About us

The Infrastructure & Property group delivers the core services that rate payers expect (and government mandates). These include roading, water services, parks and reserves, solid waste, emergency management, and the management of property holdings.

The Asset Management Team is responsible for ensuring the success of Council's roading and transport activities across the district through their broad view and robust planning programmes.

About the role

As a senior member of the asset management team, you will use your road engineering expertise and asset management skills to drive continuous improvement in maintenance, operations, renewal, improvement, and vesting of council's transportation assets to ensure quality and efficiency.

You will support the operational delivery team in their managing the roading maintenance, operations and renewal contract; support capital works and development engineering teams in managing roading work done by third parties to ensure build quality, consistent data capture, and efficiency in delivery scheduling; and provide technical advice relating to planning, resource consents and land use activities in Selwyn.

This is a role that brings the desires of the community, long term management of infrastructure growth demands and operational challenges together. The principal asset engineer works closely with the transportation delivery teams and development engineering team to plan for and monitor progress across the Transportation Activity.

About you

To be successful in this role you will need to have a passion in using your technical expertise, data and evidence to drive continuous improvement in processes. Our successful candidate will have the following:

• 10+ years of work experience in roading asset management, asset information management, or construction/delivery supervision
• Tertiary training in road engineering or related fields
• A broad understanding of the principles of asset management, development of maintenance management plans and road maintenance contract management
• Advanced knowledge of RAMM suite of software, including the work management module
• A passion for data analysis and developing decision support tools
• Effective communication skills, ability to coach and train others
• Sound commercial understanding and acumen
• Proven ability to manage multifaceted NZTA/contractor/service provider/Council Teams relationships and develop effective working relationships

What we can offer

For several years Selwyn has been experiencing rapid and sustained economic and population growth. With this growth comes a vibrant community, fantastic facilities and exciting career opportunities!

This role is based at our Rolleston Head Offices. There's ample parking nearby, flexible working options and a great range of benefits for permanent staff including:

• Great work-life balance with the flexibility to work in with your commitments
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing and volunteer leave
• Free parking
• Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Discounts with local and national businesses
• Career coaching and development

Our values are important to all of us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together. Make it Happen for Selwyn.

Selwyn District Council honours Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

If you are driven to join a fun and vibrant team and do an exceptional job which contributes meaningfully to the lives of people in Selwyn, we'd love to hear from you.