Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process/Mechanical Engineer

Lead diverse water projects in Queenstown/Tāhuna. Deliver sustainable solutions with a focus on carbon reduction. Join a supportive, collaborative, and inclusive team at Beca.

We have a strong forward pipeline of three waters projects in Queenstown/Tāhuna. This includes a wide variety of different projects—wastewater and water treatment and pump stations, pipelines, potable water storage, and stormwater projects—for local and central governments and other clients. These projects include those in all stages of design and construction, as well as assisting clients with planning to meet the challenges of the future. To be part of our growth, we are looking for a Senior Process/Mechanical Engineer with over six years of experience to join our Queenstown/Tāhuna teams, both in the office and across our sites within the region. In this role, you will have the chance to:

• Work with colleagues to provide cost-effective solutions to their engineering challenges.
• Your work will range from option assessments, detailed design, and construction including construction site monitoring, site-based project commissioning and handover.
• Help deliver sustainable community outcomes through our projects by focusing on aspects such as carbon reduction and reducing wider environmental impacts.
• Design and manage the delivery of wastewater and water treatment plant projects with an emphasis on quality and service.
• Use your strong customer relationship skills to understand our clients' core businesses and ensure that our services meet their expectations.
• Provide technical advice to staff members and embrace a culture that values teamwork.
• See projects through from concept to client handover.
• Work across our New Zealand, Aotearoa, and Australia water business lines.

You are a highly motivated Senior Process/Mechanical Engineer with a strong track record in the successful delivery of stormwater, water or wastewater treatment projects in a consulting environment. You have a Bachelor of Engineering, or another relevant qualification, are professionally qualified, have at least six years of relevant work experience, and are expected to:

• Have a strong technical focus and be able to carry out design calculations.
• Have had experience on site including overseeing construction and commissioning works and mechanical and process installations.
• Be able to review and support the production of specifications (including performance-based specifications), data sheets, schedules, and functional descriptions.
• Undertake a complete proposal, including scoping and fee estimates.
• Have strong communication skills to enable coordination across other disciplines and the completion of project documentation to provide cohesive delivery.
• Love to learn and share knowledge, and you are someone who can bring a fresh perspective to ensure the development of the people around you.
• Constantly seek better practices for the overall quality of our work and our client experience.

Our multi-disciplinary Water team in Christchurch/Ōtautahi with a small team in Queenstown/Tāhuna works to deliver water, wastewater, stormwater, surface waters, and irrigation projects both across New Zealand and internationally. Together, we partner with clients spanning the municipal, industrial, transportation, commercial, mining, and agricultural sectors to deliver bespoke, sustainable solutions to unique problems. We believe it is our people who set us apart and enable us to be one of the largest and most successful employee-owned professional services consultancies in the Asia-Pacific. It is our diverse and capable people that allow us to deliver a high standard of work, and it is who our clients keep coming back to. With this in mind, we have always aimed to develop a culture of teamwork, collaboration, and understanding, not only within our Water team but right across the Beca Group. For more information on our successful projects, please click here.

A career with Beca will provide you with:

• Professional development opportunities.
• A supportive and caring work environment where you can bring your whole self to work.
• Support with relocation and immigration to suitable applicants.
• Flexible working arrangements to balance your personal/family commitments.
• Opportunities to learn from our industry experts and technical gurus across the Asia Pacific.
• A highly supportive environment of sharing and collaboration.
• Excellent benefits provided to all staff – including discounted health insurance, discounts on gym memberships, and a number of social club events.

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.

Ready to make everyday better? Apply now.