# Technical Principal - Water

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Christchurch, Canterbury
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## 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.

As Technical Principal - Water, you will help shape the future of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater, combining a deep three waters perspective. This is an excellent opportunity to lead the technical direction of key and strategic projects, from early planning and investigations through to delivery and construction.

Your influence will extend beyond individual projects. Working collaboratively across the water sector, you will mentor and coach others, build capability, contribute to succession planning, and support an inclusive culture where people can do their best work.

Ideally, you'll bring:

- A BEng or similar equivalent qualification.

- CPEng NZ

- 15+ years' professional experience, with proven technical capability to lead complex work and add value from planning through to construction.

- A strong track record in technical leadership, project governance, peer review, and the delivery of clear, high-quality reports, drawings, and other client-ready documentation.

- Commercial experience preparing and reviewing bids, proposals, fee estimates, programmes, and budgets, with a clear understanding of commercial risk and client value.

- A collaborative and client-centred approach, with the confidence to work effectively across all levels, build meaningful relationships, and influence technical ideas, innovations, and solutions.

- Current clean driver licence.

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.

## Skills

### Required
- BEng
- CPEng NZ
- technical leadership
- project governance
- peer review

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