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Technical Director

1 month ago

Christchurch, New Zealand GHD Full time

**Work location - Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga, Hastings, Palmerston North, Gisborne, New Plymouth, or Dunedin are preferred.**

GHD New Zealand’s Geotechnical team is looking for an innovative and experienced **Technical Director **to lead and assist with **geotechnical **projects. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of interesting and challenging projects, whilst being empowered to deliver engineering solutions that go above and beyond the business-as-usual. We are seeking people who proactive and collaborative, who have a team-first attitude and a strong technical foundation which can be applied to a broad range of sectors and projects.

**In response to growth in our business, we are currently seeking a Technical Director to join our Geotechnical team. This exciting position has great variety and could see you involved in**:

- Leading and assisting technical team on a diverse range of projects, with responsibility for delivering strong technical outcomes, and managing budgets and resources
- Preparation and review of proposals and technical reports
- Maintaining client contact and identifying project opportunities.
- Building effective, trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders.
- Identifying project risks and risk management.
- Mentoring and development of junior team members.

**What would you bring to the team?**
- BE Civil or related qualification, preferably chartered in New Zealand (CPEng and/or PEngGeol) or on pathway.
- 15 plus years consultancy experience and industry experience.
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office suite and geotechnical analysis programs, ideally including finite element modelling.
- Maintaining client contact and identifying project opportunities.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with clients and stakeholders.
- Well-developed project and time management experience, including established project management responsibilities with the ability to work independently.
- Accomplished written and verbal communication skills.

**What's in it for you?**
- Work in a highly collaborative and supportive national team environment in an employee-owned business. Our NZ geotechnical group is well connected to our international team of geotechnical engineers, geologists, engineering geologists, dams and tunnelling professionals. We’re also closely linked to GHD’s other service lines.
- Health insurances paid for by GHD (life, trauma and income protection)
- Up to 20 days extra leave with our holiday buy-back scheme
- Daily interaction with high performing teams
- Professional development and ongoing training
- Mentoring
- Competitive remuneration
- Flexible working arrangements for work-life balance
- Opportunities to learn from our industry experts and technical gurus across APAC.
- We will set you up for success with the latest hardware, tools and tech

**Ki GHD, ka ākina te kaimahi e mātou kia tutuki ōna ake moemoeā. Nā te mea, ko te kaha o te tangata te tuarā o te pakihi. Nā reira, he hiahia nō mātou ki te whiwhi kaimahi nō ngā ahurea tuakiri maha, nō whenua rerekē, tane mai, wahine mai.**

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**Why GHD?**

Being the best we can be is in our culture.
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

**Our commitment to you**

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

**Who we**
**are**

We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly ‘One GHD’ across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.

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