Principal Engineering Consultant

Location: Auckland (preferred), Wellington or Tauranga, New Zealand

Relocation Support: Comprehensive relocation package available

Ganymede is exclusively partnering with a highly regarded engineering consultancy to appoint a Principal Rail Engineering Lead for its growing transportation infrastructure team in New Zealand.

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced rail professional to take on a senior leadership position within an established consultancy that is delivering a wide range of rail infrastructure and asset management projects across the country.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, guide project delivery teams, support client engagement activities, and play a key role in developing the organisation's long-term rail capability.

The Position

• Reporting into the senior leadership team, you will provide strategic and technical direction across a portfolio of rail projects, ensuring high standards of engineering quality, safety, and operational performance.
• You will work closely with clients, project stakeholders, and multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver practical and commercially successful solutions across a range of rail infrastructure programmes.
• Alongside technical leadership responsibilities, you will contribute to business growth initiatives, mentor engineering professionals, and help strengthen the organisation's position within the rail sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery across rail infrastructure and track engineering projects.
• Provide expert engineering guidance to project teams and clients.
• Support the development and implementation of engineering standards and best practice methodologies.
• Oversee project performance relating to quality, programme, risk, and compliance.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering inputs across complex projects.
• Develop and maintain strong client and stakeholder relationships.
• Identify opportunities for business growth and market development.
• Mentor and develop engineers at various stages of their careers.
• Promote a culture focused on safety, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Candidate Profile

• Extensive experience within the rail industry, including significant involvement in track and infrastructure engineering.
• Demonstrable experience leading complex engineering projects and multidisciplinary teams.
• Professional engineering accreditation (Chartered status or equivalent).
• Degree-qualified in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to deliver technical solutions within complex project environments.
• Experience within rail asset management environments.
• Background gained within engineering consultancy or advisory services.
• Exposure to major transportation or infrastructure programmes.
• Project management qualifications such as PMP, PRINCE2 or similar.

What's Available

• Competitive remuneration package.
• Full relocation assistance for international applicants.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Investment in professional development and leadership growth.
• Opportunity to influence the future direction of a growing rail engineering business.
• Collaborative and technically focused working environment.
• Long-term career progression opportunities within a respected consultancy.

Interested?

Ganymede is managing this search exclusively on behalf of our client. Applications and enquiries will be handled in strict confidence.