Senior Mechanical Engineer – Building Services Leader (NZ)

Stantec; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Leave-buy-up options

Professional development programs

Mentorship and knowledge sharing

Health insurance and life cover

Job summary

Stantec’s Buildings team in New Zealand is seeking aSenior Mechanical Engineer to join a high-performing team delivering end-to-end mechanical building services projects across health, education, data centres, and infrastructure.

You will lead project delivery, mentor engineers, manage client relationships, and contribute to engineering systems and quality processes, while balancing design, documentation, and construction-phase support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering or equivalent, and ideally a minimum of 5 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.
• Knowledge of the New Zealand Building Code and relevant Australian and New Zealand Standards

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to the delivery of mechanical building services projects across sectors including health, data centres, education, industrial, and infrastructure.
• Provide technical guidance and support to project engineers, helping ensure quality, coordination, programme, and budget outcomes are achieved.
• Oversee design, documentation, project review, and construction-phase support in collaboration with clients, consultants, contractors, and authorities.
• Build trusted client relationships by understanding project needs and providing practical, future-focused engineering solutions.
• Mentor and support team members, sharing your technical knowledge and helping foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of Stantec’s engineering systems, standards, and quality processes.
• Play an active role in strengthening team culture, supporting knowledge-sharing, professional development, and positive project outcomes.

Skills

Client relationships

Communication

Multitasking

Mentorship

Consulting experience

Education

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Stantec’s Buildings team in New Zealand is seeking aSenior Mechanical Engineer to join a high-performing team delivering end-to-end mechanical building services projects across health, education, data centres, and infrastructure.

You will lead project delivery, mentor engineers, manage client relationships, and contribute to engineering systems and quality processes, while balancing design, documentation, and construction-phase support.