Description
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects, and connect with the brightest minds in your field. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives, enabling you to do the best work of your life.
Work Group Manager - Water | Christchurch
Lead the Christchurch Water team and help shape the performance, capability, and future direction of a highly skilled group of senior water professionals and Team Leaders. This is a broad leadership opportunity combining people development, client relationships, business growth, and technical delivery across the water sector.
Alongside guiding the team and building a strong, collaborative culture, you will contribute to strategic initiatives, pursue market opportunities, and support high-quality outcomes for clients. The role also offers scope to lead projects as a Project Manager, Project Director, or Design Manager, drawing on your experience across drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater.
About you:
- A relevant tertiary qualification and preferably at least eight years of professional experience in a related discipline
- Previous experience as a Team Leader, or in a similar people leadership role, is preferred, with the confidence to guide senior technical professionals and Team Leaders through growth, change, and competing priorities
- Strong water engineering capability, with a solid appreciation of at least two of the following fields: drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater
- Sound commercial and financial acumen, supported by experience in project planning, design or project management, client engagement, proposals, and business development
- A collaborative, accountable, and decisive leadership style, combined with sound judgement, integrity, energy, and a genuine interest in developing others
- Knowledge of relevant New Zealand technical standards, legislation, codes of practice, construction, and procurement practices
- A current, clean driver licence and the flexibility to travel when required.
Benefits:
- Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact.
- Our global team includes more than 75,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.