Technical Leader Bridge Engineer

Jacobs; Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Leader Bridge Engineer to shape New Zealand's infrastructure. This senior role offers the chance to apply your seismic design expertise across diverse projects, providing technical authority and guidance while fostering client relationships. You will work on various infrastructure sectors, ensuring excellence in design and delivery. With a commitment to collaboration and a hybrid working policy, this position allows you to thrive in a supportive environment focused on professional growth. Join a team dedicated to creating resilient infrastructure that connects communities across New Zealand and beyond.

Benefits

Paid Parental Leave

Financial Allowance for Fertility & IVF Treatment

Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance

Comprehensive Wellbeing Resources

Cultural Safety at Interviews

Qualifications

• Proven experience in seismic design to the NZ Bridge Manual.
• Deep technical knowledge across bridge engineering and horizontal infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance and design review for infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated solutions.

Skills

Seismic Design

Bridge Engineering

Client Relationship Management

Communication Skills

Education

Relevant Engineering Qualification

Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) Status

Job description

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

Shape the future of New Zealand's infrastructure as a Technical Leader Bridge Engineer with our Transport Structures team. This senior position offers the opportunity to apply your deep expertise across diverse and challenging infrastructure projects throughout New Zealand, Australia and beyond.

You’ll serve as a technical authority within our team, providing expert guidance, design review, and professional sign-offs that ensure excellence in everything we deliver.

In this role, you'll leverage your technical expertise to review designs and sign off on producer statements. You'll provide high-level guidance on projects while building client relationships to secure new opportunities. Your work will span multiple infrastructure sectors including roads, rail, water, power, and energy, applying your seismic design expertise and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated solutions for complex projects. Additionally, you'll collaborate with other technical directors and technical leaders across the Asia Pacific & Middle East region and represent New Zealand in the global Jacobs forum for Transport Structures.

You'll contribute to our comprehensive suite of services including conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design of bridges and transport structures; design checking and review; construction supervision; inspections, assessment and monitoring; maintenance, rehabilitation, strengthening and widening works design; client advisory on scheme development, planning and procurement.

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.

Here's what you'll need

You're a respected industry leader with:

• Relevant engineering qualification + Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status
• Proven experience in seismic design to the NZ Bridge Manual
• Auckland Council registration for design sign-off is preferred
• Deep technical knowledge across bridge engineering and horizontal infrastructure
• A reputation for excellence that clients and colleagues recognise
• The ability to work across diverse infrastructure projects
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build lasting client relationships and mentor team members

In return, we offer the freedom to apply your expertise across a diverse project portfolio spanning New Zealand, Australia and beyond. You'll enjoy a role focused on technical excellence rather than administrative management, backed by a global organisation with the resources to tackle the most ambitious projects. We provide a collaborative environment where your expertise is valued and your professional growth is supported, with flexibility to work from our Auckland, Wellington, or Christchurch offices. You'll have unique opportunities to collaborate with technical leaders globally and represent New Zealand on the international stage.

Join us in creating the resilient infrastructure that connects communities across New Zealand and beyond.

Jacobs. A world where you can.

At Jacobs, belonging isn't just valued — It's our foundation for excellence. Our culture of caring powers our competitive edge.

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 silver status from AWEI.

We know that when people feel truly included, connection deepens and innovation soars. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our eight global Jacobs employee networks centred on driving inclusion and belonging – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and our Women’s Network – find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

No matter what drives you, you'll discover a way to cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

Accessibility & Accommodations

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations during the application or interview process (such as alternative formats for application materials, accessible interview locations, interpreting services, or assistive technology) Talk to your recruiter or your request can be logged HERE.

Cultural Support

We’re an equal opportunity employer and encourage candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply. 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.

Please note If you are being represented by a recruitment agency you will not be considered, to be considered you will need to apply directly to Jacobs.