Senior Project Engineer (Civil/Structural)

Auckland

Edison is growing and we are looking for a respected and passionate Senior Project Engineer specialising in Civil Structural Engineering to join our Auckland team. This role is key to further developing Edison's Infrastructure portfolio across Auckland and NZ.

As a Senior Project Engineer you will be coordinating client stakeholders and external consultants, supporting project scoping and tendering, overseeing quality assurance, and ensuring design compliance with NZ standards. You’ll contribute to safety, sustainability, and project delivery through effective design management, site assessments, and collaboration across planning, asset, and operations teams. This role is about 60% site based and 40% office based.

Bring your civil/structural expertise, excellent communication skills, and passion for delivering high-quality, future-focused solutions to Edison and our client environments.

Edison endeavours to be an employer of choice. We support our people while cultivating an inclusive team culture. We want to enable your success within our team’s success. This means we go the extra mile for our people.

We want you to enjoy your work, to be inspired to strive, and to create great outcomes for our clients.

What we offer you

  • Work flexibility and supportive culture
  • Play a key role in expanding Edison's civil engineering services
  • Opportunity to make a difference to NZ's energy sector

Our business

Edison is a trusted partner to the energy sector, delivering exciting and varied projects and services across the electricity industry, including project management and engineering, design engineering, and advisory services. We’re known in the industry as a company that steps up and gets the job done with practical, workable solutions. Our work is varied and interesting, with clients throughout New Zealand.

For more than 29 years our team and culture have been key ingredients of our success and the reason why engineers choose Edison. Our people have diverse perspectives, knowledge, and varied experience. We believe that having a diverse team of people with different backgrounds, experience and capability working together is one of our strengths.

Do you have what it takes to succeed?

We are looking for a respected and passionate Senior Project Engineer to join our knowledgeable and supportive Auckland team. You will enjoy relationship-building, be detail-oriented, and have a strategic mindset to drive growth.

You should have:

  • A Bachelor of Engineering degree in a recognised engineering discipline recognised under the Washington Accord.
  • 10+ years of project engineering/design experience in commercial, industrial and infrastructure works projects.
  • An understanding of the NZ Engineering environment and local requirements.
  • Core experience in industrial, commercial, and infrastructure design works.
  • Strong practical problem-solving skills.
  • Sound understanding of Safety in Design principles and applications.
  • Sound working knowledge of engineering standards including AS/NZS, IEC and IEEE, and local codes & practices.
  • Ability to prioritise workload to deliver required outcomes.
  • Strong communication and influencing skills.

If you have an excellent reputation as a project engineer, have civil structural experience, enjoy a challenge and looking for a rewarding career move, then we want to hear from you.

We know that some people may only apply for a role if they meet all the criteria listed above. If you share our passion for enabling infrastructure solutions, we encourage you to apply if the role aligns to your strengths and interests and you are looking for a rewarding career move.

Applications close on 11 August 2025. Please apply via SEEK.

If you would like to know more please don’t hesitate to call Tani Hansen, Head of People and Culture, 027 701 9592.