Careers

Be part of the team creating communities for Aotearoa New Zealand.

Who we are

Harrison Grierson (or HG as we like to call ourselves) is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading urban development engineering and design consultancies.

Resilient urban communities are at the heart of everything we do.

We have six offices across New Zealand in Auckland (head office), Tauranga, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown and are technical specialists in civil and structural engineering, land development, surveying, planning, transportation, digital solutions, urban design and landscape architecture.

Life at Harrison Grierson

We invest in our people.

We give you the support, learning, and development to help you grow and take the next step in your career.

We have a team-based culture set in a creative and supportive work environment. Work life balance is something we pride ourselves on, so we have flexible hours to support you achieving that.

We offer:

  • Competitive remuneration and benefits package

  • A chance to lead with clients across a wide range of urban development projects

  • Professional development opportunities including mentoring, fully subsidised membership fees and ProjectYOU; A project dedicated to your personal growth and career development

  • Active Social Club and flexible working culture

  • Shareholding opportunities with our Shares Trading Scheme

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We are proud to be a New Zealand-owned company with a strong commitment to our local communities.

Next Generation Thinking

Be part of a team that’s thinking big about the future of urban development. With almost 140 years of experience in Aotearoa New Zealand, we have the knowledge, projects, and vision to build sustainable communities you can be proud to say you’ve worked on.

We’re diverse, just like the communities we design for

A diverse, equitable and inclusive place to work boosts creativity and innovation. We believe in building strength through diversity and aim to create an inclusive, collaborative culture where everyone feels they belong. Diverse teams are more likely to bring pioneering ideas to the table along with their unique perspectives and experiences. We make more informed decisions when considering a wide range of viewpoints and experiences. 

As a founding partner and accord signatory of The Diversity Agenda, we’re committed to investing in diversity and inclusion not only at Harrison Grierson but across the engineering and architectural profession.  

Sustainability – it’s core to our business

Sustainability is central to our purpose and strategic direction. It’s our goal through the people we develop and the projects we deliver, to have a positive impact on the environment.

We want to build resilient communities that strive for the long-term health and wellbeing of land, water, biodiversity and people and climate change and its potential impacts is a reality we take seriously. We investigate how environments may be impacted, and design so future generations can thrive and grow throughout these changes.  

We believe people should be able live, work, play and feel in touch with nature, without relying on private vehicles. When designing new communities, we work collaboratively with different stakeholders and across disciplines to incorporate walking and cycling links and enable public transport. 

Corporate responsibility

We’re committed to corporate responsibility and hold a Sustainability and Modern Slavery Policy.  

We’re reducing our carbon emissions in line with international targets, managing waste and review our suppliers and partners to ensure our purchases are ethical.  

To demonstrate our commitment to positive outcomes for people and the planet, as we go about our business, we’re pursuing BCORP certification.   

Ready to make the move to HG? We’d love to hear from you.

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We provide ongoing training and development to help our employees reach their full potential and achieve their career goals. We’re big on personal development where you’ll gain hands-on training across a variety of subjects from leadership development to technical skills.


FAQs about working at HG

We offer 20 days annual leave, 10 wellbeing days, and one celebration day which you can use to celebrate something special to you.

We offer gender-neutral parental leave options to support our people on their parental journey and as they transition back into the workplace.

At HG we believe work life balance is important. We’re open to flexibility around working hours and working from home when appropriate. If it works operationally for the role, then how you get the job done is up to you.

At HG, we put you in the driver’s seat of your career and development, and we’re right beside you all the way with support and guidance. We have a development framework called ProjectYou which encourages you to work with your leader to plan where you want to go and how you’ll get there. We’ll put a plan in place to get the work experience, technical learning, consulting and personal skills development you need to advance your career.  We wrap lots of support around you with leadership, mentoring, and learning, to help you build and succeed the career you want.

Yes. We’re very social and run events throughout the year from Winter Balls to Waiheke Island wine tastings or lunch trips.

Yes – all permanent employees are eligible to buy shares in the company.

Our Graduate Programme is designed to give you the skills and work exposure you’ll need to get you ready for your next role as quickly as possible. Along with technical skill development, the programme provides a wide range of learning experiences to build your people and self-leadership skills, client and relationship skills, and project skills. Tailored learning in your area of specialisation is accompanied by a central programme built around leadership and soft skills. The programme kicks off with a two-day onboarding experience, followed by quarterly workshops and social events for the Grad community. Essentially, if you’re learning heaps, having fun, and achieving your career goals, we’re happy. 

At HG, we make YOU one of our most important projects. Regardless of whether you're here for six months or 25 years, our goal is to help you grow so that you leave better than when you arrived. ProjectYOU is a project dedicated to your professional growth - it's about making time for you and your learning and ensuring that you're thriving personally and professionally. It's nothing complicated, just a set of conversations and tools to help you become even more amazing during your time at HG.

The conversation starts with what you want to achieve, big or small, in the next phase of your career (however long ahead you prefer to plan). You’ll then work with your leader, and other leaders in your network, to understand what's coming up workwise and how you can grow at the same time whilst making your contribution to HG. Then you’ll pull all of this together into your ProjectYOU Personal Plan and get growing!

We help people achieve CPEng, Cadastral Licensing, and NZPI accreditation by providing the work and opportunities they need to complete the application. We also provide a $5000 bonus to those that achieve this. 

That depends on your role. The variety and scale of our projects is impressive. You’ll be working on interesting and diverse projects from start to finish. You’ll also be working with talented colleagues across different disciplines.

At HG we pride ourselves on being a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity, equality and inclusion are fundamental to achieving our goal of creating better places for people to live, work and play. We strive to create an inclusive culture where everyone is respected and valued for their unique skills, experiences and perspectives.

We actively recruit and retain individuals from diverse backgrounds and strive to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable and supported. We also provide training and development opportunities to ensure that our employees are equipped to work inclusively and effectively with people from all backgrounds. We believe that by fostering an inclusive culture, we are better able to serve our clients and create more successful outcomes for the communities we work in.

We’re big on learning and development, so you’ll gain hands-on training across a variety of subjects from leadership development to technical skills. We have a mentoring programme, our own Learning and Development curriculum, and we offer generous provisions for study leave and tertiary assistance to encourage you to grow and develop.