Christchurch City Council Looking for Healthy Water Bodies Specialist at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Full Time

At Christchurch City Council we are driven by our passion for creating a better future. Help make a positive impact on our community while enjoying a rewarding career of opportunities.

The Quality&Compliance Team – 3 Waters is an influential and trusted team committed to proactively ensuring water sustainability. We are a diverse and high skilled team of professionals that live our values every day:One team, making it happen with integrity and passion.

We are looking for a Healthy Water Bodies Specialist who will work with various teams in 3 Waters and external stakeholders as well. You’ll have proven effective written and oral communication skills with strong ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the business. You’ll also have great relationship building skills and can provide analysis and recommendations to the highest levels of the Council.

You need to have practical experience using a range of current computer programmes for research and analysis, word processing, spreadsheets and databases.

You will ideally hold an undergraduate university degree in environmental science, engineering, water, resource management or equivalent and at least 10 years industry experience.

At the Quality&Compliance team we are passionate about leading a continuous improvement culture to achieve excellence in our three water systems, so we will provide you with a challenging and wide variety of projects. We’ll give you flexibility in your work day to maximise job satisfaction, and the room to create synergies with 3 water specialists who enjoy sharing their expertise and supporting your work.

It is essential you have a ‘can do’ attitude, excellent interpersonal relationship skills and that you can think outside the box.

If you’re not afraid to bring new perspectives and challenge the status quo, apply now and take the next step in your career.

To view the position description and apply visit cccjobs.co.nz and search listing number 30074

Additional Recruitment Information

Hours of work: Full-time, permanent position

Salary: To be discussed with the successful applicant

Location: Primarily based at Te Hononga Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street

Feel like you don’t meet every single requirement of the job description?

Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At the Christchurch City Council, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.