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I am a mechanical engineer in Building services team, Tauranga. Mix of Construction Monitoring and design engineering

Good variety of projects, given independence to shape your own path

My role is typically to run the numbers for different structural engineering projects. Industry is going a bit slow at the moment so work has been drying up generally but the work I am currently doing is exciting.

Mostly looking after my own workload and reporting to seniors. Sometimes will delegate and lead junior colleagues.

I am expected to attend weekly section or team meetings to let others know how busy I am, to either get more work or support. On an average day I could either be working at a desk on written reports, either based on site-work already done or prior to undertaking site work. Part of my role is also going out to sites, often industrial or residential developments, to take samples of soil or water to understand contamination on sites.

3d modelling, supporting calcs, design work, drafting

In my role, I handle multiple projects concurrently, utilizing 12D for civil work design. I collaborate closely with drafters to finalize drawings, write reports, and manage project coordination. I also conduct site visits during construction phases. My responsibilities span design, documentation, project management, and fieldwork, making my role dynamic and engaging

Spend a lot of time doing CAD design, and calculations. Have to go to site once/twice a week to do construction monitoring. Have to sit in on internal and external meetings with design teams and clients and occasionally head out to meet with suppliers to learn about new products.

As a graduate transmission line engineer, I have been given the opportunity to work on a number of different projects at Beca. I always have someone above me who guides me from a technical point to do the project.

designing and drafting and learning next to the job

I do the engineering for small work packages on my project.

I don't have time to cover everything but to summarise: - CAD design 2D and 3D of civil features for a variety of projects. Mostly Stormwater at this stage. - Flood Modelling - Calculating a lot of things - Report writing in conjunction with design - Interdisciplinary reviews to ensure all on the same page - Meeting with clients occasionally - Site Visits when necessary - Learning programs in any spare time for relevant software or company processes

Varies between office work and site work, site work can span hours to days at a time (I enjoy site work, where others may not). Office work includes report writing, analyses (Liquefaction, slope stability etc), foundation design etc

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Range of technical and project management across the food and beverage and water industries

Variety of projects with sufficient support and learning opportunities, team leaders listen to what you want to do and align your projects with your career goals

I work on internal enterprise projects supporting change management and business analysis work such as requirements gathering, process mapping, stakeholder engagement, adoption strategies, etc.

I have played multiple roles whilst working, either as an assistant, project management, supportive person and/or design lead discipline.

Depends on the work you're involved in. If you get on interesting projects you'll be heavily involved in the design, modelling, carbon assessments, client relationships report writing, and health and safety analysis. However, if you're under-resourced you can be stuck doing mundane tasks like meeting minutes for everyone or filling out Excel spreadsheets.

Project engineer now working on site a few days a week on a capital project. Carrying out engineering design, reviewing drawings, procedures, walking around plant.