Franklin Water

31/03/2026

🚨 WE’RE HIRING | Water Treatment Service Technician 🚨

Join the team at Franklin Water and be part of a growing business delivering smarter, cleaner water solutions across the North Island 💧

We’re looking for a hands-on, motivated technician with 3+ years’ water treatment experience to help maintain and repair pumps, filtration systems, UV units, chemical dosing systems, and more across industrial and municipal sites.

✅ Full-time
✅ Company vehicle + fuel provided
✅ Work phone + safety gear
✅ Training courses covered
✅ Competitive salary
✅ North Island site travel + occasional overnight stays

Ideal for someone with experience in water treatment, electrical work, PLC systems, control valves, or pipe fittings.

📍 Monday–Friday | Some overtime + one Saturday per month

If this sounds like you, send your CV to [email protected] or tag someone who’d be perfect for the role 👇

22/12/2025

Small water supply plant put in for a happy new client,
All came together quickly as an urgent / emergency supply.

18/12/2025

Recent works installing a DI plant for an Aluminium factory.
Great results were achieved, we’re all happy with the final product.

20/11/2025

Getting it done even in the rain ☔️

10/11/2025

WE ARE HIRING!!

Opportunity: Water Treatment Service Technician
Company: Franklin Water
Department/Team: Maintenance and Operations
Justification for New Hire: Company Growth

About Franklin Water: At Franklin Water, we’re passionate about delivering smarter, cleaner water solutions across the North Island. As specialists in industrial, commercial, and municipal water treatment, we take pride in combining technical expertise with practical, real-world problem-solving.

We’re a small, close-knit team that values collaboration, initiative, and a great sense of humour. We believe in doing exceptional work and still having time to enjoy life outside of it.

If you’re looking for a workplace where your skills are valued, your ideas are heard, and your career can grow, Franklin Water is the place for you.

Job Responsibilities: We’re on the lookout for a motivated Treatment Technician to join our team. In this hands-on role, you’ll be responsible for maintaining and repairing a range of water treatment equipment; including pumps, filtration systems, UV units, chemical dosing systems, and other mechanical components.

You’ll play a vital role in ensuring our treatment systems run smoothly and efficiently, while working across a variety of industrial and municipal sites throughout the North Island.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys variety in their work, takes pride in technical excellence, and wants to be part of a company that genuinely values its people.

Minimum Qualifications: Full driver's license, preferably with a clean record.
Ability to lift 25kg; physically fit.
Electrical ticket and experience (preferred).
Experience with PLC systems and/or Control Valves.
Water Treatment Service Experience (3 years minimum).
Pipe Fittings Skills (Preferred).
Bonus points for a heavy machinery license.

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Overtime as required.
Must be available to work one Saturday per month minimum.

Position Type: Full-Time

Ideal Start Date: January 2026.

Pay and Benefits: Competitive salary depending on experience.
Company-provided work phone and vehicle.
Maintenance and fuel for the vehicle supplied.
Safety gear provided.
Training courses covered.

Additional Requirement/ Information: Must have a valid working permit with no restrictions in New Zealand.
Site Travel and over night stays will be required.

How to Apply: If you are a motivated and skilled individual with the required qualifications and experience, please send your resume to [email protected].

We look forward to welcoming a new member to our team!

Franklin Water is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.

21/10/2025

💧 Franklin Water has been keeping communities and industries flowing for over 25 years — and they’re just getting started! Founded by Chris Wrigley and now led by Managing Director Zac McFarlane, Franklin Water combines decades of expertise with fresh energy. After merging with sister company Pure Hydration in 2023, the business continues to deliver top-tier water treatment solutions across New Zealand.🇳🇿
From community water supplies and hospitals 🏥 to food, beverage, and manufacturing plants 🏭 — if it needs clean, safe water, Franklin Water makes it happen. Their team designs, builds, and maintains treatment systems that meet the highest standards, ensuring every drop is safe and sustainable. 🌊
What many people don’t realise is just how much depends on clean water — from baby formula 🍼 and dairy processing 🧀 to pharmaceuticals 💊, cosmetics 💅, and even timber and wine production 🍷. Water runs through everything we eat, drink, make, and build. Franklin Water makes sure it’s pure, reliable, and ready for use wherever it’s needed.
It’s not just business for Franklin Water — it’s about people, communities, and the lifeblood of everything we do: water. 💙
👍 Like this post if you value clean water. 💬 Comment to shout out local legends keeping our taps running. 🔁 Share to spread the word about Pukekohe’s very own Franklin Water!

06/10/2025

The NEW Easy-iQ Autotrol Valves are in!!!

Want to update your old styled Autotrol valve, have a look at the new range below.

Franklin Water

06/10/2025

First Easy-iQ 278 Autotrol Valve in NZ getting updated at Tiptop.
Plant refit for a boiler upgrade with Windsor.

02/09/2025

New set up for Oceans Resort in Tutukaka.
Zeolite, TAWS, twin pass Reverse osmosis through to a High Output Validated UV reactor.
Happy hotel.

02/08/2025

Tackling this DMI65 plant for iron and Managese removal, prior to a demineralisation plant for a boiler feed supply. Great to get out into the Taupo district for this one!