About CPB  

CPB Contractors is Australia’s leading contractor, and as part of the CIMIC Group, we are proud to be constructing New Zealand’s future and do so collaboratively with our partners and clients. 

We hire for careers, not project life. CPB Contractors has more than 50 major infrastructure projects in delivery, across all key sectors of the construction industry, including roads and bridges, rail, tunnelling, defence, airports, buildings and resources, providing you with career opportunities for years to come. 

The Project 

The New Dunedin Hospital project is the single largest hospital project ever undertaken in New Zealand. Spanning 71,700m2 and constructed on the former Cadbury Chocolate Factory in the centre of the city, the Inpatient Building will provide high-quality acute medical facilities in support of its role as a tertiary teaching hospital. Onsite services will include 424 beds, including future expansion of 53 beds. A total of 24 theatres, including a future capacity of 2 theatres, imaging suites and radiology.

Your Opportunity 

A unique opportunity exists for a Tier 1 Project Engineer to develop their skills and progress their career on a landmark Healthcare Project. As a Project Engineer (Structures), you’ll be responsible for developing robust methodologies, maintaining quality controls and safely delivering the superstructure of the New Dunedin Hospital Project. The role is suitable for an engineer with major project experience in structural steel or structural concrete, where you can leverage your experience into the complexities of erecting over 10,000T of structural steel! 

Our minimum requirements for this role are: 

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline from a recognised tertiary institution 

Experience, Skills and Behavioural Competencies required for this position: 

• Structural experience + Civil experience  
• Quality assurance knowledge and skills  
• Tier 1 safety and quality assurance 
• Minimum 4 years relevant experience 
• Manage self and others to deliver work to between $1M and $10M 
• Applying engineering principles to comply with scope of works and technical criteria (SWTC) 
• Demonstrated commercial experience to include planning up to 4 weeks ahead and weekly reporting against cost and time 
• Development of SHEQ process and procedures and management of others in conducting SHEQ process and procedures 

We support diversity in the workplace. Māori, Pasifika, women, and people from varied cultural backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

If this role is of interest to you and you meet the above requirements, please click on the ‘Apply now’ button.

Please note: This role is being sourced through CPB Contractors directly and we will not accept applications via external recruitment agencies.