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
As a Data Engineer at Watercare, you will design, build, and maintain data solutions that enable highquality insights across the organisation. You’ll work collaboratively within the Data & Analytics team to support Watercare’s data platforms, ensuring they operate efficiently, securely, and at scale.
In this hands on technical role, you will:
Build, integrate and maintain data pipelines, warehouses, and ingestion processes.
Evaluate and cleanse datasets to support accurate reporting and analytics.
Support the delivery of data models, frameworks, and governance practices.
Enhance data collection procedures and monitor performance of data infrastructure.
Work closely with business owners to understand data needs, ensuring high quality and secure data delivery.
Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
You’re a collaborative problem solver with a passion for data engineering, modern cloud technologies, and optimised data ecosystems.
You’ll thrive if you:
Enjoy solving data challenges in agile, cross functional teams.
Demonstrate strong communication skills and can convey technical concepts to varied audiences.
Are motivated by continuous improvement and enjoy working at pace.
Have a “can do” mindset and take pride in high quality delivery.
To be considered for this role you will:
Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline.
5+ years’ experience with ETL tools (e.g., Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue).
Advanced SQL skills and experience with dbt, Snowflake, Snowpark or similar.
Strong scripting skills in SQL and Python.
3+ years working on cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks).
Desirable
Experience with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
Experience working with data lakes and modern data architectures.
Agile delivery experience.
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.


