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AECOM Senior Geotechnical Engineer in Christchurch, New Zealand
Company Description
Bold ideas bring transformative solutions.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
Transforming mobility and delivering sustainable outcomes.
AECOM delivers comprehensive services from creation to completion and beyond, our transportation professionals are constantly exploring new ways to navigate a challenging project.
A new underground rail link in Auckland. A subzero runway in Antarctica. Removal of 75 level crossings and building new station in Melbourne. The design of the Sydney Gateway Road project. In every region we deliver comprehensive solutions that connect people and places in forward thinking ways.
According to Engineering news Records 2020 “Top 500 Design Firms, “AECOM is #1 in Transport globally.
We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
Job Description
What will a day in this role look like:
Provide technical excellence in the field of geotechnical engineering and engineering geology,
Responsible for projects including project and task involvement or management of ground engineering inputs, field work, reporting, scoping investigations.
Organise, mentor and train junior staff within the team.
Balance between technical delivery and helping to grow and develop diverse client base
There will be opportunities to undertake work across New Zealand, Australia, and Asia Pacific, and to input to our identification and development of new clients and offerings across the regions.
Qualifications
The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.
What are we looking for from you?
Appropriate tertiary qualification: Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent.
Advanced knowledge and use of geotechnical and geological analysis and modelling software packages including Leapfrog, PLAXIS, OpenGround, Rocscience suite and other applications
Strong oral and written communication skills; report writing, development of proposals
Geotechnical engineering experience across transportation, civil, and structural projects.
A strong sense of commitment, a willingness to learn and a desire to work in a dynamic, deadline driven team environment
Additional Information
About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10108805
Business Line: Transportation
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: ANZ
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid