Three Waters Technician
Are you ready to make a difference for your local community? Be a part of shaping the future while enjoying a competitive salary, professional growth, and a fun and supportive work environment.
We are currently seeking a highly motivated person to join our Three Waters team as a Three Waters Technician. While we would prefer someone who has experience, we are prepared to provide full training to the right applicant as a Trainee Three Waters Technician.
This role will support the operation, maintenance, and delivery of urban and rural drinking water supplies, and urban wastewater and stormwater services in the Waimate District.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Operating, monitoring, and maintaining drinking water supplies to current national legislation, regulations, and rules.
- Operating, monitoring, and maintaining wastewater and stormwater services to consent requirements, and for the protection of public health and the environment.
- Undertaking repairs, improvements, and preventative maintenance on the Three Waters networks, to ensure continuous delivery of supply and service.
- Performing regular programmed tasks and duties when required e.g., water meter reading, and Three Waters monitoring sampling.
- Responding to after-hours call outs when on-call.
- Accurately recording data at plants and pumpstations and responding to changes of concern, particularly those that require repair or escalation to the Utilities Supervisor.
- Accurately recording and submitting information for new assets added or replaced in the Three Waters networks for asset management purposes.
- Participating in the installation of new capital improvements and overseeing contractual works, ensuring appropriate standards are maintained, escalating any concerns to the Utilities Supervisor.
Our ideal candidate for this role will have operational knowledge of water or wastewater and storm water treatment and network systems, a New Zealand National Certificate of Drinking Water, or Wastewater, and experience with field IT data systems such as Univerus, Lutra ID, and SCADA. The icing on the cake would be Local Government experience, and a good understanding and awareness of HSWA!
However, if you can work independently, problem solve and analyse information, have good written and verbal communication skills and good Microsoft Office skills, we would like to hear from you.
This role has a base salary, with entitlements to additional payments and allowances when on-call. The base salary will be commensurate with the skills and experience of the successful applicant.
If you are ready to join a vibrant, team-driven Council as our Three Waters Technician, then apply now!
Applications close 14 May 2025.
Click here to submit your application and view the position description.
For inquiries, contact grace.aikman@waimatedc.govt.nz. Early applications are encouraged as we may begin interviewing before the closing date.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand, be physically fit, have a full, current drivers licence and undergo a criminal record check to apply for this role.
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