Water Engineering Internship: Summer 2026/27 (Paid)

Tiaki Wai Limited; Lower Hutt; On-site; NZD 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Relocation support

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Tiaki Wai Limited invites students in New Zealand to join a fixed-term summer internship spanning 23 November 2026 to 12 February 2027. The role covers legal and resource management tasks within our water services operations, with real work to support our community projects.

You will engage in various engineering-related activities across treatment, networks, modelling, and project delivery, gaining hands-on experience while contributing to safe, reliable water for Wellington region.

Qualifications

• Internships are available for 3rd and 4th year students studying in New Zealand towards an NCEA recognised postgraduate qualification at Level 7 or higher.
• Degrees in Civil/Environmental, Chemical/Process/Natural Resource, or Mechanical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Assist engineers to solve broadly-defined engineering problems.
• Attend incidents related to the water system and propose dynamic solutions.
• Ingest, improve and interact with various data types.
• Support the team with process improvements for team-specific initiatives.
• Participate in general and field investigations.

Education

Civil or Environmental Eng

Chemical or Process or Natural Resource Eng

Mechanical Eng

Job description

Tiaki Wai Limited invites students in New Zealand to join a fixed-term summer internship spanning 23 November 2026 to 12 February 2027. The role covers legal and resource management tasks within our water services operations, with real work to support our community projects.

You will engage in various engineering-related activities across treatment, networks, modelling, and project delivery, gaining hands-on experience while contributing to safe, reliable water for Wellington region.