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24 July 2026
Coast Waters looks for Chief Executive
The search is underway for a Chief Executive for the new joint West Coast council-controlled organisation for Local Water Done Well - Coast Waters Ltd.
Coast Waters has been established as an independently governed organisation by the Buller, Grey and Westland District Councils to deliver drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services across the West Coast.
New board members Chair Darin Cusack, James Ryan and Onno Mulder this week approved the start of a nationwide search for a Chief Executive.
The founding Chief Executive will build Coast Waters from the ground up - integrating teams, systems and assets from three councils into a single high-performing organisation while maintaining uninterrupted service delivery throughout the transition, Mr Cusack says.
“The Board is looking for a leader who is as comfortable building something from scratch as they are running it once it is built. This is an establishment and performance role, not a maintenance role, responsible for providing strategic leadership and management of the organisation through the current establishment phase to steady-state operations and beyond,” he says.
The job description and details are available on the Sheffield website and applications close on Sunday 9 August.
