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Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand

Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

New Zealand

Transitioning from working on the ground full-time to taking on more and more engineering and project management tasks involved a lot of adapting and learning. The project engineer was a huge help in mentoring and guiding me. Whenever he gave me something new to do he said; "See how you go with this and then come and ask me if there is anything you're not sure about." This proved to be an extremely effective system and I learned how to read and understand the plans, calculate what materials were needed for a job and how much, estimate costs and durations for different work and learned how to use the GPS software and the project design for both set-outs and As-Builts. Working in this environment also exposed me to the day-to-day experience of running a project, including managing subcontractors, negotiating with the clients and working together with the client and designers to solve problems as they arose. I also learned how to adapt to different situations and adopt different communication styles depending on the audience. I gained an appreciation for how many different parts to running a project there were as I worked with the quality and health and safety managers to ensure all parts of the projects were running smoothly and all data that needed to be collected and recorded was and that the processes in place were effective and efficient.Towards the end of the project I even gained some experience in the financial aspect of the project, pricing up variations and completing preliminary progress claims. When I decided to go to university to study Civil Engineering, I was assigned the task of making sure there was someone who could replace me when I left. So, during my last months I began training other members of the team in the various parts of what I was doing, from GPS work to variation pricing. While studying, I continued to work for Map during my holidays, learning many more new things along the way.

New Zealand

Started in early 2020, working in Papamoa constructing a pond complex and surround landscape, learning how to drive articulated dump trucks, rollers, water trucks etc. When that project started winding down I was shifted to a wastewater treatment plant construction job near Morrinsville. Learned about site establishment, putting up silt fences and building a sediment retention pond before the real project started. Initially started with the main earthworks of the two large treatment ponds but soon became much more varied. I enjoyed learning from the more experienced guys and working as part of the team during pipe-laying, concrete pours and steel-tying. Working with the crane during lifts and sheet-piling was very interesting, and required good communication and teamwork. I had loads of questions and really appreciated that the guys who had the experience were happy to answer them and teach me how and why we did the things we were doing. I got to work with guys who were experienced with concrete, with building, with earthworks and crane operation as well as loads more.

Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand

General Labor work full-time throughout the summer holidays. Building fences and decking, laying lawns including ready-lawn and seeding, Constructing retaining walls and the like. Great summer job, working outdoors and gaining experience with hand and power tools as well as manual labor with shovels and wheelbarrows. Loads of variation from day to day so no way to get bored, learned a lot of new skills working with timber, concrete and soil.

Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand

General Laboring job working on the Southern Pipeline Project at Memorial Park during the school holidays. I was involved in the pipe thrust itself which ran in 12-hours shifts, half working during the day and the other half on the nightshift. Learned to work well within a team involving 6 cranes and multiples excavators. Developed good communication skills utilizing both hand signals and radios. Initially worked during the 2-week school holidays and must've done something right as I was invited to "come back whenever I had spare time." Very interesting project for a first job and made some good friends.