Principal OHL Engineer

Principal OHL Engineer

Are you passionate about creating transport infrastructure that will shape a sustainable future for our communities? This is an exciting time to join our growing team, and we welcome applications from individuals ready to take the next step in their career.

Mott MacDonald Aotearoa is expanding, and with that growth comes an exciting opportunity in Wellington. Our Rail Transport team is looking for a Principal OHL Engineer to work on a range of challenging and interesting projects across New Zealand.

This role is perfect for an engineer experienced in delivering rail projects from feasibility and development through to testing & commissioning, hand back, and closeout.

What You Will Do

In this newly created role, you will need to understand complex contractual requirements and communicate effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team while managing projects of various levels of complexity.
 

As our Principal OHL Engineer, you will:

• Perform inspections of Traction and overhead lines equipment to ensure compliance with safety standards and completeness of specified works.
• Monitor and report on quality assurance procedures, perform audits, and initiate corrective actions to achieve specified quality in completed works.
• Manage multi-discipline project teams, ensuring effective collaboration and integration across various engineering disciplines.
• Inspect, test, and commission system alterations and installations, ensuring compliance with Electrical Safety Legislation and Traction Power standards.
• Lead projects and work packages to deliver strong commercial outcomes.
• Prepare designs, reports, specifications, and other deliverables to a high level of technical excellence.

About You

You will be a Rail Engineer with experience across multi-disciplinary infrastructure programmes, particularly in OHL and Traction power. We are especially interested in candidates who are accustomed to working with a range of high-level stakeholders and managing the design inputs for several key disciplines across the programme.

You will also have knowledge of design standards and an appreciation of the multi-disciplinary requirements of civil engineering in railway transport infrastructure projects in feasibility, preliminary, and detailed design. Designated project engineer experience, along with construction experience on rail and civil infrastructure projects, is highly desirable.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our organisation, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We value the diversity of our staff and are committed to creating an inclusive work culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work.

The Perks

• State-of-the-art office and end-of-trip facilities
• Agile working
• Competitive salary and group bonus incentive scheme
• Life, personal accident, and salary continuance insurance
• Options to purchase additional annual leave
• Social events and company outings
• Employee Assistance Program enabling access to coaching and counselling services

You've Got This!

By joining Mott MacDonald, you will find we are committed to fostering a culture that empowers our people, promotes teamwork, and embraces sustainability. There's no time like the present to make a change.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

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.