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Wellington Water is seeking a skilled Senior Project Manager to oversee high-value capital projects. This full-time role involves managing multiple infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with delivery standards, and fostering a strong safety culture. The successful applicant will have significant project management experience and a relevant tertiary qualification.
This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week
The opportunity
Wellington Water is seeking a skilled Senior Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of complex, high-value capital works projects.
In this senior role, you’ll work closely with a Major Project Director to ensure fulldelivery of complex projects. The Project you will manage, sits withinin a diverse capital delivery programme of largeinfrastructure and water asset upgrade projects across our region. You'll manageeach project within our delivery standards and meet key objectives around time, cost, quality, and safety.
Key Responsibilities
About you
To be successful in this role you will bring:
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:
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, Whānau and Mana.
Applications close: Sunday 20th July 2025
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 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.