Engineering Integration Manager – Port Infrastructure at Humankind Kinderopvang en -ontwikkeling

Humankind Kinderopvang en -ontwikkeling; Wellington; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Humankind Kinderopvang en -ontwikkeling seeks an Engineering Integration Manager to lead the port infrastructure integration for a major NZ programme. This full-time, on-site role in Wellington requires broad engineering leadership across marine, civil, structural, mechanical and electrical domains.

You will govern interfaces, manage risks, align with delivery partners and drive handover to operations with robust documentation and approval processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) is essential.
• CPEng or eligibility highly desirable.
• 10+ years of delivering large, multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Experience across engineering consultancies and Tier 1 builders.
• Proven experience in transport, maritime or heavy infrastructure projects.
• Strong systems integration and cross‑organisational coordination.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead programme-wide engineering integration requirements and information standards.
• Maintain visibility of engineering risks, dependencies and constraints.
• Provide whole-system oversight across marine, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical interfaces.
• Define interface ownership, evidence requirements, escalation routes and closure criteria.
• Facilitate cross-party information dependencies and technical decisions.
• Lead engineering change and configuration management through delivery.
• Support governance, testing, handover and operational readiness.
• Prepare monthly dashboards on design maturity and risks.
• Ensure timely handover to operations and readiness of manuals.

Skills

Systems thinking

Engineering leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)

CPEng eligibility

Job description

Engineering Integration Manager – Port Infrastructure at Humankind Kinderopvang en -ontwikkeling in Wellington City, N, NZ.

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

Ferry Holdings Limited (FHL) is delivering one of New Zealand’s most significant transport infrastructure programmes — replacing the Cook Strait ferries and developing the port infrastructure required to support reliable, rail‑enabled inter‑island connections for decades to come. Established in 2025, FHL is a Crown‑owned Schedule 4A company leading the commercial negotiations, technical planning and delivery partner coordination required to bring new ferries and associated infrastructure into service by 2029. We’re a small, agile organisation bringing together specialist expertise to deliver a complex, high‑profile programme critical to New Zealand’s economic resilience and future transport sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead programme‑wide engineering integration requirements, processes and information standards.
• Maintain visibility of engineering risks, dependencies and Entry into Service constraints.
• Provide whole‑of‑system oversight across marine, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and operational interfaces.
• Define and govern interface ownership, evidence requirements, escalation routes and closure criteria.
• Facilitate cross-party information dependencies, technical decisions and interface closure across FHL, the ports, KiwiRail, shipyard and suppliers, aligned to agreed requirements and the Integrated Master Programme.
• Provide engineering integration and interface management leadership through design development, ensuring cross-party technical interfaces, dependencies and requirements are actively coordinated and resolved to support an integrated ship–shore system.
• Lead programme-level engineering change and configuration management from design through construction, completion and operational handover, ensuring changes and their cross-system impacts are understood, coordinated and appropriately controlled.
• Support engineering governance, V&V frameworks, testing, commissioning and operational handover.
• Facilitate coordinated completion and acceptance activities across delivery partners, including testing, commissioning, assurance, certification and resolution of outstanding integration matters.
• Prepare monthly engineering integration dashboards covering design maturity, interface closure, traceability, evidence gaps and technical risks.
• Support the coordinated flow and readiness of O&M manuals, asset information, training and familiarisation inputs required for effective handover and timely transition into operations.
• Maintain a whole‑of‑system focus so that integration and acceptance risks are identified early and managed on a best‑for‑programme basis, protecting Entry into Service, cost and programme outcomes.

About you

You’re a decisive, self‑led engineering professional who thrives in complex, multidisciplinary environments. You bring strong systems thinking, broad engineering knowledge and the ability to influence across multiple organisations. You will have:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) — essential.
• CPEng or eligibility — highly desirable.
• 10+ years’ experience delivering large, multidisciplinary infrastructure projects, ideally including commissioning and completion phases, and delivering projects where operational deadlines cannot slip.
• Background across both engineering consultancies and Tier 1 construction organisations.
• Proven experience in transport, maritime or heavy infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of civil, structural, marine, mechanical, electrical and operational systems integration.
• Experience managing engineering interfaces, assurance processes, commissioning and operational handover.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and the ability to navigate challenging relationships.

Why join FHL?

This is a rare opportunity to shape a nationally significant transport system and influence engineering outcomes across multiple delivery partners. You’ll work at the centre of a complex, high‑profile programme with long‑term impact for New Zealand’s transport resilience and future ferry operations.

If you’re a senior engineering leader with whole‑of‑system thinking and a passion for integrated infrastructure delivery, we’d love to hear from you.