Intermediate Architect or Architectural Graduate - Wingates
Wingates | Bay of Plenty / Waikato | Date Listed: 30/07/2025
Wingates is an award-winning Architecture and Interior Architecture studio with offices across the Golden Triangle (Auckland, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty). We operate as a ‘one team’ team, collaborating across all studios to create places that truly matter, reconciling ethics and aesthetics with commercial astuteness to deliver the best possible outcomes for our clients and their communities. Specialising in built design and interiors over a wide range of typologies, we stand out for being courageously human.We are currently working on broad range of exciting projects and as a result we are on the lookout for a design-driven Intermediate Architect or Architectural Graduate to join our Tauranga studio and be part of our wider team. Whether you're an experienced professional or early in your career, if you thrive in a collaborative environment, are passionate about sustainability, and enjoy being hands-on across all stages of the design process, we’d love to hear from you.
What we’re looking for:
- An Intermediate Architect or Architectural Graduate with 5+ years’ experience (we're open to less for the right person)
- Strong design thinking skills with a sustainability mindset
- Solid documentation skills
- Proficiency in Revit, SketchUp, Enscape, and Adobe Creative Suite
- A collaborative mindset and team-first approach
- Willingness to contribute across all phases of a project, including on-site work
- Clear communication skills and confidence engaging with clients, consultants, and contractors
- A hands-on approach to shared office responsibilities - we all pitch in!
- A keen attitude for learning and growing within the role
Why Wingates?
You’ll be joining a passionate and active studio that’s well-connected to our wider practice. We have a broad range of exciting projects and are looking to grow our Bay of Plenty/Waikato team. This role is on a contract basis, with the potential to evolve into a full-time salaried position for the right candidate.
We understand everyone’s needs are different, whether you're after contract flexibility, seeking to return to work while balancing family life, or interested in growing into a longer-term role, we’re open to shaping the opportunity around you.
Sound like you?
If you’re interested in being part of a connected and growing regional team with strong ties to our other studios and national client base, and contribute to the next chapter of Wingates in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato, get in touch or send your CV and portfolio to hello@wingates.co.nz
To apply for this position please email or send your CV to:
| Name | Kelsey |
| kelsey@wingates.co.nz | |
| Phone | 09 366 7795 |