About us
WM New Zealand is New Zealand's leading resource recovery, recycling, and waste management, provider. We’re committed to safeguarding our beautiful environment through sustainable management of our valuable resources. Put simply, sustainability is what we do.
About the role
We are seeking a Gas Technician to support the safe and efficient operation of landfill gas and leachate systems. Reporting to line management, you will help execute operational plans by monitoring, maintaining, and improving landfill infrastructure to ensure environmental compliance and operational performance.
This is a hands-on field-based role requiring strong technical capability, attention to detail, and a strong commitment to health, safety, and environmental standards.
Key Responsibilities
• Execute operational plans in line with business strategy, ensuring optimal cost, quality, and timeframes.
• Monitor and record landfill leachate levels to ensure effective destruction and treatment.
• Install, maintain, and repair gas field pipework and leachate pipe systems.
• Conduct field gas monitoring at well heads and adjust systems as required.
• Carry out FID monitoring, reporting, and system checks.
• Operate LEU and flare systems safely and efficiently.
• Complete required documentation and promptly report faults or issues with equipment, leachate, or pipework.
• Investigate and report customer complaints in line with company procedures.
• Maintain high standards of professional conduct, personal presentation, and company image.
• Identify opportunities to review, improve, and continuously enhance service quality.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and business rules.
About you
You’re practical, reliable, and technically capable, with experience working in operational or industrial environments. You take pride in doing the job right, understand the importance of compliance, and are comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.
You’ll bring:
• Basic IT skills.
• Knowledge of gas monitoring equipment.
• Certified Mechanic qualification or equivalent trade experience.
• Experience with plastic pipe welding and pipe installation.
• Experience operating treatment or processing plants.
• A full, valid New Zealand driver’s licence.
• The ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a team environment.
What’s in it for you?
This is an opportunity to work in a critical operational role that directly supports environmental protection and sustainability outcomes. You’ll join a stable, well-established organisation offering competitive remuneration, ongoing training, and the chance to build a long-term career in the waste and resource recovery industry.
How to apply
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Please note — we do not always work to fixed closing dates and may begin reviewing applications as they are received, so we encourage you to apply early.
WM is an EEO employer and promotes drug and alcohol-free workplaces.
You must be based in New Zealand and hold a current work visa, residency, or New Zealand citizenship.
WM New Zealand is New Zealand's leading resource recovery, recycling and waste, and environmental services provider, driven by our focus on safety, sustainability, and service and underpinned by innovation.
We provide recycling and resource recovery services, solid waste management, liquid and hazardous waste collection, treatment and disposal. We design and operate state-of-the-art waste management and recycling facilities nationwide, including leading edge sustainable modern landfill and energy parks, material recovery facilities, transfer stations and liquid, hazardous and medical waste processing facilities.
We understand that our biggest asset is our people and we’re committed to their safety and wellbeing. We’re a company where every day our people get to make a difference – whether this be through exploring recycling opportunities, looking at new ways to create energy from waste, or delivering a great customer service to building facilities that will last a lifetime.
We work with a diverse range of customers, from residential homes and small businesses, councils, through to large multinational commercial and industrial clients that span almost every industry in New Zealand, and we are proud to offer a comprehensive range of services that can be tailored to meet the needs of our customers.
Our focus is on the future, the possibilities it holds, and ultimately the protection of it.
