Maintenance Planner

Tiaki Wai; Lower Hutt; On-site; NZD 83,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working from home

Wellbeing day annually

Professional development opportunities

5 weeks annual leave after 2 years

Job summary

Tiaki Wai is seeking a Senior Asset Maintenance Planner to lead Maximo-based planning for three waters maintenance programs across the region, ensuring asset data is collected, stored and used to optimise future work.

The role requires 5+ years in enterprise asset planning (Maximo preferred), strong computer literacy, NZ Class 1 license, and a Diploma or degree in Engineering or related trade. Flexible working options include up to 2 days from home.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in enterprise asset planning tools and asset management (Maximo preferred).
• Strong computer literacy with maintenance and asset management systems.
• NZ Class 1 license.
• Budget/financial management experience.
• Engineering diploma or degree or suitable trade qualification.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee key relationships with internal and external partners across Tiaki Wai and Alliance partners.
• Develop effective Planned Maintenance Programs within the Maximo works order management system.
• Provide support to the Service Delivery team on Planned Maintenance Programs.
• Monitor the status of maintenance plans and assist teams with follow-up activities.
• Assist in training staff competency in the use of the computerised Asset Management System.

Skills

Maximo

Asset planning

Budget management

NZ Class 1 license

Education

Engineering degree or diploma

Tools

Maximo

Asset management systems

Job description

• Great team culture with a balance of support and autonomy
• Scope to influence outcomes and make your mark
• Based at our Petone Office

This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.

The remuneration range for this role is $83,204.22 to $117,464.79 p.a. (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.

The opportunity

In this role you will deliver work with the Maximo system to support the development and delivery of the three waters planned maintenance programs across the region, ensuring that the asset data is collected, stored and utilised to optimise future planned programs.

Working across Network Operations your focus will be providing close support to the councils via dedicated customer planning engineers.

You will be involved in:

• Managing and overseeing key relationships with internal and external partners across Tiaki Wai including with system support specialists internally and within our Alliance partner
• Developing effective Planned Maintenance Programs within Maximo works order management system
• Providing support to the Service Delivery team on Planned Maintenance Programs
• Monitoring the status of maintenance plans and assisting teams with follow up activities
• Assisting in the training and development of staff competency in the use of the computerised Asset Management System

About you

Your success will come from your ability to build a wide range of relationships, maintain a manageable workload for the team and foster a culture that puts doing the right thing at the forefront.

To be successful in this role you'll also bring:

• A minimum of 5 years' experience in enterprise level asset maintenance planning tools and asset management, ideally including some experience with Maximo
• Strong computer literacy specifically with maintenance and asset management systems
• Full NZ Class 1 license
• Budget / financial management experience
• Diploma in Engineering / Degree qualification (Civil, Mech, Elect) or other suitable trade qualification

Benefits

At Tiaki Wai, 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:

• 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 annual leave accrual will be available following 2 years of continual service

For a full list of our employee benefits click here.

About us

Tiaki Wai 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, Whānau and Mana.

Applications close: Sunday 25th October 2026

Applicants for safety sensitive roles will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Tiaki Wai. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand or eligible to obtain a working visa.