Senior Asset Management Advisor

Shape how critical water treatment assets are managed across Wellington's drinking water, stormwater and wastewater infrastructure

Lead asset condition assessments and influence long-term renewal and investment decisions for essential water infrastructure

Become the technical expert for asset management across Tiaki Wai's Treatment and Control Systems Group

This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week, based in our Petone office.

The remuneration range for this role is $101,125 to $141,765 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.

The opportunity

As a Senior Asset Management Advisor, you will guide asset management activities across Tiaki Wai's Treatment and Control Systems assets, developing and continuously improving asset management processes, leading condition assessments, and shaping renewal plans and longer-term investment strategies. You will build strong relationships across the organisation and with external partners to ensure asset performance, condition, criticality and data are well understood, supporting informed decisions about the future of critical water treatment infrastructure.

Establish and continuously improve asset management processes, documentation, asset class plans and tactical asset management plans

Lead the condition assessment programme and develop renewal plans for critical treatment plant assets

Advise on longer-term investment strategies and provide asset management input into the Long Term Plan

Collaborate with operations, maintenance, automation, digital and capital delivery teams to improve asset performance and data accuracy

About you

To be successful in this role you will bring:

an engineering degree or trade qualification, with experience in maintenance execution or asset management planning

extensive experience in asset management within a water or infrastructure environment

strong knowledge of asset management principles, including ISO 55000, and experience applying these in practice

experience using computer-based maintenance or asset management systems; knowledge of Maximo and GIS would be advantageous.

Benefits

At Tiaki Wai, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region; we foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce, and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.

Our benefits include:

flexible working arrangements including up to two days working from home

comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually

formal and informal professional development opportunities

five weeks annual leave accrual will be available following two years of continual service.

For a full list of our employee benefits, click here.

About us

Tiaki Wai is a council-owned organisation responsible for managing the delivery of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater services across Hutt Valley, Porirua, and Wellington.

We manage public-owned extensive water infrastructure and oversee the delivery of safe and reliable services for our communities. We focus on long-term investment, asset management, maintenance, and delivering major infrastructure projects that support public health, environmental protection, and regional growth.

Water is a precious taonga. At Tiaki Wai, we put care into every drop and are guided by our values of Integrity, Care, and Leadership. We work directly with water consumers and in partnership with councils and mana whenua to deliver better water outcomes for current and future generations.

Applications close on Sunday, 9 August 2026.

How to apply

To view a copy of the position description, click here.

To apply for the role, click on the 'apply' button or visit the Tiaki Wai Careers site, if you are a Tiaki Wai employee please apply using your work email.

For further information, email: JoinUs@tiakiwai.co.nz

Applicants for safety sensitive roles will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Tiaki Wai. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand or eligible to obtain a working visa.