I have been working GHD NZ for 4 years - Structural Engineer GHD Employee Review

2.0
8 Jan 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Very friendly people, flexible working hours available to all staff, great social club and the company looks after it's staff very well.

Cons

GHD NZ is not great for technical development for a young engineer. Their structural engineering capability is very weak and not technically focussed. Management and leaders within the company are very financially driven and focus on winning low risk, easy money jobs such as small assessment work and ongoing maintenance work. They don't get involved in anything innovative and are not considered to be top structural engineers within the industry. Often the leaders of structural groups have no structural background themselves and technical delivery of projects suffers as a result and consequently they don't win any big or interesting structural projects in the market.

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5.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Evolving with the times to best serve client needs. Investing in employee learning. Attracting high caliber talent.

Cons

Change can feel disruptive for some, but GHD is on a disciplined journey.

4.0
19 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great starting point as an internship, gives you good experience to the professional and consulting world, pay for an engineering intern is satisfactory. Values of the company and support from coworkers is appreciated. Seems to be a psychologically safe place to work and make mistakes. No noticeable workplace toxicity or politics. Everyone seems to be authentic and chill. Not noticing anyone keeping their heads down and received reports of satisfaction with work environment from coworkers. Exposure to a variety of projects, including field work experiences. Seems to be a solid resume builder.

Cons

Need to be pretty proactive for work. For me who enjoys having work to do, its kind of stressful. You have to take initiative in making your own plan. For someone who thrives in structure and needs a bit of help in planning, this is a struggle. Limited flexibility in doing a hybrid role (even though job description stated it was when I applied) For someone who is 42 mi from the office and with heavy traffic takes 1h 15 min to reach the office, its a struggle. But I understood that my commute time is longer than average when I took the position.

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