He krero m mtou | About Watercare Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy Watercare is the largest water and wastewater utility in New Zealand supplying more than 400 million litres of water to Auckland every day. Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $14 billion over the next 10 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. When you average that out, that's an investment of $3.

8 million every day! It doesn't just stop there; we ensure that sustainability lies at the heart of everything that we do to help protect our water resources for future generations. This means that we are continuously focused on how we can reduce our whole of life carbon footprint through our construction programme, and across the lifecycle operation of our assets. We really are a company that wants to make a positive difference.

He whakamrama m te tranga mahi | About these roles This is your opportunity to join Watercare's Strategy and Planning division! This newly created role is broad, and you will be involved in unique projects, where the experience you will gain is fantastic for your future career development as a professional within resource consenting. You will be leading a team of planners to delivery Resource Consent Applications, including Strategic and Construction consents Lead the drive towards excellence across Watercare's consenting functions. Responsibilities include: Managing the programme of works for Strategic Consents.

Ensuring effective project management practices. Improving consent delivery processes with consultant partners and regulators. Driving continuous improvement, best practice and innovation and grow technical excellence across Resource Consent delivery.

Overseeing Watercare's Kaitiaki Engagement process to strengthen relationships and enhance collaboration with Kaitiaki groups. Ng pkenga e rapu nei mtou | About you To be successful in this role, you will have a strong work ethic, enjoy working in a team environment, and be an excellent communicator. Your skills and background must include: A relevant tertiary qualification.

Extensive experience in the discipline of resource management/consent planning. A proven track record of managing teams or project managing complex resource consent projects and obtaining resource consents and other statutory approvals. Full membership of the New Zealand Planning Institute.

Experience in the delivery of strategic and construction consent applications, Notices of Requirement. Experience in water or utilities is desirable but not essential. Ng hua mu | What's in it for you We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including: Flexible working.

Training and development opportunities. Life and income protection insurance plans. Generous parental leave policy.

Employee discounts at a range of large retailers. Modern offices in the heart of Newmarket.