- Location
- Newmarket, New Zealand · North Auckland · West Auckland · North Shore
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Engineering
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Closing date
- Jun 30, 2026
- Source
- Workday
Description
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
We have an exciting opportunity for a Commissioning Specialist with an industrial electrical background to join our high performing team. Reporting to the Operations Commissioning Manager, this role is responsible for providing electrical expertise to support efficient commissioning and successful handover of projects, delivering positive outcomes to our customers.
In this role you will:
- Support commissioning activities ensuring consistency, minimise business risk and optimise solution delivery.
- Support improvements to existing business processes and documentation to ensure more efficient and effective commissioning and handover of assets.
- Work with commissioning, infrastructure and operational staff to ensure best practice is followed and instrumentation/control capability is grown within Watercare and partner organisations.
- Support the entry to service, performance testing and take-over/hand-over by Watercare Operations of new or upgraded assets.
Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
You enjoy working across teams, improving how things are done and staying ahead of industry developments. To be successful in this role, you will also bring:
- A relevant tertiary qualification in instrumentation or equivalent discipline.
- A minimum 10 years’ electrical experience including some experience in a production environment (operational, maintenance or project)
- Proven experience in driving a strong HSW culture by providing guidance associated with areas of experience and expertise.
- Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Drive to develop knowledge and understanding of new technologies.
Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you
We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:
• Training and development opportunities
• Life and income protection insurance plans
• Generous parental leave
• 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.
