Senior Geotechnical Engineer

2 days ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Mott MacDonald Full time

Mott Macdonald has a new opportunity for an established Senior Geotechnical Engineer or Engineering Geologist to be based in Central Auckland. Your focus will be on ANZ projects, but you will also support other offices globally by providing internal support services related to tunnelling, foundations, retaining structures and slopes and interpretations on civil infrastructure projects.
Where required you will prepare specifications and reports and carry out site inspections as well as attend client meetings and manage the client interface on progressively larger and more complex projects. We recognise the importance of career development and will ensure that you will be mentored and supported as you develop with us.
In this varied role, your day to day activities will include:

- Working with internal and external clients as a member of the geotechnical team
- Assisting in scoping geotechnical aspects of projects
- Supervision of drafting personnel
- Site inspections and reporting
- Field monitoring and data assessment
- Advising our internal professionals in our roads, tunnel, aviation, water and structural engineering groups
- Assisting as a team member on geotechnical related projects
- Preparation of reports and specifications

You will be a degree qualified Civil Engineer, Geotechnical Engineer or Engineering Geologist.
This role suits someone with several years post graduate experience, who is looking to develop alongside a team of high performing geotechnical professionals.
In addition to the above, you will have:

- Experience in ground characterisation
- Experience in seismic assessments and design
- Experience in geotechnical design
- Experience in project management
- Appreciation of engineering risk
- An understanding of commercial risk
- Preparedness to innovate and think outside the square
- Ongoing development of professional skills

You will be working on significant projects that shape the communities in which we live. You will build connections with our local and international experts and bring this knowledge to our clients and to their projects. We adopt a pioneering mindset to meet our challenges head on.
There’s no time like the present to make a change.

Job Profile
- Mott MacDonald NZ is a dynamic and innovative engineering, management and development consultancy working with high profile clients across New Zealand. We are wholly independent, employee-owned company with strong local leadership and autonomy.
We have a supportive and collaborative culture which values equality and diversity, and we take proactive steps to create an inclusive workplace.
Our successes over the past years have seen us take significant roles on a range of NZ landmark and country shaping projects including:

- Lake Onslow NZ Battery project
- Canterbury Multi-Use Arena
- Auckland Airport's new Domestic Terminal
- Auckland City Rail Link
- Rosedale WWTP expansion
- Seascape Residential Tower, Auckland (tallest occupied tower under construction)
- Milldale and Drury South development projects

Other Information
- 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.
Agile working
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.
More about Mott MacDonald
We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence



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