Jobs at Watercare Services Limited

Lead programme-level resource consenting strategies and end-to-end approvals for major infrastructure projects. Provide expert Resource Management Act advice, oversee multidisciplinary teams and consultants, engage mana whenua, regulators, councils and communities, and mentor consenting professionals. The role also monitors legislative developments and provides strategic guidance to support Watercare’s complex, long-term infrastructure delivery programmes.

Provides on-site project engineering and construction supervision for water and wastewater treatment infrastructure. The role supports project managers, ensures safety and quality standards, resolves delivery issues, coordinates contractors and operational teams, and helps integrate completed assets into Watercare’s operational environment. Work is site-based across Clarks Beach and Waiuku and requires collaboration across project, construction, and operations teams.

Operate and improve Auckland’s wastewater network by analysing faults, optimising maintenance, supporting capital renewals, monitoring contractor work, responding to incidents, and ensuring environmental and customer-service compliance. The role collaborates with operations, planning, development, and project teams and includes participation in an after-hours on-call roster.

Senior Test Automation Engineer responsible for hybrid manual and automated testing across digital application teams. Duties include developing and maintaining UI, integration, and data test automation frameworks; ensuring API and data coverage; defining acceptance criteria; supporting test strategy; planning and decomposing work; mentoring junior testers; and collaborating with agile delivery teams. Requires Java, Selenium, cloud, Azure DevOps, and test leadership experience.

Lead portfolio modelling and investment analysis for Watercare’s long-term capital programme. The role coordinates financial, schedule, risk, performance, and portfolio data; analyses investment scenarios, affordability, risks, and delivery constraints; supports executive, governance, and regulatory reporting; and improves modelling, reporting, and data-quality processes.

Leads feasibility, planning, governance, and development of large-scale infrastructure programmes valued from hundreds of millions to billions. The role manages strategic options, investment planning, business cases, risks, dependencies, stakeholder alignment, executive reporting, and preparation for delivery. It requires influencing executives, boards, regulators, consultants, communities, and delivery teams while navigating ambiguity and supporting long-term infrastructure objectives.

Leads technical planning and strategic development of biosolids servicing solutions across Watercare’s wastewater network. Responsibilities include supporting the Mangere Biosolids Servicing Project, optimizing and planning landfill closure, developing site-specific options, managing technical workstreams, overseeing projects, reporting, financial management, stakeholder engagement, and advancing sustainable resource recovery initiatives.

Provides administrative support for procurement activities, including maintaining supplier, contract, item, and purchase order information; processing receipts and invoices; resolving discrepancies; monitoring procurement enquiries; maintaining records and reporting; and supporting compliance with procurement policies. The role requires strong administration, data-entry, communication, organisation, systems, and stakeholder coordination skills.

Leads Watercare’s enterprise cyber and information security capability, including strategy, risk management, governance, assurance, security monitoring, incident response, identity and access management, regulatory compliance, security awareness, and executive reporting. The role advises senior leaders and Board committees, coordinates incident recovery, embeds security-by-design across technology and business operations, and engages with regulators and external cyber agencies.