Principal Design Manager
Mott MacDonald is a dynamic engineering, management, and development consultancy working with high-profile clients across New Zealand and Australia. We are employee-owned, independent, and global, with strong local leadership.
We value equality and diversity, creating an inclusive workplace. Our Water Infrastructure team in Auckland is seeking a skilled Principal Design Manager to join our growing team.
Your Opportunity:
As part of our dynamic team, you will be working on a number of sizeable projects that we are delivering across New Zealand including significant water and wastewater treatment plants.
This role will be responsible for reviewing technical quality of engineering and design tasks while supporting Project Managers to ensure on time and budget project delivery.
Your Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for managing Engineering and Design teams, ensuring their efficient and effective performance. This involves overseeing the overall allocation of resources required for specialist design and engineering inputs, ensuring timely project delivery. The other elements of your role will be:
- Team Management: Oversee Engineering and Design teams, ensuring efficient performance and timely project delivery.
- Coordination: Coordinate resources for engineering, utilities, drawing, mapping, and cost estimation. Verify processes and outputs to maintain high standards.
- Project Tracking: Manage engineering/design processes and deliverables, collaborating with Technical leads and project teams for successful outcomes.
About You:
You will be an experienced Civil Engineer with a proven track record of successfully delivering stormwater, water and/or wastewater projects with an emphasis in key design skill areas, such as treatment plants, pressure / rising mains, trenchless techniques, gravity pipelines (sewer and stormwater), pump stations and reservoirs.
We are looking for an engineer who can bring:
- Leadership: Lead cohesive teams on challenging projects.
- Design Management: Experience with complex infrastructure, design codes, standards, and practices.
- Technical Expertise: Civil Engineer with experience in stormwater, water, and wastewater projects, including treatment plants, mains, pipelines, pump stations, and reservoirs.
- Qualifications: Degree in Civil Engineering; CPEng certification preferred.
- Client Relationship Management: Excellent communication skills and ability to work with diverse stakeholders.
Join Our Team:
Contribute to impactful projects that benefit the community. Your expertise will help achieve our goals and exceed client expectations.
Company Benefits:
Join a global consultancy making strides in the local market. We offer career progression, competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, enhanced Kiwi Saver contributions, professional support, and opportunities to work on key projects. We promote teamwork, sustainability, and better social outcomes.
If you share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, and integrity, we encourage you to apply. Connect with us to learn more.
Application and selection process
If this sounds like the right role for you please apply online as soon as possible. The online application process takes about 10 minutes and you'll need to upload your CV/resume.
Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.
About Mott MacDonald
We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence