Senior Mechanical Engineer ( New Zealand Wide)

About the role

McConnell Dowell is looking for a talented and flexible Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our New Zealand team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work across a diverse range of infrastructure projects, supporting our teams throughout the country.

This role will be based in our Auckland, Christchurch, or Wellington office, but spans across New Zealand with regular travel to project sites throughout the week. If you thrive on variety, enjoy being hands-on, value strong client relationships, and like working alongside high-performing teams to solve challenges on the go this could be the role for you.

Responsibilities include :

• Support multiple project sites with mechanical engineering leadership and expertise.
• Manage and coordinate on-site engineering functions and provide oversight to junior engineers and support staff.
• Work with project teams to translate design specs into practical site execution.
• Monitor material deliveries, ensure compliance with specifications, and arrange for any adjustments as needed.
• Lead and coordinate engineering workloads across various locations, ensuring smooth delivery.
• Track progress, costs, and materials across sites to support project completion within scope.
• Review supplier and subcontractor documents for quality and accuracy.
• Assist with construction planning including resource and equipment requirements.
• Collaborate with clients, consultants, and subcontractors across multiple locations.

About you :

About Us

McConnell Dowell – Creative Construction

Our purpose is Providing a Better Life. We do that through delivering projects that connect, support and sustain communities, and through providing career opportunities that challenge, reward and grow our people.

From remote major resources and energy projects to city-shaping transport and water infrastructure, we have constructed thousands of high-quality, complex projects for our customers and communities over more than 60 years, in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.

Why join us?

The work you’ll do will have a tangible positive impact on people’s lives, including yours. The diversity of our projects, roles and locations means greater development opportunities. We invest in our people to set and reach personal and professional goals and we have some of the best mentoring minds in the business to help you do that. Because when you grow, we all grow.

McConnell Dowell actively seeks and celebrates diversity, inclusion, and individuality. In a culture low on ego and high on support, we encourage everyone to make an impact. We're big enough to take on community-shaping projects, but agile enough for you to have an influence on how we do things.

So, join us, be you, and help us create better together.  Apply now!

We are an equal opportunity employer. People of all ages, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identities & cultures.

Please note all successful applicants must hold valid work rights for New Zealand and / or Pacific Islands and pass a satisfactory pre-employment medical which includes drug and alcohol checks.

This role is being sourced through McConnell Dowell directly and not accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.

Don’t tick all the boxes but you’re still excited about this opportunity?

We’re dedicated to building a diverse workplace, so we also look at applicants with great transferable skills from similar industries.

If that's you, we encourage you to still apply as you may just be the right candidate for this role or one of our other opportunities.