Senior Geotechnical Engineer

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Senior Geotechnical Engineer - Rotorua

Join our Rotorua team and play a lead role in delivering geotechnical engineering projects across the Bay of Plenty. You'll provide technical leadership, project management, and client relationship management across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure, transportation, land development, and civil engineering projects.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced geotechnical professional who enjoys leading complex projects, mentoring and developing others, and working closely with clients to deliver practical, high-quality solutions. You'll also play an important role in supporting the growth of our geotechnical capability, helping to build client relationships, develop new opportunities, and contribute to the ongoing success of the team.

What you'll do

• Lead geotechnical investigations, assessments, analysis, design, and physical works observation across a range of infrastructure and civil engineering projects.

• Manage projects from inception through to completion, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

• Act as a Project Manager or Project Director, overseeing project scope, programmes, financial performance, reporting, and risk management.

• Prepare project briefs, offers of service, fee estimates, and project delivery plans.

• Provide specialist technical advice and guidance to project teams and clients.

• Undertake technical reviews and verification activities to ensure high-quality project outcomes.

• Support contract administration activities, including tender documentation, engineering estimates, contract monitoring, and contractor management.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, contractors, councils, iwi, and key stakeholders.

• Contribute to business development, proposal preparation, market growth initiatives, and client relationship management activities.

• Mentor and support developing engineers while contributing to the growth and capability of the wider geotechnical team.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.

• Minimum 10 years' experience in geotechnical engineering, including significant seismic and infrastructure project experience.

• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) or working towards chartership.

• Strong technical capability across geotechnical investigation, analysis, design, and construction support.

• Proven project management experience, including financial management, programming, risk management, and client delivery.

• Experience preparing proposals, offers of service, and managing client relationships.

• Strong commercial acumen and ability to identify and support business development opportunities.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted client relationships.

• Current full New Zealand driver's licence.
  
  

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

We are proud to have the blueprint of Aotearoa New Zealand in our DNA and our 2,000+ expert professionals in 24 offices are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 75,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

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Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here.

Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

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