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WSP USA Expressions of Interest –Bridges, Maritime and Civil Structures in Christchurch, New Zealand
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WSP is one of the world’s top professional services firms, bringing together some of the brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe. We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. We see the world through a Future Ready® lens, fuelled by a shared commitment to making a positive impact—one project and community at a time.
Expressions of Interest –Bridges, Maritime and Civil Structures
We are actively recruiting for a range of roles at all levels due to growth. You will contribute to several critical infrastructure projects in our transport sector. In particular, WSP is working on a number of major infrastructure projects including the Roads of National Significance (RoNS), Roads of Regional Significance (RoRS) and other significant infrastructure projects across New Zealand such as:
Northland Corridor
Mill Road
Otaki to North Levin
Cambridge to Piarere
Tauriko
Hawkes Bay Expressway
Mount Victoria Tunnel
Additional Waitemata Harbour Connections
Transport Recovery East Coast and various ongoing Cyclone Gabrielle recovery projects
State Highway Structures Management Contracts
Major Port Infrastructure Projects at Lyttelton Port, Port Marlborough and various other ports throughout the country
Water structures projects throughout the country
Bridges, Maritime and Civil Structures projects for numerous local councils throughout the country
We are open to speaking with candidates interested in being based in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington or Christchurch.
If you have experience in bridge design, port infrastructure, civil structures or structural asset management and are keen to work on the delivery of interesting and complex projects throughout Aotearoa, let’s chat and shape a role that suits your career goals. Have you worked most of your career with buildings and vertical structures and keen for larger scale, exciting work where you can be both the architect and designer? Try a move into the Transport Structures sector.
Particular roles we are seeking include:
Senior/Principal Structural Engineer – Highways Structures Management (Auckland)
Senior/Principal Engineer – Bridge Design (Auckland)
Senior / Principal Engineer / Team Leader – Bridge Design (Wellington)
Engineer/Senior Engineer – Bridges and Civil Structures (various locations)
Assistant Project Manager – Civil Structures (Christchurch)
Bridge and/or Ports Inspectors (various locations)
Digital Technician – Digital Engineering (Christchurch)
Senior Digital Technician – Digital Engineering (Auckland)
Engineer / Senior Engineer / Principal – Bridge Asset Management (various locations)
Principal / Technical Principal – Ports and Marine (various locations)
Engineer / Senior Engineer – Ports and Marine (various locations)
About you:
Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
Preferably a minimum of 4 years’ professional experience, in the field of structures design and/or structural asset management.
Experience working on projects in Aotearoa will be an advantage.
Chartered Professional Engineering (CPEng) status or equivalent for more senior roles.
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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 (https://www.wsp.com/en-ca/corporate/ca/health-safety) .
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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