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!
He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role
Join our team at the Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant and play a hands-on role in keeping essential services running for over one million people across Auckland. As an experienced Mechanical Fitter, you’ll be part of a supportive team where your expertise in maintenance and problem-solving will make a real difference every day.
This is a great opportunity if you enjoy practical, varied work, take pride in keeping equipment running at its best, and want to contribute to critical infrastructure that supports the community and environment.
In this role, you will:
- Keep mechanical equipment operating reliably, so the plant can run smoothly
- Respond to faults and breakdowns, using your skills to diagnose and fix issues
- Carry out preventative maintenance to minimise downtime and extend equipment life
- Service pumps and complete field-based mechanical maintenance work
- Work in a safety-first industrial environment where your wellbeing is a priority
Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
You’re someone who takes pride in doing a job well and enjoys being part of a close-knit, practical team. You bring strong technical skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and a commitment to working safely.
To succeed in this role, you’ll ideally have:
- A recognised mechanical engineering apprenticeship and a National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Level 4) or equivalent
- Experience maintaining continuously operating plant, ideally within large-scale liquid or solids processing environments
- Confidence reading and interpreting technical drawings
- A strong commitment to health & safety and safe work practices
- Hands-on experience servicing pumps
It would be great if you also bring:
- Laser alignment experience
- A Class II driver’s licence (or willingness to obtain one)
- Hiab experience
A full, clean NZ driver’s licence is essential.
If you’re looking for a role where your skills are valued, your work has real impact, and no two days are quite the same—we’d love to hear from you.
Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you
We 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 Apply
Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - careers.watercare.co.nz.
Skills Required
- Recognised mechanical engineering apprenticeship and National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering (Level 4) or equivalent
- Experience maintaining continuously operating plant, ideally in large-scale liquid or solids processing environments
- Confidence reading and interpreting technical drawings
- Strong commitment to health & safety and safe work practices
- Hands-on experience servicing pumps
- Full, clean New Zealand driver's licence
- Laser alignment experience
- Class II driver's licence (or willingness to obtain)
- Hiab experience
What We Do
At Watercare we’re proud to provide a lifeline service to the people of Auckland, while protecting the environment for future generations. Every day we provide the highest quality drinking water to 1.7 million Aucklanders, and take it away again once it’s been used in the sink or flushed down the loo. Without using chemicals, we treat wastewater to a very high standard and safely return it to the environment. We also plan for new and upgraded infrastructure far into the future to ensure we can meet the needs of our fast-growing city. We operate assets worth more than $9 billion – but it’s our people who are our most valuable assets. Our staff are passionate, motivated and trustworthy people who are the leaders in their fields. They’re not afraid of a challenge and are constantly looking for new ways of improving our processes and the service we offer our customers. If this sounds like you, please visit our careers centre to see our job vacancies and be notified of future opportunities: https://careers.watercare.co.nz
