Graduate Transport Engineer - Wellington

Tonkin + Taylor is New Zealand's leading engineering and environmental consultancy, renowned for our technical excellence in solving complex challenges.

We are proudly a New Zealand employee-owned company, and our collective mission is to create and sustain a better world.

At Tonkin + Taylor, your future is what you make of it.

Whether it's about the team you work with, the purpose behind what you do, or the work-life balance you can achieve - you can find it (or create it) at Tonkin + Taylor!

We're looking for enthusiastic and passionate students to join our Wellington Transport Engineering Disciplines in early 2026!

If you have recently completed or are graduating soon from your BE(Hons), ME, or PhD - then we want to hear from you!

Kei te whakapono matou ki to whanaketanga | We want to develop you

Working at Tonkin + Taylor provides a rich learning environment for individuals to grow and develop every day.

You're in the driver's seat when it comes to your learning, and there are heaps of opportunities to tap into a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and formal development opportunities.

From day one, you'll be supported by a team of approachable colleagues, including our expert senior engineers and scientists.

You'll have access to a range of internal and external training courses and will be surrounded by development and innovation.

Our graduate programme will help you transition into the workforce and support your career development pathway, with training and a cohort of other engineering and science graduates who will move through this programme with you!

Strong interpersonal skills and a love of working in an innovative and collaborative environment

A keen interest in developing your technical skills and understanding the intricacies of a consultancy

An enquiring mind that can identify and deliver high value to clients

You'll also need to be a recent graduate or in your final year of a BE(Hons), ME, or PhD in Engineering.

Exposure to a variety of professional experts and projects - Tonkin + Taylor is involved in a number of large-scale alliance projects, as well as smaller community-focused projects

A highly supportive team environment where you are encouraged to pave your own career path that caters to your ambitions

Professional memberships and continued education support

A flexible working culture and formal flexible working arrangements, including part-time work and the ability to purchase extra leave

Internal training programmes + mentoring programmes

A very active social club

We embrace flexible working at Tonkin + Taylor and aim to work in a way that serves the needs of our people, clients, and communities.

Our flexible working culture enables us to work flexibly to create better work and life experiences.

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Tonkin + Taylor is not only a place to work - it's a place where you can find your future!

'Everyone Matters' is one of our three core values at Tonkin + Taylor, and we are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that fosters inclusion, participation, and equal opportunity.

We are proud to be an Immigration New Zealand Accredited Employer and a member of Diversity Works.

Tonkin + Taylor is partnered with TupuToa and encourages speakers of Te Reo Maori or Pacific languages to apply.

Reference #

33448

Posted on

23 Sep 2025

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Location(s)

Wellington

Expertise

Civil Engineering, Transport

Job level(s)

Graduate (1-4 years)

Work type(s)

Permanent, Full Time (37.5+ hours per week)

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