Senior Project Manager
Manage major water infrastructure projects from planning to delivery
- Be part of a fast-paced, collaborative, and purpose-driven environment
- Enjoy a beachside office location close to great local amenities
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 full delivery of complex projects. The project you will manage, sits within in a diverse capital delivery programme of large infrastructure and water asset upgrade projects across our region.You'll manage each project within our delivery standards and meet key objectives around time, cost, quality, and safety.
Key responsibilities:
- Manage the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple Capex-funded infrastructure projects
- Managing external delivery providers and integrating all suppliers into cohesive project teams
- Align with project governance and reporting requirements.
- Identify and mitigate project risks, and proactively manage escalations
- Lead contract scoping and negotiate value-driven agreements with suppliers
- Foster a strong health and safety culture across all project stages
About you
To be successful in this role you will bring the following:
- A tertiary qualification in Civil Engineering, Process Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline
- 5 - 10 years' experience delivering complex infrastructure or engineering projects
- Deep understanding of project management principles and delivery frameworks
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Strong commercial awareness and risk management capability
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 the following:
- Flexible working arrangements including up to two days working from home
- Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually
- Formal and informal professional development opportunities
- Five weeks annual leave accrual will be available following two years of continual service
To view a full list of our employee benefits please copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser's address bar: https://careers.wellingtonwater.co.nz/
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, Whanau and Mana.
Applications close: Sunday, 20 July 2025.
How to apply
To view a copy of the position description please copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser's address bar: https://expressonline.haineslink.co.nz/pdfs/796029_JobDesc.pdf
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.