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Drainage is a good trade: genuinely needed, hard to automate, and you finish the day having definitely fixed something. We are usually interested in hearing from good people.
Careers
Drainage is a good trade: genuinely needed, hard to automate, and you finish the day having definitely fixed something. We are usually interested in hearing from good people.
It is outdoor work, often in the rain, sometimes in genuinely unpleasant conditions, and occasionally at 2am. We are not going to pretend otherwise. In return it is a trade that pays properly, cannot be offshored, and has a clear licensing pathway from apprentice to certifying drainlayer.
The part we care most about is the bit that is not technical. We ask everyone to give the customer a price before starting, to show them the camera screen rather than just describing it, and to say plainly when a job is not ours to do or does not need doing at all. If that sounds like an obstacle to earning, this is probably not the right place.
We do not always have every one of these open, but we always read applications and we keep good ones on file.
Full-time · Auckland-wide
Clearing blockages, running the jetter, operating the drain camera and making the on-site call about what a drain needs. You will be dealing with customers directly, often when they are stressed, so being able to explain things plainly matters as much as the technical side.
Full-time · Auckland-wide
Carrying out and supervising restricted drainage work — repairs, alterations, new laterals and relining — and certifying compliance with the Building Code. You would also be supervising apprentices.
Full-time or contract · Auckland-wide
Running drain cameras, locating faults, and producing reports customers can actually act on. The skill here is interpretation — telling a root mass from a fat build-up, a joint displacement from a fracture, and judging whether a section is a relining candidate.
Full-time · Auckland-wide
A proper apprenticeship, not fetching tools for two years. You will be on the tools from early on, working towards PGDB registration with structured supervision and time released for training.
Full-time · Auckland
Answering the phone, triaging what is an emergency and what can wait, and making sure the van that turns up has the right gear on it. A huge amount of whether a job goes well is decided in this role before anyone leaves the yard.
Email contact@blockeddrainsauckland.co.nz with the role in the subject line, a CV or just a plain summary of what you have done, and your PGDB registration number if you have one. A short note about why you want this job specifically goes a long way — we read those.
We reply to every application, including the unsuccessful ones. If you have not heard back within two weeks, chase us.
If you are considering drainlaying as a career and want to understand the licensing pathway before you commit, the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board sets out the registration classes and requirements. Happy to talk it through with anyone genuinely weighing it up, whether or not you end up applying to us.
We hire on capability and attitude. Drainage has historically not been a diverse trade and we would rather that changed. If you can do the job, or can learn it, we want to hear from you.
Send us a note even if nothing above is advertised right now. Good drainage people are hard to find and we would rather know you exist.