Senior or Principal Civil Engineer

1 week ago


Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Mott MacDonald Full time

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Contract Type: Permanent

Work Pattern: Full Time

Sector: Transport

Job Ref: 2989

Mott MacDonald New Zealand has grown significantly over the past 12 months, to over 300 strong and now houses a team of experts who enjoy sharing success in delivering awesome projects such as Christchurch's Te Kaha Stadium, Seascape Tower, Auckland Airport upgrades, and numerous complex wastewater treatment plants across New Zealand.

The role, what you will do.

Our growing Christchurch team is looking for a Senior or Principal level Civil Engineer, with experience in leading the design process in a design & build environment, on major roads projects to join us in delivering exciting projects locally, but also across New Zealand and Australia.

As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, this opportunity would see you providing support and mentoring to build the capacity of junior Engineers. You will also be responsible for preparing concept and detailed civil engineering designs, producing technical and commercial specifications, drawings, and schedules on a range of projects.

You will work in close partnership with the Mott MacDonald team, the client and contractors through design phases and into construction monitoring.

It's a fantastic opportunity to progress your technical and management skills through your project work and build on-site experience, with great prospects for career progression as the business continues to grow.

About you

As a senior engineering professional, you will have extensive experience in highways design as well as sound practical knowledge of highways design standards. You'll be degree qualified in Civil Engineering with a number of years post graduate experience.
Your interest in developing and supporting others in their career journeys will establish you as a core member of the team. Using your communication and collaboration skills, you've been involved in leading design teams as well as mentoring team members and you can clearly interpret client requirements to produce engineering proposals.

Your well-developed interpersonal skills with an ability to influence and guide key stakeholders will set you up for success in your career at Mott MacDonald.

You've got this

This is a great opportunity to join a global consultancy that is growing and is pushing ahead in the local market. If you are looking for an opportunity to work in a fast-growing business with an organisation that is shaping the communities in which we live, then we would encourage you to apply for the above position and join our world class consultancy.

We offer you all the benefits that come from working in a global consultancy, including a competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, enhanced Kiwi Saver contributions, ongoing professional support, career development and a great opportunity to work on key projects. We are committed to fostering a culture that empowers our people, promotes teamwork and embraces sustainability.

If you don't tick every box in this ad, please don't rule yourself out. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, and integrity. So, if this role resonates with you, please send through your application.

Our values, culture, and benefits

We have a supportive and collaborative culture which values equality and diversity, and we take proactive steps to create an inclusive workplace. We value the diversity of our staff and are committed to creating an inclusive work culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work.

We offer a range of competitive benefits and facilities to make this a great place to be, including:

State of the art office and end of trip facilities

Agile working environment

Competitive salary and group bonus incentive scheme

Life, personal accident, and salary continuance insurance

Options to purchase additional annual leave

You've got this

This is a great opportunity to join a growing consultancy that is pushing ahead in the local market. If you are looking for an opportunity to work in a fast-growing business with an organisation that is shaping the communities in which we live, then join our world class consultancy.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.

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