Senior Geotechnical Engineer

2 days ago

Auckland CBD, New Zealand Holmes Full time

We're looking for a talented, passionate senior geotechnical engineer to join us and contribute to some of the most exciting & challenging projects The role will focus on significant infrastructure projects, where close collaboration with our civil structural engineers will enable remarkably efficient and sustainable outcomes for our clients across the country.

For more than six decades, across New Zealand and the world, Holmes has led the engineering industry in invention, creativity and quality. We've built our reputation on the strength of our technical brilliance, ability to innovate, and our unwavering commitment to delivering engineering excellence. Holmes is a robust and resilient business with a strong balance sheet and a stable, consistent team across the country.  

Geotechnical engineering at Holmes means being creative, establishing new ways of developing foundation design and challenging current practise. We aim to be at the forefront of new developments in the geotechnical sector. Our team work on foundation design, award winning bridges, local ports and large reservoirs. Our tasks cover a vast variety of geotechnical disciplines from soft ground engineering to rock mechanics. We select the projects for in house geotechnical engineering when we feel that innovative alternative geotechnical solutions would add value to the project. Due to growth and a healthy pipeline of projects, we're looking for a talented, passionate senior geotechnical engineer to join our team.

To be considered for this role, we're ideally looking for:

  • Strong geotechnical design experience.
  • Seismic engineering experience.
  • Technically astute professionals with project delivery and relationship building skills.
  • Expertise in delivering complex geotechnical projects.
  • Motivated, creative engineers who like challenging the status quo.
  • Talented Engineers who are open minded to change and challenge.

What's in it for you?

  • Opportunity to be part of a dynamic, creative team.
  • Chance to work alongside some of New Zealand's leading engineers - people who continue to lead innovation and advancement in our country and beyond.
  • A flexible working environment. If you want to be a part of a company that values fitting work around your life, get in touch We're all for work-life balance.
  • Continual professional development and career conversations.
  • A great wellbeing programme, which includes health insurance.

If you want to be a part of a vibrant, fun culture – then Holmes is the place for you. We have something for everyone – join one of our sports teams such as touch, indoor netball, or football and partake in a wide range of social functions throughout the year like quiz evenings or our yearly Winter Ski trip. We're a friendly, relaxed team that loves getting stuck into great projects, with plenty of fun and good times along the way.

Apply now. If you'd like more information, please get in touch with Louise at

Our vision at Holmes is to be more representative of the communities we serve—and the places we live and work. Holmes people are encouraged to dream big and empowered to achieve their goals in an environment where we recognise and value diversity. Our commitment is to provide all of our great people equal support and equal opportunity to thrive, grow and develop.

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