Senior Project Engineer - Auckland

About the Role

If you’re a highly experienced engineer looking to make your mark on some of New Zealand’s most complex and meaningful infrastructure projects, this is your opportunity.

We’re on the hunt for a Senior Project Engineer to join the McConnell Dowell whānau starting in our New Business team at the Auckland Head Office in Ellerslie. Here, you’ll work side-by-side with Bid Managers and Estimators, shaping winning tender strategies, methodologies, and programmes for landmark water, marine, and transport infrastructure projects.

This is more than just pre-construction. You’ll be at the table from day one influencing how projects are designed, planned, and delivered. Then, when the win is secured, you’ll transition into the project delivery team, turning your tender vision into a reality on site.

Key responsibilities include :

• Coordinating with Managers and Superintendents on engineering, temporary works, scheduling, and project status.
• Controlling fabrication and field construction engineering schedules for overall programs.
• Monitoring and coordinating the preparation, maintenance, and modification of construction schedules, methods, manning charts, and equipment requirements.
• Advising on actions to prevent or address undesirable trends in progress.
• Interpreting engineering documents and drawings for field personnel.
• Providing general technical assistance to supervisory personnel.

About You

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.

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 and Torres Strait Islanders are strongly encouraged to apply.

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.