Mechanical Engineer

Structured learning pathways to develop you into a world class engineer
- Work on exciting projects across a diverse range of industries
- Connect with a network of over fifty like-minded Engineers

**About Caliber**

We are Caliber Design, an engineering consulting firm with a truly unique business model, providing solutions to clients across several different industries.

Our engineers work within our client's team and are based on our client's site, for the duration of the project. This offers a unique level of flexibility and collaboration for our clients and diversity in work for our engineers. Each project need will vary, but we are typically working flexibly and with hybrid working arrangements.

We work across New Zealand with offices in Auckland, Christchurch, Waikato, and Nelson providing. solutions for clients including HamiltonJet, Fabrum, Synlait, and Cavotec. have a look on our website to see some of the exciting projects we have worked on.

With over 50 engineers across New Zealand, we have a unique support system of like-minded individuals who enjoy not only sharing their knowledge but learning from each other also.

This video provides a great rundown on what it’s like working at Caliber:
**The Opportunity**

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will be working autonomously on one project for one client at a time. Based in their team for the duration of this project, you will have the opportunity to work across various industries and types of projects. You may also be involved in sales.

While you will be embedded in this organisation, you will still be connected to your Caliber colleagues with regular connections and touch points including regular team building activities and monthly drinks catch ups. You will also have regular catch ups with your technical lead to support you in your learning.

With projects lasting on average 3-6 months at a time, you will work across a diverse range of industries. You will provide your clients Mechanical Engineering advice, expertise, and support in executing their projects. Communicating well with the client and other stakeholders, working to tight deadlines and prioritising your work will be important parts of your daily work as you assist your client to ensure their project is running on time and within budget.

**About You**

To join Caliber as one our newest Mechanical Engineers, you will be a skilled engineer with a high-level written and verbal communication ability.

You will have:

- A minimum Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
- Solid commercial experience in mechanical design
- Proficient in CAD packages; particularly SOLIDWORKS and Inventor
- Well versed in FEA and calculations
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Project engineering experience is an advantage - but this is something you can develop into, while here,

**Remuneration & Benefits**

When you join Caliber as a Mechanical Engineer, you will earn an attractive hourly rate, plus overtime and KiwiSaver and other great benefits.

Benefits include:

- Participation in our structured learning & development program -you will not only be well supported in your learning journey, but our program focuses not just on technical, but a mufti-angled approach with the aim to develop you into a world-class engineer.
- Great overtime - essentially earn time and a half for every hour over 40 that you work per week, which means you can earn significantly more than market rates.
- Team Culture - work for an organisation that fosters collaboration across locations and industries.
- Health Benefits - medical, life and total and permanent disability insurance after 6 months employment as well as access to our employee assistance program.
- Flexible working arrangements.

Best of all you’ll be working for a caring, down to earth organisation and have the ability to work on a diverse range of projects.