Condition Assessment Survey Lead at Wellington Water, Wellington - Wairarapa

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Stand up and lead a new team focusing on undertaking routine condition surveys
• Drive innovation and best practice across three waters infrastructure
• Located in Petone, Wellington

This is a full-time position for 40 hours per week, the remuneration range for this role is $108,644 to $153,379 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.

The opportunity

This is a new opportunity to build and lead Wellington Water's approach to routine condition assessment survey practice from the ground up. As the organisation's technical authority in this space, you'll develop the survey practices, methodologies, and technologies used in order to gather asset and condition information in the field Working with key stakeholders across the organisation, you'll ensure collection of accurate, consistent asset data to underpin investment and reliability choices we make.

In this role, you will:

• Design, lead, and coordinate delivery of a region-wide 0-3 year routine condition assessment programme
• Define best-practice methodologies and grading approaches for network assets
• Build, lead and develop a small team of technical specialists, fostering collaboration and performance
• Stay at the forefront of emerging tools and technologies to improve efficiency and accuracy
• Build strong relationships across teams and with external partners to align strategy and delivery

About you

To be successful in this role you will bring:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in engineering or a related discipline
• Significant experience in asset condition assessment and data interpretation
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with experience guiding technical professionals
• Confidence in introducing new tools, technologies, and process improvements
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across technical and operational teams

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:

• 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

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, 25 January 2026

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 for safety sensitive roles 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.