Nightshift Serviceperson
Wellington Water
Listing Description
Description
- Permanent nightshift based out of our Porirua depot, with work across the Wellington region
- Weekly wages with additional earning potential through paid overtime
- Multiple roles available for a dedicated nightshift team
The opportunity
It's an important job maintaining our most precious assets - water, health, and the environment - and here's your chance to be involved.
Our water teams play a critical role in ensuring a continual supply of quality water with minimal interruptions to communities. No two days will be the same as you head out across the Wellington region undertaking a mix of planned and reactive work where you will:
- Install and repair water connections on all sizes of mains
- Work on jobs of all shapes and sizes
- Ensure all work is carried out in accordance with trade practice
- Flush and charge water mains
- Work with various teams and contractors to achieve results
To find out more about the water teams, qualification pathway, and what we offer, please visit our information website by copy and pasting this link into your browser: https://careers.wellingtonwater.co.nz/pages/water
What's in it for you?
- Be part of a dedicated nightshift crew, working five nights a week from Sunday to Thursday, with shifts from 8:00pm to 6:30am
- Ongoing training and development to support your certifications and qualifications
- A strong commitment to your health, safety, and wellbeing
- An active, challenging, and fulfilling role with a clear pathway to a rewarding long-term career
- Remuneration based on your current tickets, licences, and experience - please contact us to discuss skilled pay rates
About you
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Hands-on experience in the water industry, with the ability to use hand tools, small plant, and machinery
- A reliable, hard-working, and can-do attitude
- The ability to use technology (e.g. iPad or tablet) to record information
- An understanding of and commitment to health and safety in the workplace
- A full, clean NZ Class 1 driver's licence (Class 2 and WTR are an advantage)
- The ability to work outdoors and complete manual labour tasks
About us
Fulton Hogan works in partnership with Wellington Water (an alliance) to improve three water services across Greater Wellington. The mission: Keeping our communities healthy by delivering water services safely every day. We bring this mission into our daily work.
The alliance outcomes are delivered through a combined workforce between Wellington Water and Fulton Hogan, enabling shared resourcing and innovative solutions for the region's water networks.
Wellington Water's job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. They do this on behalf of their six council owners.
The value of water (a precious taonga) 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.
How to apply: Applications close 28 April 2026
To view a copy of the position description, copy and paste this link into your browser: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cq8Elpv1J9S9jISlM19pUkWXAVPJv0oQ/view?usp=sharing
To apply, click the 'Apply' button or visit the Wellington Water careers site. If you are a Wellington Water employee, please apply using your work email.
For further information, email JoinUs@wellingtonwater.co.nz
All successful candidates must undergo and pass a pre-employment medical and drug screen, MOJ, ACC, and NZTA checks.
We celebrate and embrace diversity across our business and are committed to equal employment opportunities.
We believe in the value that diversity brings to our team, and people who share our REAL values are encouraged to apply.
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.
