Start Date: April 27, 2026
Hours Per Week: 40.00
- Structured training on both essential and technical skills incorporating experiential learning
- Wide range of exposure to the industrial water treatment industry
- Real and meaningful employment
Veolia Water Technologies is aiming to identify a suitable Graduate Chemical or Process Engineer to join our team on the ground in New Zealand. The expectation is the role will be based in the North Island of NZ to support the Water Technologies business units that operate mainly in Taranaki, Waikato and Auckland.
Veolia will aim to develop the motivated individual to think outside the box, share new ideas, take on new challenges, and help Veolia continuously evolve into leaders of the resource industry. Being part of our graduate program is the ideal opportunity for someone who is looking for a challenging yet rewarding experience and wants to take a leap into a global organisation following the completion of their university studies.
What’s on offer?
● Opportunities to work on cutting edge technology across a variety of water plants including membrane bioreactors, membrane filtration plants, membrane aerated biofilm reactors, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis EDI, Actifo, disc filters, chemical feed systems and other water and wastewater purification applications.
● Collaborative team culture supporting our operational teams.
● Strong career growth opportunities within our growing Veolia team.
● A safe and rewarding work environment.
● The role will include a portion of time working from home.
● A reasonable level of travel will be required, vehicle/travel reimbursement will be provided for this purpose.
How will the Graduate Role Work?
As a Veolia graduate, you will be offered a unique and robust learning experience. The graduate role will challenge and enrich your learning to develop your skills, knowledge, and confidence. It is our commitment to developing talented employees through:
● Structured training on both essential and technical skills
● Networking opportunities
● Mentoring
● Coaching
● Experiential learning
● Real and meaningful employment
The graduate role is designed following the principles of our learning and development culture and combines on the job learning, learning through others and formal learning opportunities. We have established five key pillars to help you succeed in your graduate journey:
Essential Skills Training + Core Technical Training + Role Specific Training + Focused Role + Support Network
Service Engineer
Typical Responsibilities
The role will be responsible for working collaboratively with the New Zealand Team and have Service responsibilities including, process design optimization and troubleshooting, operation, maintenance of water treatment systems and process equipment of existing sites. In addition, the successful candidate will support the bid cycle of new opportunities, installation, commissioning of new projects and products.
● Develop/maintain relationships with key partners and clients.
● Assisting the Chemical Solutions and Monitoring team with long term field service activities
and supporting account management of existing business.
● Perform service duties at existing customer sites and work with the account manager to ensure customer satisfaction.
● Perform water analysis and/or collect samples for laboratory analysis.
● Calibrate chemical feed pumps, controllers and instruments and troubleshoot and repair as required.
● Perform preventative maintenance on chemical feed pumps, controllers and instrumentation.
● Maintains site logs and records on performance monitoring data.
● Maintains inventory of chemicals and spares as required.
● Assisting the Engineering and Procurement Projects team with product selection and design, throughout the bid and project cycle
Provide advice and recommendations upon examination of treatability and optimized process design options for new/existing product opportunities.
Participate in technical reviews within the design review team to ensure design optimization/value.
● Assist in preparing Process Descriptions, mass balance, equipment sizing for product opportunities.
● Assist with timely preparation of control narrative, engineering drawings (PFDs, PIDs Hydraulic Profile, Layout etc.), as required.
● Provide process support and expertise during start-up, commissioning proof of performance test and operator training, as required.
● Technical training and presentations to clients as required.
What you’ll need to be successful
● Chemical, Environmental, or Chemistry Degree in Science or Engineering.
● An attitude of being in the field and enjoying field work coupled with hands-on work.
● A high degree of computer literacy and ability to work on Google Workspace would be an added advantage.
● Excellent organisational and time management skills.
● Strong communication and interpersonal capabilities.
● Openness to travel independently.
● Independent self-starter.
● Experience with online water monitoring instrumentation and chemical dosing systems would be looked at favourably.
Employer: Veolia
Date Posted: Apr 14, 2026
Date Expires: May 14, 2026
