Principal Engineer Network Engineering (Drinking Water)

• Are you passionate about providing safe drinking water to customers and providing sustainable solutions to meet growth?
• Do you thrive in a busy, fast-paced environment?
• Full-time, permanent position based in Petone

Who are we?

Not only is water our most precious resource but it's a hot topic in the Wellington region and nationally.

As a trusted advisor to the region's Councils, we partner with the community, engineering consultants and contractors to deliver drinking water, wastewater and storm water services from source to sea.

Where you come in

As Principal Engineer Network Engineering (Drinking Water), you will take a guiding role on network projects, supporting the Network Engineering team to deliver them and lending your technical expertise to complex issues. Acting as client project sponsor, you will ensure strategic outcomes are delivered. You will review work and provide technical guidance across the business and to the wider industry at a regional/national level.

Being a Principal Engineer is more than being technically capable. You will be a team player who is confident collaborating and in mentoring and leading others

To be successful in this role, you will have the following:

• 15+ years' engineering experience at a senior level and be recognised as an expert in water engineering
• Experience with water supply engineering design, bulk water supply, storage, pumping, reticulation, source water management and water treatment
• The ability to solve complex engineering problems
• Strong technical knowledge in Drinking Water engineering
• Good understanding of drinking water quality requirements, structural and non-structural solutions, water supply modelling process, consenting requirements and meeting climate change challenges

The ideal candidate will be able to take strategy and turn it into activities that deliver the right outcomes for the region, have strong analytical skills and the ability to manage data to inform and make meaningful decisions.

Your experience might be in the private sector or public sector, but wherever you come from you will thrive in the role if you have a desire to deliver a difference to the councils and community we work for.

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What's in it for you?

It's an exciting time to join our organisation.  We have some big aspirations to become an innovative centre of excellence for the management of three waters in the region.  Your personal and professional growth will be encouraged, and you will work alongside likeminded people who are passionate about their work and have a strong sense of purpose for the region and its councils.

Applicants will be required to be double vaccinated for Covid plus undergo drug, alcohol, and medical testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand.