Civil engineering feeler

**MSTRS:Me** · 1st May 2012, 08:59

My future son-in-law is currently looking at a move to NZ from Belgium, and as well as bringing my daughter home he will be requiring work.
He describes himself as a 'generalist' and says...

What appeals to me in my current work, is the coming together of client and subcontractor relations, strategic contract management with the client and subcontractors, financial and legal management and the interconnectedness and complexity of these different project dimensions. The same applies for my previous project management position in Amsterdam which was in a public sector. This is where I see my added value in a project or company as a generalist who integrates different viewpoints and strategically acts on these.

If anyone has some knowledge of the general industry, and more specifically, positions available - location not an issue at this stage - Thijs would appreciate it. I will make sure he gets them

**Brett** · 1st May 2012, 09:25

The quick answer is that he will not struggle to find work at all. Obviously Chch is a hotspot right now, however engineering services do not have to be located where the projects are necessarily and this is driving demand around the country. The market is very short of good civil engineers with a reasonable amount of experience.

**jim.cox** · 1st May 2012, 09:37

The IPENZ JobHunt website and Seek seem to be the main places for advertising engineering jobs.

**unstuck** · 1st May 2012, 09:48

Downers. http://careers.downeredi.com/jobSear...W&sLanguage=en

**HenryDorsetCase** · 1st May 2012, 10:08

Originally Posted by MSTRS

My future son-in-law is currently looking at a move to NZ from Belgium, and as well as bringing my daughter home he will be requiring work.
He describes himself as a 'generalist' and says...

If anyone has some knowledge of the general industry, and more specifically, positions available - location not an issue at this stage - Thijs would appreciate it. I will make sure he gets them

Chur chur would be the place to come if you are an engineer for the next few years at least.

**Paul in NZ** · 1st May 2012, 11:35

Can't help - I'm an Uncivil Engineer....

**Berries** · 1st May 2012, 19:24

Chch

Monties

Hopeless

GHD

**Nova.** · 1st May 2012, 20:28

Originally Posted by Brett

The quick answer is that he will not struggle to find work at all. Obviously Chch is a hotspot right now, however engineering services do not have to be located where the projects are necessarily and this is driving demand around the country. The market is very short of good civil engineers with a reasonable amount of experience.

Don't be fooled, harder to find work in chch then you'd think.

**Tigadee** · 1st May 2012, 20:35

Originally Posted by MSTRS

My future son-in-law is currently looking at a move to NZ from Belgium, and as well as bringing my daughter home he will be requiring work.

If anyone has some knowledge of the general industry, and more specifically, positions available - location not an issue at this stage - Thijs would appreciate it. I will make sure he gets them

Get him in touch with me - I know someone in Holmes Consulting, they're looking for good civil engineers. I can forward your son-in-law's CV on to them.