Lead Electrical Engineer, Buildings

Lead Electrical Engineer – Buildings 

Aotearoa New Zealand | Buildings | Electrical 

Design the future with Aurecon.We’re looking for a Lead Electrical Engineer to join our national Buildings team and provide market-facing technical leadership across electrical design,verification and client delivery in New Zealand. 

This is a role for someone ready tooperate as arecognised technical lead in the market, shaping work winning, design direction,verificationquality and client confidence across complex buildings projects.You’ll help shape smarter healthcare spaces, datacentres, publicinfrastructure and commercial buildings that leave a legacy for communities across Aotearoa. 

You’ll be part of a tight-knit national team that collaborates across regions and disciplines, with access to specialists across Australia and Aurecon’s global network. That means world-classexpertise, innovative tools and exposure to projects youwon’t find anywhere else in New Zealand. 

Whatyou’ll do 

As a Lead Electrical Engineer in our Buildings team,you’ll provide the technical leadership, client interface and verification capabilityrequired to deliver high-quality outcomes for our clients.You’ll step into a highly visible market role, leading local and national opportunities while strengthening the team’s design capability, qualitystandards and future growth. 

• Technical design leadership – lead electrical design direction across small,medium and large-scale Buildings projects, setting technical standards and guiding design decisions. 

• Verification and quality – own and lead verification, qualityassurance and producer statement requirements, including work that requires local market and council-facing knowledge. 

• Client engagement – act as a senior client-facing technical representative for Aurecon’s electrical capability in the local and wider New Zealand market. 

• Market growth – lead and shape work winning through technical strategy, designmanagement and confident client-facing contribution. 

• Project lifecycle support – lead key stages of the project lifecycle, including cost estimation and budgeting, design, procurement, constructionmonitoring and technical governance. 

• Inspire and guide – mentor and guide engineers across the team, helping build technical depth,confidence and leadership capability within thenational Electrical Buildings team. 

• Cross-disciplinary collaboration –collaborate across Buildings, digital,infrastructure and specialist teams to deliver coordinated, high-quality outcomes for clients. 

Projects and impact 

You’ll contribute to a strong pipeline of complex and meaningful work, including datacentres, healthcare opportunities, publicinfrastructure and major projects such as Hawke’s Bay Men’s Prison.You’ll also support delivery and continuity across projects transitioning from existing senior team members, helpingmaintain quality, technicalconfidence and immediate billability. 

Site attendanceexpected asrequired for project delivery,reviews and client engagement.  

Whatyou’ll bring 

We’re looking for someone with deep electrical engineering experience, strong client-facingconfidence and the ability to provide visible technical leadership in a busy national team.You’ll enjoy balancing delivery, quality, relationships,mentoring and market growth, while helping Aurecon strengthen its Buildings presence across Aotearoa. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline 

• Extensive experience in electrical engineering within Buildings, ideally with 10+ years’ post-graduation experience 

• Chartered status strongly preferred, with the ability to support verification, technicalleadership and producer statement requirements 

• Deep technical design capability across building services electrical systems, with the confidence to set direction and review complex design outcomes 

• Proven success building trusted client relationships and leading or materially influencing work winning and market-facing activity 

• Confidence mentoring engineers, lifting teamcapability andproviding technical guidance across multiple projects 

• The ability to work collaboratively across disciplines,regions and project teams 

• A practical, quality-focused mindset with the credibility to challenge, guide and improve design outcomes at a project,client and team level 

Why Aurecon 

We believe your career should be a rewarding adventure.You’ll work on complex, city-shaping projects in an environment that supports your ambitions and values your contribution.Recognised by the AFR as a Best Place to Work in 2026, we embrace diverse perspectives and give our people opportunities to make a real impact. 

You’ll have access to national and international technicalexpertise, digital tools, cross-marketcollaboration and the opportunity to lead and strengthen a critical area of Aurecon’s New Zealand Buildings business. 

Who we are 

We are an engineering consultancy with more than 6,000 people across Australia, AotearoaNew Zealand and Asia. We believe the world needs people who can engineer possibilities; people who can create infrastructure that makes life better for people and the planet. That is why we are here – to bring ideas to life, the Aurecon way. 

Ready for your next adventure? 

Our hiring decisions are made by people, not AI.We’re most interested in your individual thinking and experiences, so please ensure your application reflects your authentic perspective. 

Tewhakahāingāwhakaaro |Breathing life into our ideas, thoughts, views 

Kiamāia, kia kaha, mahitahi |Be bold, be strong, work as one