Wastewater Technician - Timaru

Citycare Water; Timaru; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Citycare Water as a Wastewater Technician in Timaru, where you will help maintain essential water networks. The role requires participation in on-call rosters, physical fitness, and a focus on health and safety. Enjoy a vibrant workplace culture with job security and opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in maintaining sewer and/or stormwater systems desired.
• Willing to participate in on-call and standby roster.
• Ability to drive a manual vehicle is essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain water wastewater networks on a reactive or scheduled basis.
• General labouring tasks including cleaning and lifting.
• Operate plant machinery as required.

Skills

Teamwork

Health and Safety Focus

Physical Fitness

Tools

Hand Tools

Loaders

Rollers

Trucks

Job description

Protecting the health of our water.
We believe that’s worth caring about.

About us

At Citycare Water, we’re proud to be the country’s largest dedicated experts in three waters – around 600 good people, making it happen across 10 locations. We specialise in water network maintenance and reticulation renewal construction. We service almost a quarter of properties nationwide; and we maintain over 20,000kms of pipe network. That’s 2X the length of the NZ’s state highways! Water may seem like such an everyday thing. but that’s what makes it so important. every day, every living thing needs it.

So, join us on our mission to ensure every community has access to safe water for life - we believe that’s worth striving for.

About the job:

We’re looking for an experienced Wastewater Technician to join our team in Timaru .

The role involves actively maintaining water wastewater networks on a reactive or scheduled basis to contract specifications. This may include:

• General labouring such as cleaning, clearing, lifting or other civil work.
• Use and maintain hand tools.
• Operate plant as required such as Loaders, Rollers and Trucks.

Come and join our busy team here in Timaru! With a great range of schools, affordable housing, excellent health services and fantastic sports facilities Timaru could be your next move!

What you’ll need:

• Ideally you will have previous experience in maintaining sewer and/or stormwater systems or experience within the construction and utilities industry.
• We need someone who is able and willing to participate in the on-call and standby roster.
• You will need to be physically fit, health and safety focused, and work well in a team as well as independently.
• A full class 1 licence and an ability to drive a manual is also essential.

All preferred candidates will be required to complete preemployment checks to the employer’s satisfaction. These checks include but are not limited to, ministry of Justice criminal conviction report, medical assessment, and drug and alcohol testing.

We offer an inclusive and vibrant company culture where effort is rewarded, fresh ideas are welcome, and success is celebrated. No two days are ever the same, and the opportunities are limitless. We also prioritise job security and are committed to supporting our people through good times and bad.

Find out more:

Visit our Careers page to hear from our people about what it’s like working for Citycare Water; and visit out News section to read about the work we do protecting the health of our water in our local communities .

We encourage all applicants, regardless of their background or experience, to apply if they feel they are a good fit for the role. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and believes that every member of our team brings unique perspectives and strengths to our company.