Development Engineering Technical Advisor

Join Selwyn District Council as our Development Engineering Technical Advisor. Use your construction or infrastructure coordination experience to coordinate development engineering input and approvals for the various land development processes, provide technical advice, and support the delivery of quality development outcomes across one of New Zealand's fastest-growing districts

About the role:

As the Development Engineering Technical Advisor, you'll be the central coordination point for a wide range of development engineering activities. Working closely with the Engineering & Stakeholder Manager and wider team, you'll help ensure applications, approvals, customer enquiries, and technical processes are managed efficiently and professionally.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the first point of contact for Development Engineering enquiries and providing technical advice to internal and external customers.
• Coordinating Engineering Acceptances, Section 224 Certificates, and 3 Waters Servicing Certificates.
• Managing development engineering inputs into PIMs, LIMs, resource consents, flood assessment certificates, and building consent applications.
• Coordinating street naming, property numbering, and addressing processes.
• Maintaining accurate records, registers, and system information.
• Supporting process improvements and helping identify smarter ways of working.
• Managing invoicing and financial administration associated with development engineering applications.
• Building strong relationships with developers, consultants, contractors, and Council stakeholder

About you:

You are a proactive and solutions-focused coordinator who enjoys balancing technical detail with exceptional customer service.

You'll bring:

• Experience in a coordination or administration role within the construction, engineering, or infrastructure sector.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Experience managing invoices and complex receipting processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High digital literacy and confidence using modern business systems and technology.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to problem solve.
• A collaborative approach and a drive to continuously improve processes.
• Experience in local government, financial reporting, budgeting, procurement, or a relevant engineering/construction qualification would be advantageous.

What we can offer:

• Great work-life balance with flexibility
• Career coaching and development
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing and volunteer leave
• Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Two weeks paid Partners Leave
• Sick leave from day one
• Continued KiwiSaver contributions during savings suspension
• Discounts with local and national businesses

About us:

Selwyn District Council, you'll be part of a high-performing team supporting a rapidly growing district. You'll work alongside passionate professionals who value collaboration, innovation, and outstanding service to the community.

Our head office is located in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.

Our values are important to us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together- Make it happen for Selwyn.

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

If you're looking for a varied role where your coordination expertise, technical experience, and stakeholder management skills can make a genuine impact, we'd love to hear from you

To apply for this job go to: https://sdcjobs.co.nz/Vacancies & enter ref code: 6922574.

Applications close 25 August 2026