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
We are looking for an experienced Senior Geospatial Data Analyst to join our team based in Newmarket.
Reporting to the Geospatial and Asset Data Lead, this role is responsible for contributing to the management, quality, governance, and continuous improvement of geospatial and asset data across the business. You will play a key role in ensuring high-quality, reliable data is available to support decision-making, planning, and operational outcomes.
You will also provide technical support, mentoring, and drive innovation in how we manage and utilise spatial data.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting geospatial and asset data management, quality assurance, and remediation practices
- Developing and embedding data governance frameworks, standards, and metadata practices
- Identifying and resolving data quality issues, including legacy data defects and inconsistencies
- Designing and building automated workflows, tools, and scripts (e.g., Python, FME, ArcGIS) to improve efficiency
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives across systems, processes, and data management practices
- Delivering complex spatial analysis, insights, and thematic mapping to support business decision-making
- Leading development of web maps and supporting field data capture solutions
- Providing technical guidance, mentoring, and training to team members and stakeholders
- Collaborating across business units to enhance data capability and customer outcomes
Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
You are an experienced GIS professional with strong technical capability and a passion for data quality, innovation, and continuous improvement. You thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy influencing outcomes across a complex organisation.
Your skills and experience include:
- A tertiary qualification in Geography, Spatial Science, GIS, or similar
- 5–10 years’ experience in the GIS industry
- Advanced proficiency with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and ESRI enterprise platforms
- Strong experience in spatial analysis, data management, web mapping, and GIS applications
- Scripting and automation skills (Python, Arcade or similar)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Whilst not critical, experience in water and wastewater industry would be ideal.
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
- Tertiary qualification in Geography, Spatial Science, GIS, or similar
- 5-10 years' experience in the GIS industry
- Advanced proficiency with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and ESRI enterprise platforms
- Strong experience in spatial analysis, data management, web mapping, and GIS applications
- Scripting and automation skills (Python, Arcade or similar)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Experience in water and wastewater industry
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
