Mechanical Engineer
Visa sponsorship
Engineering · Queenstown, New Zealand · Full-Time · $25/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Thinking about taking your building services career to New Zealand? A consultancy with a long history in Queenstown wants a Mechanical Engineer who can prove their experience and who enjoys a mix of technically demanding jobs and direct contact with clients.
The project list runs from offices and homes to hospitals and industrial sites. Your part would be mechanical design, calculations and specs, reports, getting your services to sit neatly with the architects' and the structural and electrical engineers' work, and checking it all for safety and compliance before it goes out. Expect site visits, review meetings and firm deadlines, plus mentoring junior engineers and spotting new work. Sponsorship is available for a suitably qualified candidate.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead mechanical design on building and infrastructure jobs, or support it, turning out detailed drawings, calculations, specifications and reports
- Carry each assignment from early design through coordination to delivery, whether commercial, residential, healthcare, industrial or another type of development
- Work out what a project needs technically and find practical ways to achieve it
- Make sure mechanical services fit with the architectural, structural, electrical and other disciplines
- Work directly with clients and stakeholders to understand their needs
- Check designs for accuracy, quality, safety and compliance, and take part in project meetings, design reviews, site visits and coordination sessions
- Keep track of deliverables, deadlines and technical requirements, advising and supporting project teams on engineering questions
- Develop long-term client and stakeholder relationships and help find new projects
- Share technical knowledge, support colleagues' development and stay current with engineering practice
Requirements & Eligibility
- Tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering, or a recognised equivalent
- Substantial experience in mechanical building services, industrial engineering or consultancy, having seen projects through from design to completion
- Solid understanding of mechanical engineering principles and design
- Proven technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Has managed projects of differing scope, complexity and delivery requirements
- Builds strong relationships with clients and stakeholders and communicates clearly
- Balances competing priorities and meets agreed deadlines
- Puts engineering quality, safety, compliance and practical outcomes first
- Enjoys collaborative teamwork, understands the commercial side and is keen to help win clients and work
- Holding Chartered Professional Engineer status, or actively progressing towards chartership, is advantageous
- Willing to have your qualifications, employment history, experience and credentials verified
- Keeps learning and developing, shares the employer's values of quality, support, flexibility, teamwork and a positive workplace, and can meet the requirements for a suitable New Zealand work visa
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