Infrastructure
Engineers at New Plymouth District Council
Water comes in, and it goes out. The roads are maintained, bus services organised, and the rubbish removed. All those things you don’t notice until they don’t happen!
This category typically includes:
Traffic and transportation planning, engineering and operations
- Typical roles include traffic planner, transportation engineer, traffic engineer, civil engineer, environmental engineer.
- Study typically includes Transportation Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology.
Water, wastewater and stormwater
- Typical roles include environmental engineer, civil engineer, water treatment plant operator.
- Study typically includes Engineering, Engineering Technology, Natural Resource and Environmental Engineering, Hydrology and Water Treatment.
Solid waste and recycling
- Typical roles include solid waste manager, environmental education officer, sustainability officer, sustainable business facilitator, environmental engineer, landfill engineer, natural resources engineer.
- Study typically includes Environmental Engineering, Natural Resource and Engineering, Earth Science.
Roading engineers at Palmerston North City Council
Engineering, design, project management, and construction
- Typical roles include project manager, structural engineer, geotechnical engineer, environmental engineer, civil engineer.
- Study typically includes Construction Management, Engineering, Environmental Engineering.
Asset and capital plant management
- Typical roles include asset manager, traffic manager, roading manager, solid waste manager, drainage engineer, parks and reserves manager.
- Study typically includes Management, Contracts Management, Contract Law, Health and Safety, Asset Management Planning, Maintenance Engineering.
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