Work Experience Placements
Kick‑start your structural engineering career with real‑world experience
Big Pig Limited is offering a short, intensive work‑experience internship for a motivated students and graduate structural engineer who wants hands‑on exposure to building design, engineering practice, and professional workflows used in New Zealand’s consulting engineering industry.
This internship is ideal for someone looking to strengthen their technical foundation, gain practical design skills, and understand how structural engineering operates in a real consulting environment.
What you will learn
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Practical structural building engineering design methods
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How engineering decisions are made in real projects
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Professional documentation and design workflows
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Software skills essential for modern engineering practice:
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Mathcad (calculation sheets and engineering logic)
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AutoCAD (technical drafting and detailing)
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SkyCiv (structural modelling and analysis)
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What you need
A student or recent graduate in Structural / Civil Engineering
Competent with Microsoft Office (Excel and Word required)
Eager to learn, ask questions, and work within a small engineering team
Good communication skills and a positive, proactive attitude
What we provide
Mentorship from practicing structural engineers
Exposure to real projects and real design problems
Accommodation for the internship period (if needed)
A professional environment focused on learning, growth, and engineering excellence
To apply, please complete the form below
Note
The office/design work for your internship will be carried out from my home office at Kumeu.
The offer is for voluntary work experience, which is intended to complement your university studies.
It is a short-term unpaid work experience placement for the purpose of educational development, observation, and learning about the Company’s operations.
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The primary purpose of this placement is learning and skill development. It is not intended to create an employment relationship, and the Student will not perform work that is integral to the Company’s business or that would ordinarily be performed by a paid employee.
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Both Parties acknowledge that this arrangement is voluntary and unpaid.
The learning experience will focus on the structural engineering of buildings and in particular, structural calculations in MathCad.
I can offer accommodation - but you will have to pay rent (at $250 per week) for the duration of your stay.
