Design Technician- Northern Transport

1 week ago

Hamilton, New Zealand GHD Full time

Join a global professional services leader.

We are committed to solving the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of water, transport and urbanisation.

Our Northern Transport team is currently seeking an experienced Design Technician that will provide civil/transportation drafting and design solutions for our internal and external clients.

**Key responsibilities will include**:

- Drafting and design in AutoCAD with mínimal guidance, calculations to justify those designs, preparation of design drawings and quantities for civil and transport related projects and associated facilities.
- Liaison with service authorities
- Assist with the prepare technical reports on projects
- Keeping abreast of client and authority standards.

**General**:

- Detailing (and design as and when required) of drawings in AutoCAD using office drafting standards
- Design engineering tasks using 12D or MX, Excel, Word, or other similar design packages
- Work in accordance to the GHD design and drafting standards
- Design of transport, land development, water and sewer reticulation to NZ Transport Agency, Council and other client standards
- Bill of quantities/cost estimates of project to office and project standards
- Ensuring all designs are checked as per GHD’s Quality systems and procedures before submitting to clients
- Organising and checking survey data received and merging into associated design packages
- Coordination of design work with other disciplines in GHD
- Importing/exporting data between software packages in different file formats
- Supplying set out information to the surveyor/contractor for the construction of projects
- Engineering calculations
- Write simple customisation for CAD
- Scanning, digitizing and calibration of plans and mapping
- Knowledge - Keep knowledge and competencies current, guide staff and contribute to GHD Global Knowledge Base
- Quality Assurance - Preparation of high quality reports, correspondence and other deliverables.

**What you will bring to the team**:

- Diploma in Civil Engineering or other relevant qualification
- At least 5 years experience in a consulting or similar environment
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Sound working knowledge and use of AutoCAD
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office including; Excel and Word
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Excellent people skills.

**What's in it for you**:

- 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
- Competitive remuneration
- Flexible working arrangements for work-life balance
- Opportunities to learn from our industry experts and technical gurus across APAC.
- A highly supportive and collaborative team environment
- 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.**

We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

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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.

Our Commitment to you

**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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