Manager Central Developments - Developer Services - Fixed Term 24 Months

Manager Central Developments - Developer Services - Fixed Term 24 Months

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 supplying more than 400 million litres of water to Auckland every day. 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!

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 whole of life carbon footprint through our construction programme, and across the lifecycle operation of our assets. We really are a company that wants to make a positive difference.

He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About this role

Due to an internal secondment, we re looking for a Manager Central Developments, for a 24 month fixed term. This role is responsible for the provision of water and wastewater consenting, EPAs, connections and disconnections from our water and wastewater and associated compliance services to external customers who are developing properties in Auckland.

A key responsibility is consenting which ranges from single property to multiple unit consents, both in greenfield and brownfield developments. This includes the determination of whether a development can proceed - reviewing developers designs of new infrastructure to ensure they meet Watercare's standards and capacity requirements.

As a people leader, you will be leading, mentoring and supporting the team to meet these. responsibilities.

Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you

You are an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills. You enjoy leading and mentoring your team, and have proven yourself as a strong people leader.

Your background will include :

• 5+ years' experience leading successful teams of customer service and / or engineers.
• Successful experience leading businesses that have a high level of transactional activities.
• Experience managing revenues in excess of $10m p.a.
• A track record of attracting and building talent within diverse teams through coaching, feedback, exposure and stretch assignments
• The ability to communicate and influence at management levels effectively, and to interact with developers, vendors, contractors, consultants, and stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in utilities sector, customer services, construction contracting or engineering consultancy, preferably in water / wastewater.

Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you

We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including :