Senior Mechanical Engineer (Building Services)

Stantec; Queenstown; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible leave

School-term contracts

Part-time & job sharing

Global learning programs

Professional memberships

Service recognition

Mentorship

Health insurance

Income protection

Life insurance

Employee assistance

Developing Professionals Group

Office social club

Job summary

Stantec seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer (Building Services) in Queenstown, NZ to lead mechanical design for diverse projects including data centres, healthcare, and education. You will mentor the team, manage workload, and maintain delivery quality, schedule, and budget while engaging with clients.

You’ll contribute to engineering systems, uphold professional standards, and help grow Stantec’s NZ Buildings group through strong relationships and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Consulting environment within Building services.
• Knowledge of the New Zealand Building Code and relevant NZ Standards.
• Bachelor degree and minimum of 6 years in engineering/consulting.
• Willingness to build strong client relationships.
• Ability to multitask between project work and section performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Chartered status or Producer Statement favorable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Design, documentation, and supervision including client liaison, authorities liaison, reporting, and quality audits.
• Mentor and lead projects and develop the team through professional growth and technical excellence.
• Oversee the design process and ensure alignment with project guidelines.

Skills

Consulting experience

Building Code knowledge

Client relationships

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

Chartered Professional Engineer (or equivalent)

Job description

Senior Mechanical Engineer (Building Services) - ( 26000066 )

Description

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.

We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.

The opportunity

Stantec’s Buildings team in New Zealand delivers end-to-end projects for our clients, from feasibility and design through to construction, commissioning, and operation. Specialising in mission-critical facilities such as data centres and healthcare, our team of 100 brings expertise in mechanical, hydraulic, fire, electrical, civil, structural, and sustainability engineering to local projects. We’re proud to put user needs at the centre of every design.

We are seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our high performing team. We are ideally seeking a highly qualified candidate with experience across all project sizes from low rise to high rise building projects. We are involved in a broad range of project types that include data centres, health, laboratories, industrial, education and infrastructure.

You will be involved with providing support to Project Engineers to ensure the team is consistently focused on delivery of technical excellence and keeping on track with quality, schedule, and budget. You will represent the company externally to our clients and play an active role in building and managing relationships, whilst reinforcing cultural behaviours across the Mechanical Team and the New Zealand Buildings Group. You will enjoy a diverse position and will need to have the ability to multitask and share your time between project delivery, business development and section performance.

Day to day tasks would involve:

• Management of current and future workloads within the Mechanical Section in order to achieve attainment of financial targets whilst keeping morale high.
• Oversee and manage the design process, maintaining alignment with project guidelines.
• Mentor and lead projects and development of the team through mentorship, professional development and technical excellence.
• Key point of contact for client relationships, being actively engaged, understanding client requirements and offering strategic design solutions.
• Design, documentation and superintendence including project review, liaison with client and consultant team, liaison with authorities, reporting, contract administration and quality audits.
• Assist and contribute to the discipline leadership teams in developing Stantec engineering systems.
• Adhere to professional standards, ethics and Stantec quality procedures.
• Contribute to our company culture

About you:

• Previous experience in a Consulting environment within the Building services industry
• Knowledge of the New Zealand Building Code and relevant Australian and New Zealand Standards
• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering or equivalent, and ideally a minimum of 6 years of relevant professional experience in the engineering industry or consulting.
• Willingness to establish and maintain strong client relationships to formulate repeat opportunities
• Ability to multitask between project involvement and section performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Working towards being a Chartered Professional Engineer (or equivalent) and/or Producer Statement Author would be favourable, but not essential.

What we offer

At Stantec, we take your growth and fulfilment seriously. We’re proud to offer many supportive benefits, including:

Professional development and support

• Flexible working arrangements, including purchasing up to an extra four weeks of leave and provision for school term contracts, part-time, and job sharing
• Learning and talent development programmes, including global, online, and on-the-job opportunities
• Professional memberships
• Service recognition awards
• Mentorship

Wellbeing and connection opportunities

• Health insurance, income continuance insurance, and life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Developing Professionals Group, a global network for those with under 10 years of experience
• Office Social Club and events

About us

We’ve been serving our clients and communities in Aotearoa New Zealand for over 125 years. With almost 900 professionals, our team is based in the main cities and throughout the regions. We collaborate across disciplines and sectors to bring buildings, energy, water, environmental, and transport projects to life.

Globally, Stantec unites approximately 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across six continents. Our work from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships.

Qualifications

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Primary Location : New Zealand-Otago-Queenstown

Organization : BC-3107 Buildings-NZ

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans