Senior Water Engineer – Water Infrastructure 

Pattle Delamore Partners (PDP) is a leading environmental and engineering consultancy with a strong presence across Aotearoa New Zealand. For nearly 40 years, we have partnered with clients, iwi, and communities to solve complex challenges across air, land, and water, delivering practical solutions that stand the test of time.

As our Tauranga-based water projects continue to grow, we are seeking an experienced Senior Water Engineer to join our Water team.

This role provides the opportunity to contribute technical leadership across wastewater, water supply, and stormwater projects, while supporting the development of people, clients, and services. You will work on regionally significant projects, delivering sustainable infrastructure solutions and providing guidance to a capable and established engineering team.

About the role

This role combines technical leadership, project delivery, and team development within a growing regional water practice. You will:

• Provide technical leadership across water, wastewater, and stormwater projects, offering sound engineering judgement and clear direction.
• Plan, prepare, and review technical reports and contribute to investigation and detailed design work.
• Lead contract management activities, including cost estimation, tender preparation, and construction phase support.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships and support business development activity.
• Support and mentor engineers, contributing to team capability and succession.
• Maintain high standards of quality, health and safety, and risk management.
• Contribute to shaping the direction and growth of the water discipline locally and across the business.

What you’ll bring

You will bring strong technical capability, leadership experience, and a collaborative approach to project and client delivery, plus:

• A degree in Civil, Environmental, or Natural Resources Engineering
• A minimum of eight years’ experience in water, wastewater, and stormwater engineering
• Chartered Professional Engineer status, or working towards CPEng
• Demonstrated experience in engineering project and contract management
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain and justify technical approaches
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with clients and colleagues
• A considered and practical approach to problem-solving, aligned with environmental and commercial outcomes.

What we offer

• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, income protection, salary top up for parental leave and the ability to purchase extra annual leave.
• Flexible/hybrid working culture, facilitating a healthy work-life balance.
• Professional development opportunities, including support for ongoing training and education, and fully subsidised membership fees.
• The chance to work on challenging projects that make a difference to our environment.
• A vibrant environment, committed to fostering a workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion.
• Guidance and mentoring to develop professional skills.

About Us

PDP is a leading New Zealand consultancy specialising in air, land, and water. We cater to diverse projects from major infrastructure works to smaller scale investigations and upgrades in both the municipal and private sectors.  With almost 40 years of experience and a team of 300 experts across multiple locations in NZ, we’re proudly employee-owned and committed to an environment where your expertise is valued, and your career can flourish.  At PDP, we believe a great company is built and nurtured by great people, and so we’re dedicated to providing a fun and supportive environment to our people.