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About our District - Our mission is to make our communities better and this role will play a key part in achieving this. We are located in a tranquil area of New Zealand offering some of the best access to the great outdoors. We also boast attractive housing prices for your town, village or rural lifestyle and we are within commuting distance to larger centres.
About our Organisation - We are a progressive, values-based organisation, which is dedicated to providing quality services and facilities for our communities. We place strong emphasis on our organisational culture, which in turn creates strong engagement across our team. We employ people with a 'Can Do' attitude who want to work for a united organisation with a strong sense of family that is proud to serve its communities.
At STDC, we are an energetic, progressive organisation and offer a proven "best place to work" environment. Our team culture encourages innovation, we care about your professional development, and you will be working with an elite and motivated team of professionals.
About the role - The Assets Engineer (Wastewater & Stormwater) is responsible for the strategic assessment, planning, and renewal of underground wastewater and stormwater infrastructure to ensure reliable and sustainable service delivery. Duties include condition assessment of networks through CCTV analysis, review of footages and reports, asset data review, and field investigations, along with the preparation and prioritisation of renewal and rehabilitation programmes to address aging assets in a timely and cost-effective manner. The role involves collaboration with operational, reticulation, and project delivery teams to coordinate repairs, manage renewal works, and support capital improvement projects. Responsibilities extend to inflow and infiltration investigations, development of reduction strategies, management of specialist projects, preparation of project briefs and technical reports, updates to the Asset Management Plans, and facilitation of multi-criteria analysis workshops to guide decision-making.
This position contributes to optimising infrastructure performance, extending asset life, and ensuring wastewater and stormwater networks meet service, compliance, and environmental standards for the community's long-term benefit. Through a combination of technical expertise, analytical skills, and effective collaboration, the Assets Engineer ensures the wastewater and stormwater networks deliver reliable service, comply with environmental standards, and meet the needs of the community now and into the future.
Our communities deserve high-quality services from our infrastructure that is delivered in a cost-effective way.
Do you have what it takes? - This is a busy role and there is plenty of variety. You will also provide specialist technical advice on the optimisation of engineering assets, develop maintenance strategies and programs for our assets and much more.
About You - You are a talented team player with a university degree in engineering or sciences or an experienced engineer who has a "can-do" attitude, experience with asset management and contract management, writing Asset Management Plans and the development of works programmes and an understanding of capital and operational accounting and asset depreciation. You will also have a knowledge of engineering standards and practices, experience in network analysis, inflow and infiltration investigation and health and safety practices.
The salary range for this position is between $113,490pa and $126,100pa and the appointed starting level will be dependent on skills and experience and will be discussed during interviews with shortlisted candidates.
If this role appeals to you, head over to our website www.southtaranaki.com where you can access the background information and job description for the role. If submitting an application, please ensure you provide a covering letter outlining your skills and experience for the role along with your most current CV.
Applications will close when a suitable candidate has been appointed to the role.