Lead Electrical Engineer, Buildings

Aurecon Group; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurecon is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to join our national Buildings team in New Zealand. You will provide market-facing technical leadership across electrical design, verification and client delivery for complex buildings.

You’ll shape design direction, lead producer statements, mentor engineers and collaborate across disciplines to deliver high-quality outcomes for healthcare, data centres and infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Chartered status strongly preferred, with ability to support verification and producer statement requirements.
• Extensive post-graduate experience (10+ years) in electrical design for Buildings.

Responsibilities

• Technical design leadership – lead electrical design direction across small, medium and large-scale Buildings projects, setting technical standards and guiding design decisions.
• Verification and quality – own and lead verification, quality assurance and producer statement requirements, including work that requires local market and council-facing knowledge.
• Client engagement – act as a senior client-facing technical representative for Aurecon’s electrical capability in the local and wider New Zealand market.
• Market growth – lead and shape work winning through technical strategy, design management and confident client-facing contribution.
• Project lifecycle support – lead key stages of the project lifecycle, including cost estimation and budgeting, design, procurement, construction monitoring and technical governance.
• Inspire and guide – mentor and guide engineers across the team, helping build technical depth, confidence and leadership capability within the national Electrical Buildings team.
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration – collaborate across Buildings, digital, infrastructure and specialist teams to deliver coordinated, high-quality outcomes for clients.

Skills

Electrical design

Verification

Client engagement

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Chartered status preferred

Job description

Lead Electrical Engineer – Buildings Aotearoa New Zealand | Buildings | Electrical Design the future with Aurecon.

We’re looking for a Lead Electrical Engineer to join our national Buildings team and provide market-facing technical leadership across electrical design, verification and client delivery in New Zealand. This is a role for someone ready to operate as a recognised technical lead in the market, shaping work winning, design direction, verification quality and client confidence across complex buildings projects. You’ll help shape smarter healthcare spaces, data centres, public infrastructure and commercial buildings that leave a legacy for communities across Aotearoa. You’ll be part of a tight-knit national team that collaborates across regions and disciplines, with access to specialists across Australia and Aurecon’s global network. That means world-class expertise, innovative tools and exposure to projects you won’t find anywhere else in New Zealand.

What you’ll do

• Technical design leadership – lead electrical design direction across small, medium and large-scale Buildings projects, setting technical standards and guiding design decisions.
• Verification and quality – own and lead verification, quality assurance and producer statement requirements, including work that requires local market and council-facing knowledge.
• Client engagement – act as a senior client-facing technical representative for Aurecon’s electrical capability in the local and wider New Zealand market.
• Market growth – lead and shape work winning through technical strategy, design management and confident client-facing contribution.
• Project lifecycle support – lead key stages of the project lifecycle, including cost estimation and budgeting, design, procurement, construction monitoring and technical governance.
• Inspire and guide – mentor and guide engineers across the team, helping build technical depth, confidence and leadership capability within the national Electrical Buildings team.
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration – collaborate across Buildings, digital, infrastructure and specialist teams to deliver coordinated, high-quality outcomes for clients.

Projects and impact

You’ll contribute to a strong pipeline of complex and meaningful work, including data centres, healthcare opportunities, public infrastructure and major projects such as Hawke’s Bay Men’s Prison. You’ll also support delivery and continuity across projects transitioning from existing senior team members, helping maintain quality, technical confidence and immediate billability. Site attendance expected as required for project delivery, reviews and client engagement.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
• Extensive experience in electrical engineering within Buildings, ideally with 10+ years’ post-graduation experience
• Chartered status strongly preferred, with the ability to support verification, technical leadership and producer statement requirements
• Deep technical design capability across building services electrical systems, with the confidence to set direction and review complex design outcomes
• Proven success building trusted client relationships and leading or materially influencing work winning and market-facing activity
• Confidence mentoring engineers, lifting team capability and providing technical guidance across multiple projects
• The ability to work collaboratively across disciplines, regions and project teams
• A practical, quality-focused mindset with the credibility to challenge, guide and improve design outcomes at a project, client and team level

Why Aurecon

We believe your career should be a rewarding adventure. You’ll work on complex, city-shaping projects in an environment that supports your ambitions and values your contribution. Recognised by the AFR as a Best Place to Work in 2026, we embrace diverse perspectives and give our people opportunities to make a real impact. You’ll have access to national and international technical expertise, digital tools, cross-market collaboration and the opportunity to lead and strengthen a critical area of Aurecon’s New Zealand Buildings business.

Who we are

We are an engineering consultancy with more than 6,000 people across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and Asia. We believe the world needs people who can engineer possibilities; people who can create infrastructure that makes life better for people and the planet. That is why we are here – to bring ideas to life, the Aurecon way.

Te whakahā i ngā whakaaro | Breathing life into our ideas, thoughts, views Kia māia, kia kaha, mahi tahi | Be bold, be strong, work as one

We’ve re‑imagined engineering. Aurecon is an engineering and infrastructure advisory company, but not as you know it! Think engineering. Think again. Find out more here.