Position Description
Position Title
Graduate Engineer
Reports to
Manager /Team Leader
Location
Petone
Type
Permanent, full time
The position
Wellington Water provides a three-year Graduate Programme for recently graduated professional
engineers. The purpose of this programme is to provide graduates with the knowledge, skills and
behaviours required to become successful engineers and the opportunity to start their career with
Wellington Water and for Wellington Water to grow future talent.
During the programme, the Graduate Engineer will participate in engineering activities in different
fields and undertakes placement (rotations) within various business groups. Rotations are set
depending on the business need and the graduates learning and development. Graduates will
undertake personal and technical skill learning and development through a mix of on-the job learning,
mentoring, self-directed learning and training courses.
As a graduate level engineer, you will assist in a wide range of work activities, including engineering
design, investigation of customer issues, operational support, analysis and interpretation, conducting
research and communicating that work. You will be working within well-established practices and a
clearly defined scope of work.
About Wellington Water
Wellington Water is owned by the Hutt, Porirua, Upper Hutt and Wellington city councils, South
Wairarapa District Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council.
Our role is to be both trusted adviser and trusted operator to councils in the achievement of the
right balance between Te Wai (the water), Te Taiao (the environment) and Te Tangata (the people).
We call this Te ika rō wai, the journey of giving the mana back into the water.
Underpinning Te ika rō wai is the focus on five strategic priorities:
• looking after existing assets;
• supporting the region’s growth agenda with water infrastructure;
• reducing individual demand on water;
• improving the water quality of our streams, rivers, harbours and oceans; and
• decarbonising the way we work.
We provide trusted advice because under our model, councils own their assets and make final
decisions on levels of service and investment levels.
We aim to build trust with councils, mana whenua, committees and customers in the way we
provide services – trusted operator.
All of what we do is underpinned by our three values of:
•
Tangata Tiaki – together we protect our most precious taonga
•
Whānau – united we support, connect and respect each other
•
Mana – individually, we bring our best to every situation
About the groups
• Network Development and Delivery Group – leads the development, design and delivery of
the rolling work programme that delivers fit-for purpose 3 Waters infrastructure solutions for
client councils.
• Network Management Group – leads the operation and maintenance of treatment facilities
for water and wastewater. They ensure that control systems and processes are in place, so
our water networks are reliable and that they meet our stringent quality requirements, and
ensure we are focused on technological innovation by investigating and delivering new smart
services.
• Network Strategy and Planning Group - leads the development and implementation of the
regional three waters strategy and policy advice and ensures that asset management planning
meets the needs of client councils. The group is also responsible for the development and
implementation of information and knowledge management strategies and systems to ensure
that company and three waters data informs decision-making and improves performance
outcomes.
• Customer Operations Group – leads the operations and maintenance of the network on behalf
of client councils and is the first point of contact in responding to client and customer
requests.
About the role
Key relationships
Our company is a trusted advisor to our client councils. We put people first and value working
together, sharing our knowledge and learning from others. Your key relationships will be across
Wellington Water and with:
Internal
•
Network Development and Delivery Group (NDD)
•
Network Management Group (NMG)
•
Network Strategy and Planning group (NSP)
•
Customer Operations Group (COG)
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External
•
Client Councils
•
Service providers, contractors and suppliers
•
Customers and stakeholders
•
Industry experts
Deliverables
As the Graduate Engineer, success in this role will depend on your ability to deliver:
Key Accountability or
Key Tasks / Activities
Indicators of Success
Deliverable
(How)
(Quantity, Quality, Cost, Time)
Work Excellence
•
•
Contribute to a team and
Fully commit to agreed rotations
within the graduate programme
organisational culture based
•
on collaboration,
Assist with project investigation,
design and construction
innovation, learning and
•
high performance
Use the wider team resources and
your own knowledge to
•
Ensure you understand the
investigate and propose solutions
line of sight from your role
to engineering problems
to the company’s strategic
•
direction, and that your
Support and participate in process
improvement activities
work performance is
aligned
Relationship
•
•
Relationships are in place
Maintain strong working
Management
relationship with managers and
and support effective
mentor
delivery of work
•
•
Appropriate conversations
Develop and maintain effective
relationships with internal and
are held with internal and
external key stakeholders
external parties as required
•
Maintain functional professional
relationships
Professional
•
•
Commitment to
Fully commit to on-the-job
Development
learning, mentoring, self-directed
professional career
learning and training courses
development
•
Take responsibility for your own
learning and development needs
•
Member of Wellington
•
•
Any health and safety issues
Reflect the company’s health and
Water
safety culture and ensure you are
are reported and escalated
aware of and meet yours and our
•
Contribution to team and
health and safety obligations
cross organisational
•
programmes and projects
Ensure you reflect the company’s
continuous improvement
philosophy in your work and meet
the requirements of agreed
quality and compliance systems
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Person specification
Qualifications
•
BEng (preferably Environmental or Civil Engineering) or equivalent
Washington Accord Degree
Experience
•
0-2 years’ post qualification experience
•
Knowledge of the Resource Management Act and Local Government
Act
•
Civil Engineering Practice and first principles
•
Analytical skills and able to manage data to inform and make
meaningful decisions
Knowledge
•
Resource Management Act and district planning procedures
•
NZS4404 Subdivision Standard
•
Council Codes of Practice
•
3-W Engineering Standards and Specifications
Skills and Attributes
•
Good relationship building, negotiation and influencing skills
•
Solutions-focused and good judgement
•
Ability to work in a collective and collaborative environment
•
Good communication skills and customer service ethos
•
Full, clean driver’s licence
•
Participation in Company activities and initiatives
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