Administrator

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Grow and develop your quality administration and relationship management skills to work with the dynamic Network Engineering Team.

• Great variety of administrative tasks
• Collaborate with the wider administrative network to improve efficiencies
• Based in our Petone office close to the beach and shops

This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.

The remuneration range for this role is $62,410 to $88,109, ideally, we are looking to appoint between $65,000 to $75,000 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience

The opportunity

You will provide high quality administration support to the Manager and wider Network Engineering Team. You will be a member of the company's administration network where you will bring your strong customer service ethos and commitment to ensure the company's administrative needs are met. You will be someone who has the ability to leverage technology to help improve the overall effectiveness of the administration processes for the team.

You will get to:

• Schedule appointments and meetings, preparing and filing of documentation
• Create and manage team purchase orders and general financial administration
• Establish and maintain administration processes and procedures for the team to ensure smooth workflow
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement automation tools
• Collaborate with the wider administration network to help improve efficiencies.

About you

To be successful in this role you will bring the following:

• Proven experience and achievement in providing administrative support to managers and teams preferably within an engineering or technical environment
• Purchasing administration experience and accounts management
• Strong customer service focus with the ability to build and maintain relationships across the business
• The ability to think ahead and work out smart ways of doing things
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to work well under pressure.

Benefits

At Wellington Water, 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

Wellington Water is the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa. Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. We're a multi-council owned entity, tasked to manage the infrastructure and deliver water services to our communities.

The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Our people are passionate about providing waters services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.

Applications close on Wednesday, 6 November 2024.

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 Wellington Water Careers site, please note if you are a Wellington Water employee please apply using your work email.

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

Applicants will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand.