💼 Full-Time Position

Team Leader - Rivers and Coastal Structures

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SOLGM
📍 Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
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Location
Nelson, New Zealand
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Posted
April 09, 2026
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Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

  • Bring your technical expertise in river works and flood protection
  • Variety of hands on field work, balanced with policy and strategic focus
  • Salary plus Benefits (including health insurance, extra super, birthday leave, flexible/hybrid work, extra leave, cash payments).
    • The Challenge:

    In this role you'll be guiding a team of river engineers and engineering officers, developing and managing a work programme in our maintained river networks.

    You'll maintain close working relationships with our stormwater, roading, environmental science, hazards and hydrology teams as well as actively engage with our iwi partners, stakeholders and landowner representatives.

    There is plenty of variety - one day you will be out on the rivers, working with our operations contractor and speaking with members of the community and the next you could be in the office leading the Rivers and Coastal Structures team, wor...