Digital Engineer - Civil

Auckland Airport; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Auckland Airport is seeking a Digital Engineer to manage reality capture programs for civil assets and ensure BIM, GIS, and asset information are accurate and up-to-date across the project lifecycle.

You will lead data processing, model maintenance, and collaboration with the GIS team to ensure data consistency between BIM and GIS systems, reporting to the Spatial Information Manager and enabling smooth handover to operational systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years working experience within large scale and complex infrastructure projects.
• Deep understanding of model production using BIM tools and BIM management.
• Experience working with laser scan data.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to coordinate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience working in an open BIM environment.
• Understanding of IFC data structure and exchange processes.

Responsibilities

• Be a primary point of contact for civil infrastructure information requests from internal spatial requests and external consultants/contractors.
• Maintain and update Building Information Models and databases for airport assets (Airfield, Underground Utilities, Roads).
• Align civil infrastructure data with Auckland Airport's digital delivery requirements for operational handover.
• Perform field data collection with 3D laser scanners across project types.
• Create detailed 3D models to support planning, design, and construction phases for stakeholders.
• Process point cloud and imagery data including registration, cleaning, feature extraction, and file management.
• Manage scanning hardware/software to keep them in good condition and updated.
• Provide guidance and training to contractors/consultants on digital delivery processes and tools.

Skills

Communication skills

Open BIM experience

IFC data exchange knowledge

Tools

Civil 3D

InfraWorks

Revit

OpenRoads

Archicad

3D laser scanners

Job description

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Auckland Airport stands proudly as the gateway to Aotearoa, welcoming travellers beginning their journeys, farewelling Kiwis to new destinations, connecting businesses and workers to new opportunities, and celebrating partners and investors who back us along the way. We have ambitions to be a global hub and a comprehensive development programme to deliver this vision.

The Digital Engineer role will be responsible for civil infrastructure projects across the airport, ensuring that BIM models, spatial data, and asset information are produced to the required standards throughout the project lifecycle. You will be leading the continual development of accurate and reliable records of civil infrastructure, to ensure information about critical built assets is readily available and trustworthy, to enable the business to make informed decisions.

About the role

The role will manage reality capture programmes for civil assets, including the planning, coordination, and processing of scan and photogrammetry data. Also closely collaborating with the GIS team ensuring consistency of data between BIM and GIS systems. You will report to the Spatial Information Manager to implement digital delivery frameworks and support the handover of accurate building asset data into operational systems, including a campus wide BIM model and GIS database.

Some of your key responsibilities will be:

• Be a primary point of contact for civil infrastructure related information requests that come via internal spatial requests, and RFI's from external consultants and contractors
• Maintain and update Building Information Models and databases with accurate, and current information related to airport assets (i.e. Airfield, Underground Utilities, Roads, etc.) to reflect changes driven by the capital investment program
• Align civil infrastructure record information with Auckland Airport's digital delivery requirements, as per the AKL Asset Information Delivery Manual, ensuring data is correctly classified, attributed, and ready for operational handover
• Perform field data collection with a variety of 3D laser scanners, on a range of project types
• Create detailed 3D models to support planning, design, and construction phases, ensuring stakeholders have clear visual representations of project impacts and progress
• Process points cloud and imagery data, including registration, cleaning, feature extraction, and file management
• Manage scanning hardware and software to ensure they are kept in good condition and updated
• Provide guidance and training to contractors and consultants on digital delivery processes and tools

What you'll bring to the role

At Auckland Airport, we are a busy hive of activity, and a lot of what we look for is how you would align with our values Respectful, Collaborative, We Care, Integrity and Exceptional.

To ensure your success in this role, you will need:

• Minimum of 8+ years working experience within large scale and complex infrastructure projects
• Proven experience within large infrastructure or capital works programs
• Deep understanding of model production using a range of BIM Authoring tools and Building Services BIM Management (i.e. Civil 3D, Infraworks, Revit, Open Roads, Archicad, etc.)
• Experience of working with laser scan data
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to coordinate across multidisciplinary teams
• Experience working in an open BIM environment
• Understanding of IFC data structure and exchange processes

About us

Auckland Airport is more than just a business. It's a truly unique place with an important role to play in New Zealand's recovery. Together we're its custodians, knowing that the work we do has the power to create positive change for our customers, the community, the environment and for the prosperity of Aotearoa. We're all about creating a sense of place where everyone can thrive, and one where others aspire to work. We're a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome people from all walks of life.