Process Engineer

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

There's never been a better time to join Watercare. We're delivering a $15.2 billion, 10-year capital investment programme, the largest in our history, creating opportunities to work on transformative infrastructure, sustainability and digital projects that will shape Auckland's future. With more than $4 million invested every day, you'll be part of work that makes a lasting difference to our communities and environment.

He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role

The Watercare team has a vacancy for a Process Engineer, a role well suited to an engineer with design experience seeking to augment that with operational experience.

As a Process Engineer, you will be involved in work ranging from hands-on operational trouble-shooting and optimisation to initiating, delivering, and commissioning of small to medium improvement projects.

The key tasks of the role include:

- Providing technical and operational support to the operations team
- Conduct process analysis and develop specific test methodologies for process optimisation
- Trouble-shooting plant issues affecting process performance
- Managing and delivering improvement projects to improve and optimise plant performance and reliability
- Reviewing planning investigation briefs and consultant submissions and providing operational information
- Supporting the projects/commissioning team with on-site upgrades and improvement works
- Participating in an out-of-hours callout roster, which provides emergency coverage for our water treatment plants

Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you

In this role you will bring:

- A Washington Accord accredited bachelor's degree in either Chemical and Materials Engineering, Mechanical/Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Civil Engineering.
- 3+ years' experience in an engineering/operations environment, preferably in the water/wastewater industry.
- A strong drive to develop knowledge and understanding of the water industry  Experience in process control, process design, process issue troubleshooting/analysis.
- Effective project management skills
- Experience in data analysis, plant processes and report preparation
- Current NZ Full Driver’s license

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.