Utilities Serviceperson
Wellington Water
Listing Description
Description
- Do you thrive in a busy, team orientated environment?
- You will be involved in maintaining and repairing our utilities
- Based out of Silverstream with work across Wellington region
This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.
The remuneration range for this role is $56,881 to $80,303 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.
The opportunity
As a Utilities Serviceperson, you will ensure the effective maintenance and operation of the Wellington regional utilities assets that includes the three water pump stations, reservoirs, pressure control valve sites and area water meter sites.
The purpose of this position is to maintain and renew utilities assets across the three waters, including diagnosis and resolution of operational failures.
- Service, installation and maintenance on pumps, water meters and pressure valves
- Diagnosis and fault finding for operational issues
- Maintain, clean and repair plant and tools
- Ensure all health and safety obligations are met
- Contribute to a positive outcome for customers and team
About us
To be successful in this role you will bring:
- Class 2 licence, CSE certificates
- HIAB experience advantageous
- Experience and operational knowledge with mechanical plant within the water industry nice to have
- Willingness to learn on the job
- Inspection work including fault finding
- Work independently or part of a team on a basic repair
- Able to operate small plant and use tablets
- Able to participate in on-call roster and do overtime work
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:
- Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
- Formal and informal professional development opportunities
- Five weeks annual leave accrual will be available following two years of continual service
For a full list of our employee benefits please copy and paste the link into your browser: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12lTXEGkplXvomk-4N6B0iIByWLsoMW38/view?usp=sharing
About us
Wellington Water works in partnership with Fulton Hogan (an Alliance) to improve three water services across the Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa regions. The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at Wellington Waters heart. Our people are passionate about providing water services for our communities and environment.
The Alliance outcomes are delivered through a combined workforce between Wellington Water and Fulton Hogan, which enables shared resourcing and innovative solutions for the regions water networks.
From Tuesday, 01 July 2026, a new chapter in water services begins. Tiaki Wai will take over responsibility for providing Three Waters Services to approximately 433,000 residents across the Wellington metro regions. Tiaki Wai will own the water assets it operates giving it greater independence to manage and improve water services for current and future communities. Wellington Water employees will transition into this new council-owned entity.
Applications close Wednesday, 27 May 2026
How to apply
To view a copy of the position description, please copy and paste the link into your browser: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qhiuHG8oswEnrM6jm9R9ZlrgsGzYFr-y/view?usp=sharing.
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
All 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.
