks performance, anticipating and responding to change, providing technical leadership across the organisation.

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• Leading the development of our headworks and water treatment facility plans, supporting and helping to drive the delivery of the AMP to schedule
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• Leading complex technical investigations and studies, to build the AMP with confidence
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• Delivering the pre‑feasibility phases of our project lifecycle planning activities and ensuring we are running to schedule
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• Providing technical leadership and governance through the feasibility phases of the project lifecycle
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• Ensuring we are delivering infrastructure/service delivery outcomes that meet our business, community, mana whenua, stakeholder and operational expectations
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• Acting as a recognised technical authority for water treatment planning, influencing strategic investment decisions and representing Watercare with key stakeholders, consultants, regulators and industry groups
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• Mentoring and developing engineers at all levels while shaping best‑practice planning approaches
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To be successful in this role, you will have a strong work ethic, enjoy working in a team environment, and have strong technical capability. You are an excellent communicator, who enjoys a challenge.

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• Degree qualified (likely chemical, civil/environmental, mechanical or process engineering)
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• 15+ years relevant experience, including experience in infrastructure planning, strategic asset management and investment planning
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• Water operations experience
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• Headworks and water/wastewater treatment design experience
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• A working knowledge of water treatment technologies
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• Master planning or asset management experience
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• A strategic and analytical thinker who can challenge conventional approaches, influence decision‑making and provide leadership in complex and ambiguous environments
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• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng or CEng) or international equivalent
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• Training and development opportunities
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• Life and income protection insurance plans
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• Generous parental leave
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• Employee discounts at a range of large retailers
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