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Mechanical Engineer - Water

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Description

We're looking for a Mechanical Engineer to join our growing Water team in Christchurch. You'll work on delivering critical water infrastructure projects, gaining hands-on experience solving real-world engineering challenges alongside local experts and AECOM's global technical network.

The Opportunity:

  • Deliver mechanical design solutions across three-waters and dam infrastructure projects
  • Contribute to designing pump stations, pipelines, valves and associated water infrastructure
  • Prepare and review mechanical design calculations, technical reports, specifications and drawings
  • Undertake hydraulic assessments and analyses to support infrastructure performance and resilience
  • Identify engineering challenges and contribute innovative approaches to complex technical problems
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated infrastructure solutions
  • Provide guidance and technical support to graduate and early-career engineers
  • Manage your work to meet project budgets, schedules and quality expectations
  • Participate in site visits, inspections and client interactions

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
  • 2+ years' experience in mechanical engineering, ideally within water, wastewater, industrial or infrastructure environments
  • Experience or exposure to areas such as pump station design, process piping design, pipe stress analysis, mechanical equipment specification and selection
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams
  • A genuine interest in developing a career within the water and infrastructure sector
  • An aspiration to work towards Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status

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Skills

Required

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Pump station design
  • Process piping design
  • Pipe stress analysis
  • Mechanical equipment specification and selection
  • Steady-state hydraulic modelling
  • Transient analysis of pipelines
  • Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Inventor
  • HAMMER
  • AutoCAD
  • Revit
  • AutoPIPE

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