Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives enabling you to do the best work of your life. You can experience a world of opportunities to shape a career as unique as you.

WSP is one of the world’s top professional services firms, bringing together some of the brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe. We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. We see the world through a Future Ready® lens, fuelled by a shared commitment to making a positive impact—one project and community at a time.

Project Technician | Invercargill

We have an opportunity for a Project Technician to join our Invercargill team, supporting the delivery of a range of infrastructure and engineering projects across the Southland region. In this role, you’ll work closely with experienced engineers and project managers, providing hands-on support across project coordination, design documentation, site activities, and client delivery.

This is a great opportunity for someone early in their career to build their technical capability and project management experience, while contributing to meaningful work that supports local communities.

What you’ll do

• Support the delivery of infrastructure and engineering projects across the Southland region; and assist with consultancy services across transportation, water, buildings, and planning projects

• Assist in preparing design briefs, project programmes, and cost estimates

• Complete project documentation and administration, including reporting and maintaining records

• Support investigations, design activities, and on-site supervision; undertake site inspections and fieldwork as required

• Monitor project performance against programme and budget

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality outcomes

• Support safe work practices and ensure compliance with quality standards

About you

• Relevant tertiary qualification in civil engineering or related discipline

• Around 2+ years’ professional experience in a similar role

• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities

• Confident communicator with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels

• Collaborative team player with a client-focused mindset and commitment to quality delivery

• High level of professionalism, integrity, and accountability

• Full, clean, driver licence

Please note that the successful candidate must have full, unrestricted work rights in New Zealand. This role is not eligible for Accredited Employer Work Visa sponsorship.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

We are proud to have the blueprint of Aotearoa New Zealand in our DNA and our 2,000+ expert professionals in 24 offices are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 75,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.

We will review applications as they come in, so if this opportunity sounds like you, don’t wait to apply!

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