Programme Assurance Lead - Quality, Carbon and Environmental at Wellington Water, Wellington - Wairarapa

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

The opportunity

Programme assurance provides confidence in the rollout and continuing function of the Wellington Water capital programme to ensure the best possible quality, efficiency, risk mitigation - and ultimately success of the programme and the projects within it.

The purpose of the position of Programme Assurance Lead is to establish and manage the monitoring and audit process and reporting on the effectiveness of the programme management capital expenditure outcomes. With a particular focus on carbon, environmental and quality, you will ensure that the projects within the programme maintain high quality processes and achieve the required business outcomes.

You will be tasked with refreshing the current assurance framework. You will establish and manage an outcomes-focused audit programme. This requires a proactive character with a strategic skillset and strong programme assurance overview that anticipates issues before they arise. You will establish and implement effective risk management plans and procedures. You will also lead the required corrective initiates.

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About you

Your experience devising and establishing quality management plans, procedures, standards, and specifications. That you monitor the performance of your work programmes well, determining competency standards and training needs. That you manage and meet customer charter, frameworks, and requirements. How you effectively drive cultures and behaviours to meet the industry best practices and that you work in a collaborative way; effectively assisting leaders and staff see beyond compliance, to the business performance aspects of risk and quality management.

You like to act as a catalyst for change with a focus on continual improvement in performance and quality.

About our team

The Programme Practice team provides a full suite of support functions and delivery processes, policies and procedures to ensure practice excellence for the capital programme.

Their specialist services are delivered internally to programmes and projects including Major Projects, Programme Delivery, Design team, Network Engineering, Network Management group and the Customer Operations group. They also work across our supplier whanau to build consistency and quality of our project delivery.

About us

Wellington Water knows that a great values-driven culture like ours means we can be a trusted advisor to the region's councils and deliver great outcomes for our customers. Wellington Water plans and delivers drinking water, wastewater and storm water services from source to sea in partnership with the community, engineering consultants and contractors.

People work at Wellington Water because they want to make a difference. That means you will be helping to look after our most precious assets: water, human health and welfare, and the environment so our communities can prosper.

Why join us

It is an exciting time to be working in the water sector, not only are you at the forefront of looking after our most precious assets: water, human health and welfare and the environment, but proposed changes for the sector is increasing awareness around the importance of managing the three waters and creating new opportunities. Your personal and professional growth will be encouraged, and you will work alongside likeminded people who are passionate about their work and have a strong sense of purpose. If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!

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How to apply

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To apply for this role you must hold the right to work in New Zealand, or be eligible to obtain it.

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For further information, email: JoinUs@wellingtonwater.co.nz

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