Senior Associate / Principal Civil Engineer | Roading & Busway Infrastructure Projects | Auckland

Jacobs Engineering Group; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs Engineering Group in Auckland is seeking a Senior Associate or Principal Civil Engineer to lead major roading, highway and busway projects. You will provide technical leadership, mentor teams, engage clients and contribute to winning new work across New Zealand.

The role combines technical excellence with project leadership and business development, spanning planning, design and construction support within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering is required.
• Extensive experience delivering roading, highway, busway and transport infrastructure projects.
• Strong earthworks design and construction experience.
• Sound understanding of industry standards, engineering practices and project delivery methodologies.
• Proven project management capability across multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Experience developing client relationships and identifying new business opportunities.
• Strong track record in preparing and leading successful tender submissions and proposals.
• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor teams and guide project delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of major roading, highway and busway projects from planning through design to construction support.
• Provide technical leadership on transport infrastructure projects and mentor engineers.
• Engage clients and help grow Jacobs' presence in the New Zealand market.
• Support winning new work through strong tender submissions and proposals.

Skills

Project leadership

Client relationship development

Tender submissions

Mentoring teams

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Education

Degree qualified in Civil Engineering

Job description

Senior Associate / Principal Civil Engineer | Roading & Busway Infrastructure Projects | Auckland

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Roading & Busway Infrastructure Projects | Auckland

Shape the future of transport infrastructure with Jacobs.

As our transport pipeline continues to grow across New Zealand, we're looking for a Senior Associate or Principal Civil Engineer to join our Auckland team and play a key role in the delivery of major roading, highway and busway projects.

This is an opportunity for a highly experienced civil engineering leader who enjoys combining technical excellence, client engagement, project leadership and business development. You'll work across complex transport projects from planning and design through to construction support, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver outcomes that make a lasting impact on communities.

You'll provide technical leadership on major transport infrastructure projects while helping grow our presence in the New Zealand market. This role offers the opportunity to influence project strategy, mentor engineers, build strong client relationships and contribute to winning new work.

Here’s what you’ll need

• Degree qualified in Civil Engineering
• Extensive experience delivering roading, highway, busway and transport infrastructure projects
• Strong earthworks design and construction experience
• Sound understanding of industry standards, engineering practices and project delivery methodologies
• Proven project management capability across multidisciplinary infrastructure projects
• Experience developing client relationships and identifying new business opportunities
• Strong track record in preparing and leading successful tender submissions and proposals
• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor teams and guide project delivery
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills

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With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs here .

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of diverse perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here .

Our meticulously curated employee benefits support ALL employees throughout every stage of life. From paid parental leave to a lifetime financial allowance for you and your partner to access family forming Fertility & IVF treatment, adoption, and surrogacy assistance along with menopause and Low T treatment.

We are steadfast in our commitment to the wellbeing of you and your loved ones with a comprehensive suite of wellbeing resources supporting you physically, emotionally and financially. This is demonstrated in our company being recognised by WGEA for 12 consecutive years as an employer of choice for gender equality along with our industry leading GOLD employer status by the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

Cultural Support:

Māori and Pasifika peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Jacobs aims to provide cultural safety at our interviews. Māori and Pasifika people are invited to nominate a Whanau, family or cultural representative to participate on the interview panel; please let your recruiter know in your application. No matter what drives you, you'll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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