Tonkin + Taylor is New Zealand's leading engineering and environmental consultancy, renowned for our technical excellence in solving complex challenges. We are proudly a New Zealand, employee-owned company and our collective mission is to create and sustain a better world.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Geotechnical Engineer / Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join us in Christchurch and be part of a thriving and growing Geotechnical team. If you are someone who values autonomy, mastery and purpose in your work and will thrive in a team environment where every day is different, we'd love to speak to you!

T+T are involved in some of the Region's largest projects and alongside this we have an exciting schedule of work involving multi-disciplinary engineering projects across the country.

The work is technically challenging and varied with lots of interesting projects for you to sink your teeth into, including earthquake engineering, soil structure interaction, slope stability and foundation engineering. We have various pathways open and scope for you to develop.

The role:

• Designing all forms of geotechnical structures
• Manage, design and implement geotechnical projects
• Project Management
• Client relationship management
• Supervision and mentoring of junior staff

About you:

• BE(hons) Civil Engineering or equivalent Washington Accord accredited degree
• Actively working towards CPEng or already have it under your belt
• 8+ years industry experience in geotechnical engineering
• Previous experience in a consulting environment
• Strong foundation design and /or ground improvement works experience
• Solid experience in retaining structures design and slope stability assessment
• Strong report writing capability
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

The good stuff: some of our benefits

• Exposure to a variety of professional experts and projects
• A highly supportive team environment
• Professional memberships and continued education support
• A flexible working culture and formal flexible working arrangements including part time working and ability to purchase extra leave
• Internal training programs
• Mentoring programs
• $500 annual wellbeing allowance and wellbeing programme
• A very active social club
• Free fruit baskets and morning teas (we love morning teas at T+T!)
• Additional parental leave, salary top-up and a back to work coaching programme (as per policy)
• State of the art, modern and contemporary offices

Flexible working

We embrace flexible working at T+T and aim to work in a way that serves the needs of our people, clients and communities. We recognise that our people have a wide range of professional and personal commitments along with demands from both within and outside the business. Our flexible working culture enables us to work flexibly to create better work and life experiences.

T+T is not only a place to work - it's a place where your work will make a difference. APPLY NOW! Or for further information on T+T, go to:

Vaccination status

Here at T+T, the health and safety of our whānau is our top priority. Our Board has made the decision that vaccination will be required for anyone wanting to access our offices and facilities under the Red and Orange levels of the COVID-19 Protection Framework. This applies to all persons, including employees, clients, suppliers and all visitors, and will come into effect once the COVID-19 Protection Framework is enacted.

For potential employees, we have assessed that most roles will require office access. Therefore, we will be asking you to share your COVID-19 vaccination status as part of our interview process.

We are proud to be an Immigration New Zealand Accredited Employer and a member of Diversity Works.

We particularly encourage speakers of Te Reo Māori or Pasifika languages to apply.