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 Senior Project Engineer to develop their skills and progress their career on a landmark Healthcare Project. As a Senior 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 
• 5-10years relevant experience in the same field

Experience, Skills and Behavioural Competencies required for this position: 

• Managing self and team within discipline to deliver work between $10M and $50M
• Developing methodologies to ensure compliance with the scope of works and technical criteria (within discipline)
• Demonstrating commercial experience to include planning up to 6 months ahead, weekly reporting on progress against plan and cost, reporting on risk and developing and implementing risk treatment plans
• Producing scope of work for the procurement of subcontractor packages. 
• Developing the SHEQ process and procedures and managing others in conducting the 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.