Posted 16 July, 2026
Drainlayer/Drainer (Civil Infrastructure)
Doehle Centro Recruitment Services, Inc.
Christchurch, New Zealand
Full Time
Reference: 421_775805_3W35V55W
Key Qualifications and Mandatory Requirements:
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience working abroad (overseas)
- Proven track record of overseas employment. Must provide supporting documents, including:
- Certificate of Employment (COE)
- Employment Contract
- Letter from Employer
- Pay slips
- Company ID
- Residence Permit, etc.
- Valid Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) from country of work/residence for more than 5 years
- Very good verbal and written English communications skills
- Valid driver's license
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with PVC pipe and large concrete pipes also (using drainage machine like ditch witches and verneer etc.)
- Install and maintain large-scale civil drainage systems including stormwater networks, culverts, manholes, and underground pipelines for roading and infrastructure projects
- Operate safely around deep excavations, read plans and levels, and work closely with machine operators and civil crews to ensure installations meet engineering specifications and project requirements
- With experience in underground utilities, pipeline installation, stormwater, sewer, watermain and civil infrastructure work
- Pipe Layers, Utility Workers, Pipeline Installers, Sewer Workers or Civil Construction Water Workers
- With large scale civil experience
- Stormwater, sewer and watermain installation
- Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP), HDPE and PVC pipe installation
- Culvert installation
- Manhole installation, including concrete benching and inverts
- Catchpit/catch basin construction
- Deep trenching, open benching, trench boxes and shoring
- Pipe bedding, haunching, backfilling and compaction
- Reading drainage plans and using pipe lasers or laser levels
- With experience working on subdivisions, roading or other civil infrastructure projects