Senior Construction Engineer

Start-up, dynamic and high growth culture with the stability of big company backing
- Be part of the growth and help shape and mould BG&E while advancing your career
- Career progression tailored to individuals’ goals supported by a global team of experts

**About BG&E**

BG&E is an employee-owned engineering consultancy with more than half a century of experience. United by a common purpose - we believe that truly great engineering takes curiosity, bravery and trust, and is the key to creating extraordinary built environments.

Our offering is underpinned through the utilisation of BG&E’s extensive local knowledge, leveraging off our diverse proficiency in concrete, structural steel, masonry, and timber structures.

Working with us provides you with variety. We work alongside a diverse range of clients, from private asset owners, contractors, and state government agencies.

At BG&E, we live our values every day: to demonstrate care and integrity, strive to pursue excellence, and, serve as one team, that is ‘The BG&E Way’. We empower our people to be empathic, high-performing and creative, and contribute to communities.

**The Role**:
Based with our highly supportive and professional Auckland team this senior role will be working in collaboration with other principal and senior level engineers and be responsible for delivering solutions across a wide variety of engineering projects.

Primarily technical in nature, the role will be a key component for the future growth and help shape and mould BG&E NZ while advancing your career in a supportive environment

This role will include some project management and business development functions as required as well as providing opportunities to progress over time into a more senior role within the business

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Preparation of concept and schematic designs for a variety of building structures
- Undertaking detailed analysis, design computations and running complex models and constructability reviews
- Preparation of sketches and technical reports
- Peer review of detailed calculations, technical reports, and design concepts.
- Co-ordination of designs with other project team consultants, Architects, and clients.
- Participation in internal design team meetings and in external meetings with the client and other consultants
- Visits to construction and project sites to perform site inspections and to provide observation reports and supporting engineering advice
- Guide and liaise with design teams of engineers and drafters to ensure project objectives are being achieved.
- Identifying opportunities for follow on work, developing proposals and bids on small to medium scale projects and supporting bids and proposal development on large scale projects
- Provide a mentoring role to junior engineers in their professional development.

**About You**:

- Relevant engineering qualifications and be a Chartered Engineer or already working towards chartership
- At least 5 years experience with a strong NZ codes knowledge and sound understanding of New Zealand construction methodology and engineering principles
- Client liaison experience
- Capability to perform planning, concept and detailed design

**Life at BG&E**
- Flexible working arrangements to help achieve real work life balance
- Health and wellbeing support via a confidential Employee Assistance Program
- Competitive remuneration, compensation, and Paternal Leave
- On-the-job coaching to help you be the best you can be, including leveraging BG&E’s global network of experts to help you realise your professional development goals
- Learning and development initiatives - Professional Memberships

**Wellbeing and Safety**

BG&E provides collaborative working environments, which supports the safety and wellbeing of all employees and stakeholders. As an organisation, we strive to continually mitigate risks, and to improve our safety systems and performance.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

**Sustainability