Operations Engineer

Operations Engineer page is loaded## Operations Engineerlocations : West Aucklandtime type : Full timeposted on : Posted Todaytime left to apply : End Date : November 20, 2025 (19 days left to apply)job requisition id : JR

• 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 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
• Watercare is the largest water and wastewater utility in New Zealand more than 400 million litres of water to Auckland every day. Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $18.5 billion over the next 20 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 $2.5 million every day.It doesn't just stop there; we ensure that sustainability lies at the heart of everything that we do to help protect our water resources for future generations. This means that we are continuously focused on how we can reduce our carbon footprint with initiatives likes solar panels, electric cars, revegetation programmes and much, much more. We really are a company that wants to make a positive difference.
• He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role
• The Huia Water Treatment Plant team has a vacancy for an Operations Engineer, a role well suited to an engineer with several years of water treatment design experience seeking to augment that with operational experience.Reporting to the Engineering Controller, the Operations Engineer will be involved in work ranging from hands-on operational trouble-shooting to initiating, delivering, and commissioning of small improvement projects.This is a fixed term role from January 2026 to February 2027.
• The key tasks of the role include :
• Providing technical support, trouble-shooting plant issues affecting process performance
• Conducting process analysis and develop specific test methodologies for process optimisation
• Reviewing planning investigation briefs and consultant submissions
• Providing operational information
• Delivering small improvement works as required
• Participating in an out-of-hours callout roster, which provides emergency coverage when the water treatment plants are unmanned
• Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
• To be successful in this role you will bring :
• A can-do attitude with the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Previous experience in water treatment.
• Proven analytical and organisational skills
• Experience in data analysis, optimising, and troubleshooting plant processes
• Knowledge of process safety processes
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering or equivalent.Previous experience with project management and delivery is highly desirable.
• 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 -
• Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you
• We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including :
• Training and development opportunities
• 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.

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