Digital Water Engineering Lead for Projects

Advanced Personnel Limited

Wellington

On-site

NZD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Job summary

WSP NZ is seeking a Digital Engineering Lead to advance water project delivery, combining hands-on delivery with national influence over modelling standards and digital practices. You will lead the adoption of best practice BIM and digital engineering tools while supporting project teams to deliver high-quality outcomes for clients.

The role requires leading digital transformation, strong stakeholder engagement, and a passion for continuous improvement, with a tertiary engineering qualification

Qualifications

  • Extensive digital engineering experience in infrastructure or water projects.
  • Experience leading digital delivery standards, workflows and quality practices across teams.
  • Hands-on contributor to project delivery while coaching others.
  • Experience supporting digital transformation initiatives within engineering environments.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement at project and leadership levels.
  • Passion for innovation and continuous improvement in digital delivery.
  • Tertiary qualification in Engineering or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead digital delivery across water projects, contributing to modelling, design and technical outputs.
  • Establish and embed consistent modelling standards, workflows and quality frameworks.
  • Advise Water Leadership Team on digital engineering practices.
  • Drive improvements in tools, systems and processes for better delivery.
  • Coach project teams nationwide to uplift capability.
  • Support adoption of ISO 19650‑aligned practices.
  • Contribute to strategic direction for digital engineering in water sector.
  • Enhance client outcomes through high-quality, reliable digital delivery.

Skills

Digital delivery leadership
Civil 3D
Plant 3D
Stakeholder engagement
Project delivery
Coaching

Education

Tertiary Engineering qualification

Tools

BIM
ISO 19650

Job description

WSP NZ is seeking a Digital Engineering Lead to advance water project delivery, combining hands-on delivery with national influence over modelling standards and digital practices. You will lead the adoption of best practice BIM and digital engineering tools while supporting project teams to deliver high-quality outcomes for clients.

The role requires leading digital transformation, strong stakeholder engagement, and a passion for continuous improvement, with a tertiary engineering qualification

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