Head Of Treatment Operations (In-House)

• Does a dynamic leadership opportunity excite you?
• Are you passionate about the community environmental outcomes and willing to go the extra mile?
• Based at our Petone office

This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week

The remuneration for this role starts from $149,396 p.a. depending on skills and experience.

The opportunity

The purpose of this position is to ensure delivery of a safe drinking water supply to our region and for wastewater treatment activities in the South Wairarapa to provide safe water and environmental excellence to our communities. Overall, the role provides a relentless focus and accountability for ensuring effective fluoridation as mandated to enable the benefits to oral health for our communities.

This means ensuring that the treatment and supply of drinking water and wastewater is carried out efficiently, respecting our guardianship responsibilities for this natural resource and our environment, alongside guaranteeing full compliance with our legal and regulatory responsibilities.

With strong relationship building and people leadership, you'll drive for continual improvement and foster an organisational culture based on collaboration, innovation, learning and high performance.

About you

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• A relevant engineering, treatment or environmental qualification, preferably Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent
• 10 years plus experience in process engineering, water treatment or similar
• Ideally 7-10 years management experience
• In-depth expertise in water and wastewater treatment
• Sound knowledge of the three waters sector, treatment maintenance operations, applicable legislation, and water standards
• Full driver’s licence for a car

Benefits

At Wellington Water, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region; we foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce, and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangements including up to 2 days working from home
• Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
• Formal and informal professional development opportunities
• 5 weeks annual leave accrual will be available following 2 years of continual service

For a full list of our employee benefits click here.

About us

Wellington Water is the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa. Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. We’re a multi-council owned entity, tasked to manage the infrastructure and deliver water services to our communities.

The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Our people are passionate about providing waters services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.

Applications close: Sunday 8th Jun 2025

How to apply

To view a copy of the position description: click here

To apply for the role, click on the ”apply” button or visit the Wellington Water Careers site, please note if you are a Wellington Water employee please apply using your work email.

For further information, email: JoinUs@wellingtonwater.co.nz

Applicants will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand or eligible to obtain a working visa.