Intermediate Transport Engineer – Wellington

Tonkin & Taylor Ltd; Wellington; On-site; NZD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing allowance

Flexible working

Extra leave purchase

Mentoring and professional development

Job summary

Tonkin + Taylor Ltd is seeking an Intermediate Transport Engineer with 3+ years of experience to join our Wellington Transport team. You will contribute to a range of transport engineering work, including geometric design, traffic services design, and public transport provisions.

You will develop safety initiatives, work collaboratively within a supportive culture, and contribute to high-quality solutions for NZ infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Must have BE (Civil) or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Minimum 3+ years in transportation engineering and design, ideally in consultancy.
• NZTA Safe Systems audit experience is advantageous.
• Full NZ driver licence is advantageous.
• Experience with design software and modelling tools is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver transport designs for small to large projects, on time and within budget.
• Prepare designs, reports, specifications and schedules under supervision of senior engineers.
• Develop and implement road safety and safe systems initiatives.
• Build and maintain professional profiles with clients and transportation community.
• Collaborate with team to deliver high-quality services to clients.

Skills

Transport design

Team collaboration

Communication

Self-management

Sustainable transport

Education

BE (Civil) or equivalent

Tools

AutoCAD

OpenRoads

Civil 3D

GIS

Job description

Tonkin + Taylor is New Zealand’s leading engineering and environmental consultancy, renowned for technical excellence in solving complex challenges. We are proudly New Zealand employee‑owned and our mission is to create and sustain a better world.

We have been providing solutions for major NZ infrastructure projects for over 60 years, connecting communities to enhance resilience and prosperity. Our transport engineers have analysed, designed, and constructed safe and integrated transport networks and land use development projects across NZ, Australia, and the wider Asia‑Pacific. We are proud to have made significant contributions to the planning and design of some of New Zealand's largest transport infrastructure projects, such as Te Ara Tupua, City Rail Link, and Ōtaki to North of Levin.

At Tonkin + Taylor, we believe it's our people that keep clients coming back. Our people are known for being humble high achievers, delivering award‑winning solutions, working collaboratively, and achieving exceptional outcomes. They are our greatest asset, and we invest in their development, wellbeing, and career aspirations.

We're looking for an Intermediate Transport Engineer with 3+ years' experience to join our growing Wellington Transport team. This is a chance to contribute to projects that genuinely make a difference in communities across Aotearoa. We provide opportunities to work, learn and contribute across a wide range of sectors, including transport, urban redevelopment, water resource, energy, ports and solid waste.

If you value excellence, purpose, and collaborative problem‑solving, and will thrive in a team where every day is different, we’d love to speak with you!

In this role, you will contribute to a wide range of transport engineering work, including:

• Delivering technical transport designs for small-scale projects or parts of larger-scale projects on time, within budget and to a high quality, including organising others to complete tasks where required.
• Preparing transport designs, reports, specifications and schedules under the direction and guidance of senior engineers, with exposure to:
  • Geometric design
  • Traffic services design, including some or all of the following: traffic signage, road markings, pavement design, road safety barriers, traffic signals, and intelligent transport systems (ITS)
  • Public transport, walking, and cycling provision
• Developing and implementing initiatives to improve road user safety, with emphasis on the government’s safety strategy (including safety in design practices and the safe systems approach to road design), as well as undertaking or responding to safe system audits.
• Developing and maintaining a professional profile with key clients and the transportation community.
• A BE (Civil) or equivalent engineering qualification
• Minimum 3 years’ industry experience in transportation engineering and design (ideally in a consultancy) and a good working knowledge of transport engineering standards
• The ability to analyse and interpret transport engineering problems using sound theoretical knowledge
• Strong self-management skills and the ability to work effectively with limited supervision
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work in full cooperation with team members to build a strong team ethos capable of delivering high quality services to clients
• A proactive attitude and an appetite to play a role in addressing complex problems, such as climate change and delivering sustainable transport systems
• NZTA Safe Systems audit experience, including completion of NZTA’s Safe System Engineering Workshop (advantageous)
• A full New Zealand driver licence (advantageous)
• Experience with AutoCAD, 3D modelling software (such as OpenRoads, Civil 3D, or 12d), GIS, traffic modelling, pavement design, or construction traffic management (advantageous)

Kei te whakapono mātou ki tō whanaketanga | We want to develop you

Working at Tonkin + Taylor provides a rich learning environment where you can grow every day.At T+T you'll be in the driver's seat of your own developmentwith access to:

• A diverse range of complex and meaningful projects
• A supportive, solutions-focused design culture
• Opportunities to broaden your skillset across multiple disciplines
• Mentoring, formal training, and ongoing professional development support
• A workplace where your achievements are recognised and celebrated
• Exposure to a wide variety of professional experts and projects, from large-scale alliances to community-focused initiatives
• A highly supportive and collaborative team environment where you are encouraged to pave your own career path that caters to your ambitions
• Professional memberships and continuing education support
• Flexible working culture, including part-time options and extra leave purchase
• Internal training and mentoring programmes
• $750 annual wellbeing allowance and wellbeing programme
• Active social club, free fruit and morning teas (we take morning tea seriously at T+T!)
• Additional parental leave, salary top-up and coaching (per policy)
• Modern, state-of-the-art offices

T+T is an Immigration NZ Accredited Employer, a member of Diversity Works, and partners with Pūhoro STEMM Academy. We proudly welcome applicants from diverse and rainbow communities!

T+T is not only a place to work – it’s a place where your work will make a difference.
‘Everyone Matters’ is one of our core values, and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including speakers of Te Reo Māori and Pacific languages

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