Housing And Development Lead Jobs in New Zealand

The Company

• This company is a Christchurch based consultancy who provide civil and structural engineering. They work with local government, businesses, developers and architects to provide an integrated range of services; structural engineering, civil engineering and draughting.
• They work across a large variety of sectors including commercial, residential, education, Industrial and more including some iconic, award winning projects.
• Due to high demand they have an opening for an Intermediate Civil Engineer to join their team and provide end-to-end design and project management delivery.

The Role

• Design of all civil elements and producing drawings and the basis of design reports for commercial, residential and industrial projects.
• Provide efficient and high-quality civil engineering designs in Civil 3D and all other outputs required for resource consent, building consent and construction including reporting.
• Help develop Civil 3D processes and provide mentorship in developing graduates and technicians in the Civil Engineering Team with designing projects fully in Autodesk Civil 3D.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with clients and internal project leads on the civil engineering aspects of projects
• Plan and carry out the steps required to complete individual project designs
• Understand clients, councils and other regulatory authority requirements
• Identify opportunities to save on construction costs through innovative design
• Prepare all civil engineering aspects for consenting, construction, and project design reports along with occasional construction monitoring.

About You

• 3-6 years experience with at least 1 year in NZ
• Proficient in Civil 3D software essential
• Experience in designing commercial developments beneficial
• Use of stormwater software like HEC and/or HydroCAD beneficial but not essential .
• Experience in civil design and 3D modelling
• Tertiary qualification – Bachelor’s degree (preferred)
• Working towards CPENG beneficial not essential
• Good understanding of NZ civil engineering building codes and council guidelines

The Benefits

• Above market salary
• Excellent exposure to designing and managing end to end projects including commercial and residential
• Flexible working including some home working
• Health Insurance
• Range of projects
• Excellent mentoring towards CPEng