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
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!
He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role
We are currently looking for a Compliance Inspector to work in our Developer Services team!
This is a great opportunity to balance your time working between our Newmarket offices and onsite. You will work closely with a wide range of people, including contractors, consultants, internal and external stakeholders.
The compliance team works to ensure that the creation, extension and relocation of the water and wastewater network is constructed as per the Auckland Council (AC), Engineering Plan Approval (EPA) and ensures work is done to meet the compliance statement policy and specifications.
You will engage with the construction industry on-site to undertake compliance inspection activities, including pre-construction meetings, inspections/audit and final inspection meetings, to support the approval of newly constructed public assets. The role also undertakes Works Over inspections to verify that works over or in proximity to existing Watercare assets are carried out in accordance with relevant Watercare requirements.
You'll be the connector of things and people, you'll know where to go, who to talk to, and how to keep things moving forward. You will also bring with you the below skills and experience:
We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:
Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - careers.watercare.co.nz.

At Watercare we’re proud to provide a lifeline service to the people of Auckland, while protecting the environment for future generations.
Every day we provide the highest quality drinking water to 1.7 million Aucklanders, and take it away again once it’s been used in the sink or flushed down the loo. Without using chemicals, we treat wastewater to a very high standard and safely return it to the environment.
We also plan for new and upgraded infrastructure far into the future to ensure we can meet the needs of our fast-growing city.
We operate assets worth more than $9 billion – but it’s our people who are our most valuable assets.
Our staff are passionate, motivated and trustworthy people who are the leaders in their fields. They’re not afraid of a challenge and are constantly looking for new ways of improving our processes and the service we offer our customers.
If this sounds like you, please visit our careers centre to see our job vacancies and be notified of future opportunities: https://careers.watercare.co.nz