Senior Technical Advisor Trade Waste
Wellington Water
Listing Description
Description
- Protect the future health of Wellington's wastewater network through intelligent monitoring and early detection.
- Shape and advance trade waste technology and best practice across the region
- Petone office and field-based
This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.
The remuneration range for this role is $80,369 to $113,462 p.a. (including KiwiSaver), depending on skills and experience.
The opportunity
In this role you'll safeguard the performance of wastewater networks and treatment plants by monitoring and managing trade waste discharges. You'll lead the identification, implementation and operation of monitoring technologies, ensuring early warnings and proactive risk mitigation. Acting as the organisation's subject matter expert, you'll provide technical advice, support compliance, and work closely with operations teams to protect the long-term health of wastewater assets.
You will:
- Implement and maintain monitoring technologies and sampling systems
- Analyse data to detect risks and inform interventions
- Advise internal teams on trade waste impacts and mitigation
- Build effective relationships with customers and regulators
- Improvement and trial of emerging monitoring technologies
About you
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Tertiary qualification in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, or equivalent experience
- Full NZ Driver's License
- Proven experience in wastewater, trade waste, or environmental monitoring
- Hands-on capability with monitoring technology, sampling systems and data interpretation
- Strong stakeholder, communication, and problem-solving skills
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 well-being.
Our benefits include the following:
- 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 of 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, Whanau and Mana.
Applications close: Sunday, 4 January 2026
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 for safety-sensitive roles 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.
Application details
Wellington Water
Wellington Water is the Wellington region’s professional water service provider. As a council owned and funded organisation we are passionate about our community and the value of water sits at the heart of our organisation. Every day our people strive to deliver services and manage infrastructure in a way that provides the best outcomes for our communities and environment.
Our benefits include:
Tangata Tiaka – The ability to take an active approach to protecting our most precious taonga, safe and heathy drinking water and environment.
Training and Development – We pride ourselves on providing opportunities for continual career development and growth and have departmental funding for role specific qualifications and training.
Additional Leave – Following 2 years of continual service our employee’s receive 5 weeks annual leave per annum. We offer 10 domestic days per annum for sick leave and an additional 5 days domestic leave following 6 months of employment for care of dependants per annum.
Staff Referral Bonuses – Many of our frontline positions offer monetary rewards for referring successful candidates for advertised vacancies in accordance with our referral programme.
Wellbeing – Wellington Water take an active approach to our staff wellbeing, we provide one additional paid wellbeing day each year, free EAP services and wellbeing support, we also offer free flu vaccinations.
Work/Life Balance – Wellington Water strives to offer flexible working arrangements where possible, this may include working from home days, locations and hours of work depending on business requirements.
Relocation Contribution – If relocating from outside the Greater Wellington region you may be eligible for relocation support in the form of reimbursement.
Retailer Discounts and Vision Care – We have partnered with retail providers for staff discounts on Southern Cross insurance, free vision and hearing testing and eyewear subsidies. We also have various NZ retailer discounts via our partner Boost.
