# Principal Water & Wastewater Treatment Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Auckland
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

This is a senior technical opportunity within WSP's national Water and Wastewater Treatment team, suited to an experienced treatment engineer with strong technical judgement, client focus, and leadership capability.

As a Principal Water and Wastewater Treatment Engineer, you will provide expert advice across water and/or wastewater treatment projects, leading complex investigations and designs from concept through to construction. You'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams and clients, shaping high-quality outcomes while mentoring others and promoting technical excellence across the business.

The role:

- Provide senior technical leadership on water and/or wastewater treatment projects

- Lead and review investigations, feasibility studies, designs, and technical reports

- Apply sound engineering judgement across design, verification, and peer review

- Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary project teams

- Build and maintain strong client relationships, clearly communicating technical solutions

- Contribute to bids and proposals, including technical inputs and risk considerations

- Mentor and support engineers and graduates, fostering a culture of excellence

About you:

- Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical/Process, Civil, or Mechanical)

- Preferably minimum of 10-15 years' professional experience in a related discipline

- Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) or equivalent (or working towards)

- Extensive experience in water and/or wastewater treatment engineering

- Proven experience providing technical leadership and review

- Strong communication skills and a client-focused mindset

- A collaborative approach and commitment to professional standards

## Skills

### Required
- water treatment
- wastewater treatment
- engineering
- leadership
- client management

### Nice to have
- Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng)
- Bachelor of Engineering

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