Procurement Advisor

• Provide end to end procurement advice to drive best practice

• Join a supportive and collaborative team

• Petone based, flexible working

This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week.

The remuneration range for this role is $86,230 to $121,736 (including KiwiSaver) depending on skills and experience.

The opportunity

As Procurement Advisor, you will be responsible for providing fit for purpose end to end procurement and commercial advice and support across Wellington Water, ensuring alignment with all relevant rules, policies and guidelines to ensure probity and process integrity and enable high quality commercial outcomes.

In this role you will:

• Provide day to day procurement advice to project managers and business units

• Review and support the creation of RFx documentation using approved templates

• Manage the out to market activities including questions, clarifications, and addenda

• Coordinate and facilitate evaluation panels and document scoring outcomes accurately

• Maintain and update our tracking tool (JIRA) to ensure accurate and timely records

About you

• To be successful in this role you will bring:

• Demonstrated experience in managing end-to-end procurement processes

• Experience providing procurement advice to stakeholders

• Sound knowledge and experience in drafting or managing procurement documentation

• Strong working knowledge of procurement lifecycle best practice

• Keen attention to detail, effective time management

• Sound knowledge and experience using Microsoft MS Office and tools

Benefits

At Wellington Water, our purpose extends beyond delivering great water services for the region; we foster a thriving community, support a diverse workforce, and offer supportive development opportunities. We genuinely care about your safety and wellbeing.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangements including up to 2 days working from home

• Comprehensive wellbeing programme, including one paid wellbeing day annually

• Formal and informal professional development opportunities

• 5 weeks annual leave accrual will be available following 2 years of continual service

For a full list of our employee benefits click here.

About us

Wellington Water is the professional water services provider across Greater Wellington and South Wairarapa. Our job is to provide safe and healthy drinking water, collect and treat wastewater, and ensure the stormwater network is well managed. We’re a multi-council owned entity, tasked to manage the infrastructure and deliver water services to our communities.

The value of water (a precious taonga) sits at our organisational heart. Our people are passionate about providing waters services for our communities and environment which is reflective in our values; Tangata Tiaki, Whānau and Mana.

Applications close: Wednesday 11 March 2026

How to apply

To view a copy of the position description: click here

To apply for the role, click on the ”apply” button or visit the Wellington Water Careers site, please note if you are a Wellington Water employee please apply using your work email.

For further information, email: JoinUs@wellingtonwater.co.nz

Applicants for safety sensitive roles will be required to undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment with Wellington Water. You must also be legally entitled to work long-term in New Zealand and have an appropriate Visa.