He kōrero mō mātou | 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
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
Reporting to the Chief Programme Delivery Officer, the Programme Director is a pivotal leadership role responsible for the successful delivery of a complex, multi-billion-dollar portfolio of major water and wastewater infrastructure programmes that will help shape Auckland's future.
Leading large, multidisciplinary teams and delivery partners, you will be accountable for the end-to-end delivery of critical infrastructure programmes, from planning, design and procurement through to construction, commissioning and operational handover.
This is a highly influential role requiring strong strategic leadership, commercial acumen and stakeholder management expertise. Working closely with Watercare's Executive Leadership Team, governance groups, mana whenua, contractors, consultants and regulatory stakeholders, you will drive programme performance while fostering a culture of safety, collaboration, innovation and excellence.
Key areas of focus include:
Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
You are an accomplished infrastructure leader with a proven track record delivering large-scale, complex capital programmes in challenging environments. You bring a strategic mindset, sound judgement and the ability to inspire confidence across executive, governance and stakeholder groups.
You will have extensive experience leading major infrastructure programmes and multidisciplinary teams, coupled with strong commercial and contract management capability. You are recognised for your ability to navigate complexity, manage risk and deliver successful outcomes while maintaining a strong focus on safety and people leadership.
You bring a strong understanding of major construction delivery, ideally including tunnelling and underground infrastructure works. Comfortable operating at a programme level rather than directly managing construction activities, you excel at aligning contractors, consultants and stakeholders to achieve programme outcomes. You also understand programme planning, scheduling and project controls, enabling you to effectively oversee performance across large-scale, multi-year infrastructure investments.
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
Experience within the water, wastewater or broader infrastructure sector will be highly regarded, as will an engineering qualification or equivalent professional expertise.
This is an outstanding opportunity to lead programmes of regional significance and play a key role in delivering essential infrastructure for the people of Tāmaki Makaurau.
Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you
We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:
• Training and development opportunities
• Employee discounts at a range of large retailers
Me pēhea te tono mai | How to Apply
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
