Graduate Roading And Drainage Engineer (Fixed Term)

Graduate Roading and Drainage Engineer (Fixed term)

Poriruais a growing and vibrant city where there's always something happening.

We wanteveryone to feel welcome – whether they're visiting, living or workinghere.Our people are friendly and inclusive, and make Porirua City a strongvibrant community that reflects our rich diversity and one of the best placesin Aotearoa to live, work and raise a family.

We're looking for people to joinour team.

About the role

Thisis the perfect role if you're ready to take your first step into engineeringand want to work on projects that make a visible difference in your community.

Asa graduate, you'll get hands-on experience across a wide range of roading anddrainage projects while receiving support and mentoring from senior engineers.

You'll :

Build strongrelationships with contractors and work alongside them in the field.

Learn toinspect and monitor maintenance, resurfacing, vegetation, and construction projectsto ensure they meet Council standards.

Contributeto planning, sequencing, and delivering works programmes.

Monitorrisks to scope, time, and budget, and report findings with evidence.

Supportcompliance by auditing health and safety practices and completing TrafficManagement (TTM) audits.

Help keepour asset data and records up to date.

Provideadvice and responses to community and elected member queries about roadingissues.

Grow yourability to give technical guidance on roading standards and reinstatement work.

Thisis a fixed term – full-time role until 15 December 2026.

About you

We'reafter a graduate engineer who is :

Recentlyqualified with a bachelor level in Civil Engineering or a related field.

Eager tolearn and develop technical expertise in roading and drainage.

Confidentworking with contractors and building positive professional relationships.

Detail-focused,with an eye for quality, compliance, and safety.

A goodcommunicator – both in the field and in the office.

A full NZdrivers licence holder

What you need to do now

Apply now to kickstartyour engineering career and help shape the future of our roads andinfrastructure.

Please contact Renier Ackerman at

• for more information.

Porirua City embracesand values diversity and inclusion.

We actively encourage applications bypeople from all backgrounds and are a member of Diversity Works.

If you haveany support or access requirements during our recruitment process, please letus know when you apply, and we'll do our best to get you sorted.

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