The opportunity

As one of our Drainage Service people, it will be your role to work within a team to assist with the day-to-day operation of our drainage networks to ensure there is a continual drainage service that has minimal interruptions.

In this role, you will have varied and busy days as you maintain public open watercourses, clear blockages, repair broken and damaged pipelines, install new saddle and manhole connections, construct and adjust manholes and pipelines, inspect and provide routine maintenance of problem areas within the system as well as undertaking civil defence and emergency management tasks and build and establish effective working relationships.

You will also learn to be capable and competent to work on both wastewater and stormwater networks ensuring that a high level of service is delivered to our customers. You'll have the opportunity to expand your knowledge in the drainage reticulation industry and receive training and development throughout your career.

About you

To be successful in this role you will bring the following:

• Have a full driver's licence
• Have completed or be enrolled in and working towards the New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Works Level 3 (Stormwater and Wastewater Pipeline Construction and Maintenance)
• Have experience in working on a range of basic repairs across the drainage network
• Be confident to assist effectively on more complex jobs with a more experienced service person
• Be excellent at following directions
• Have a great work ethic - be hard working, honest, reliable and ethical
• Be a team player
• Have good verbal communication skills

About us

Wellington Water knows that a great values-driven culture like ours means we can be a trusted advisor to the region's Councils and deliver great outcomes for our customers. Wellington Water plans and delivers drinking water, wastewater and storm water services from source to sea in partnership with the community, engineering consultants and contractors.

People work at Wellington Water because they want to make a difference. That means you will be helping to look after our most precious assets: water, human health and welfare, and the environment so our communities can prosper.

About the team

The Service Delivery team is the first point of contact on the ground responding to client and customer requests. The team activities cover both reactive and planned maintenance works. The present arrangement is local functionality with water and drainage teams in each depot to respond infrastructure failures within the geographical boundaries