Asset Protection Engineer: Water Network Compliance

Watercare; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development

Life and income protection insurance

Parental leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

Watercare seeks an Asset Protection Engineer to provide region-wide management for its water and wastewater network and transmission linear assets. The role includes field inspections and approvals for external works, plus coordination with developers and contractors to access or connect to our network.

You will develop efficient processes, respond to customer requests, and work directly with external partners to improve responsiveness and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in contract management and customer relationships required.
• Background in water or wastewater operations is not essential.
• Experience with managing customer issues and conflicts is needed.
• Heightened safety culture awareness is expected.
• Ability to collect and accurately record data; network asset operations beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Respond to customer requests for works over the Watercare network.
• Improve responsiveness to customer approvals.
• Liaise and coordinate with developers and contractors.
• Develop efficient and agile processes.
• Work directly with developers and contractors.

Skills

Contract management

Customer relationships

Safety culture

Data collection

Network operation

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Watercare seeks an Asset Protection Engineer to provide region-wide management for its water and wastewater network and transmission linear assets. The role includes field inspections and approvals for external works, plus coordination with developers and contractors to access or connect to our network.

You will develop efficient processes, respond to customer requests, and work directly with external partners to improve responsiveness and outcomes.