Civil Engineering Cadet – Tararua Alliance - Full Time Position

An outstanding opportunity, are you looking for a great career which includes the following?

• Work and study at the same time
• Be paid to obtain a NZ Diploma in Engineering (Civil) and NZ Diploma in Engineering Practice (Civil)
• Continue living in Tararua whilst you study
• Exciting work opportunities, managing the Council’s infrastructure and improving the liveability of our district
• A mixture of office and field work
• Flexible work environment with a great workplace culture

As a Tararua District Council employee working within the Tararua Alliance, the Civil Engineering Cadet is responsible for completing their course of academic study, gaining practical experience and completing technical development and applied learning to meet the needs of the overall cadet programme.

Working within the Tararua Alliance, they will be expected to develop skills in a range of different fields across the transportation, 3waters management and operations activities. Through the Tararua Alliance and Council’s partnership with Downer NZ, they will also have access to the Downer cadet programme tools and support as well as young professional development and networking opportunities.

The Civil Engineering Cadet will contribute to a successful service delivery team, through effective and efficient completion of projects.

About you

We want to hear from people who:

• Full class 1 Driver’s Licence
• Demonstrated interest in the civil engineering industry and preferably work experience (holiday or otherwise) in the industry or other related practical industries
• Proven willingness and capability to learn
• Problem solving skills
• Leadership skills or potential
• Ability to communicate with all levels in an organization
• A great attitude; a team player showing initiative and motivated to do a good job.

In return we offer

We are offering an outstanding opportunity to work within a ground-breaking infrastructure management environment with diverse and challenging work, a great workplace culture, all whilst being paid to complete professional qualifications in a high demand industry.

We're WorkSAFE: Our workplaces are drug and alcohol free.

Applications close with the Human Resource Advisor on Sunday, 28 January 2018.

All applications will require a completed application form, cover letter, and CV.

A copy of the job description and application form can be downloaded from our website www.tararuadc.govt.nz; alternatively, you may collect the application and job description from the Council’s Customer Service Centres, in person or by phone.

Location: Tararua

Closing Date: Sunday, 28 January 2018

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