Senior Track Engineer

Joining Arup
Arup's purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

As a Senior Track Engineer, you will lead the delivery of complex and high-profile rail projects across New Zealand, acting as a key technical expert in track design and construction. You'll provide technical leadership to both local and global teams, ensuring innovative and high-quality outcomes throughout all project phases. You'll also play a pivotal role in winning new work—driving proposals, building client relationships, and supporting business growth in the rail infrastructure sector.

The Opportunity

• Lead geometric and structural track design activities across multidisciplinary brownfield and greenfield rail projects.
• Manage project delivery, including schedules, budgets, and team performance, ensuring compliance with quality standards.
• Provide technical expertise and design leadership from concept to construction, mentoring and developing junior engineers.
• Represent the team in meetings and stakeholder discussions, communicating design solutions and resolving technical challenges.
• Drive work-winning initiatives including scoping, proposal preparation, tender submissions, and client engagement.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

• A Bachelor of Engineering (Washington Accord) and CPEng registration with 10+ years of relevant rail infrastructure experience.
• Proven expertise in track alignment design and 3D modelling using Bentley Power Rail Track, OpenRail Designer, and MicroStation.
• Strong understanding of rail systems, track design principles, and interface management across civil, systems, and construction disciplines.
• Excellent leadership, mentoring, and communication skills with the ability to influence multidisciplinary teams.
• A proactive, client-focused mindset and a drive to deliver innovative, high-quality, and commercially successful outcomes.

What We Offer You
At Arup, we care about each member's success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair, and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup's legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling eligible members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

Explore the perks of a career with Arup New Zealand:

• Hybrid working policy and flexible working hours.
• Paid parental leave for the primary carer of 16 weeks or 32 weeks at half pay and as well as generous unpaid leave benefits.
• Paid parental leave for the support carer of 2 weeks plus the opportunity to access extra paid and unpaid leave if you later become the primary carer.
• Birthday leave
• Ability to purchase additional leave of up to 20 days for permanent employees.
• International mobility opportunities
• Insurances (life, travel & income protection)
• Interest free bicycle loans
• Free & confidential counselling sessions

Different people, shared values
Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

Our Application Process
Please apply directly through our applicant tracking system. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Talent Acquisition to discuss next steps. Stay safe online – Arup will never ask for your bank details as part of our recruitment process.

Arup does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.