Administrator

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
Now is an exciting time to join Watercare, we're planning to spend $14 billion over the next 10 years to ensure we can continue to support our growing city in a climate-resilient way. When you average that out, that's an investment of $3.8 million every day!
He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role
Watercare is looking for a motivated and experienced Administrator to support our team at our Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant and Southern Regional Wastewater facilities.
This role will be responsible for providing advanced administrative and technical support services that enable safe, compliant, and effective wastewater production operations. The role supports operational documentation and drawing control, asset information management, data integrity, site access governance, and cross-functional coordination across the site teams.
The key duties and responsibilities of this role will include:
- Providing advanced administrative support including diary management, travel coordination, meeting minutes, and action tracking
- Managing office operations including PPE, stationery, catering, and petty cash
- Raising and receipting purchase orders and processing invoices
- Coordinating reception, site access, and security, ensuring all visitors and contractors comply with Health & Safety requirements
- Maintaining site access systems, inductions, and key registers
- Organising training for staff and maintaining training records and skills matrices
- Supporting asset capitalisation, technical records, and document control
- Supporting drawing and engineering document control to ensure current, approved information is available for operational use
This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident administrator ready to grow their skills and take on a challenging and varied role.
Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
The successful candidate will bring:
- Proven experience providing administrative, technical, and operational support across complex operational environments, including coordination, records management, and systems support.
- A relevant qualification (Certificate level or higher) in Business Administration, Operations, Asset Management, Information Management, or a related discipline, or demonstrated equivalent practical experience.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook) and experience using document, records, or asset information management systems
- Previous experience in preparing, managing, and maintaining controlled operational and technical documentation.
- Exceptional communication skills, a great work ethic and effective time-management skills.
- Full, clean NZ Drivers Licence
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.
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