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RCP Graduate Programs & Internships

Construction & Property Services

What we're best known for

RCP provides strategic advisory, portfolio programme management and project management consulting services across Aotearoa New Zealand and Canada.

Just over 25 years ago, we started with the with the Sky Tower & Sky City development. Since then, we've helped to shape, organise and deliver the most complex projects of national significance across the commercial, public and infrastructure sectors, enhancing the built environment and creating places where people can thrive.

Our longevity is built on enduring relationships, leading high-performing teams, and an unwavering commitment to growing our skills to add value to every project.

RCP brings peace of mind and strategic clarity to complex projects through experienced local teams and national sector experts who provide honest advice and proactive leadership.

What makes us different

He Tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.
It is the people, it is the people, it is the people.

We're 100% New Zealand owned. Our leaders are operational members of our team of over 200 highly skilled experts, across Auckland, Hamilton, Hawke's Bay, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Queenstown, Dunedin and most recently Vancouver, Canada.

Positive Impact
Shape, organise and deliver a better world.

Our commitment to redefining value goes beyond time, cost and quality and includes broader social, cultural, economic and environmental outcomes as cornerstones of project delivery success. Through our commitment to serving our people, clients, environments and communities we solidify our aspiration to serve Aotearoa New Zealand, and making a positive impact for generations to come.

Here are some of the ways that we deliver on our commitment:

Paying all employees a Living Wage
Offering enhanced parental leave benefits
Our commitment to Toitu Carbon Reduction and net-zero
Collaborating with clients and industry peers to act on opportunities to support sustainable development
Primary partnership with Child Cancer NZ
Partnership with Mates in Construction
Providing a Keystone Trust Scholarship and graduate pathway
Providing graduate pathways for Ngai Tahu iwi
National and local events to celebrate, promote and fund-raise for causes and events
Director contributions to industry bodies, committees and boards
Senior Leadership Team participation in industry events and mentoring programmes
Membership and affiliation with Diversity Works NZ, Infrastructure NZ, Women in Infrastructure, National Women in Construction and Global Women.

Recruitment Process

As part of the application process the candidate is required to respond in writing to three questions and upload copies of their cover letter, CV, academic transcript and preferred location.

Next, our graduate leadership and regional leadership teams review all applications and shortlist candidates for a video screening process.

Candidates who successfully progress through video screening are invited to an in-person interview at the nominated location.

The interview will take place in-person at the nominated location and is usually attended by the local Office Manager and a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

An interview generally takes place over an one hour and is a two-way process i.e., the RCP team and the candidate both have the opportunity to ask questions and make an assessment as to whether thee is a strong alignment of purpose, values, goals and aspirations, that will ultimately contribute to a successful relationship.

Following in-person interviews final decisions are made and commicated to candidates via a phone call.

Remuneration & Career Growth

RCP provides daily fresh fruit, cold and hot beverages.

Employees are provided with a laptop and mobile (or mobile allowance) and access to pool vehicles for work use.

Compensation & Benefits

We pay all employees a Living Wage and permanent employees are eligible for our annual discretionary Christmas bonus.

KiwiSaver contributions are made on top of wages.

Interns and grads can register for our Boost Benefits Platform.

Grads receive life insurance and can access our monthly fitness subsidy and professional memberships.

Development

RCP has a robust learning and development programme offering a variety of training options to support the growth and progression of our people.

We host weekly bite-sized learning events (onsite and online) hosted by internal and external industry experts.

Graduates can register for our Te Reo Maori for Professionals programme and one-on-one pepeha and karakia coaching.

Employees can participate in our internal mentoring programme or programmes offered by our external partners.

Graduate Reviews

Overall Score

4.2

Overall score based on 10 reviews

They Score Best in…

8.6

Culture

8.4

Satisfaction

8.5

Management

8.6

Sustainability

What Graduates Say About Them

I love the company culture. I do feel cared about here and that people want to help me when I need it. I have been oﬀered much support (including well-being), typically above and beyond, for various things I've needed help with, and I am very grateful. I love the oﬃce itself, it's in a great location and I am grateful for large computer screens and standing desks, as well as a great social/kitchen area. I am proud to work for RCP. I met a QS by chance at a personal event a few months ago, and upon telling him that I work for RCP his eyes widened and he told me that was his dream job. It feels good to work for an industry leader.
I work in a smaller oﬃce which has given me signiﬁcant learning opportunities, and the ability to be really involved in managing projects and RCP is supporting me while I do some post-graduate studies through Auckland University.
Great senior management/leadership guidance with a focus on your personal career development. Good age range - a lot of other graduates/interns and people within the 'young' age range. Regular social events /internal networking opportunities. Regular education/learning events to keep you updated and informed on the Company's processes as well as industry news. Company has a wide variety of projects (infrastructure, healthcare, commercial, residential) and oﬀers advisory services that you have potential to be resourced on. Projects the company wins/bids on are larger and high scale projects - good opportunities/for your CV.
The People - everyone is so welcoming and knowledgeable, always willing to help. Social Events - lots of fun social activities Learning Events - opportunities to upskill and learn from specialists No day is ever the same.
RCP is a very accommodating workplace. I have been lucky enough to work on lots of diﬀerent projects around Christchurch and I have learnt lots of new skills and knowledge about the industry. I have been able to work ﬂexible hours that ﬁt in with my university studies as well as working full time when I am on break. The other people in my oﬃce are friendly and welcoming and always make an eﬀort with me.

Working part-time along with study can be diﬃcult if you are not assigned to as many projects as when you are working full-time, it results in having less work to do.
For a non-drinker, there is a heavy drinking culture (standard for the construction industry), which is not always the most enjoyable.
Nothing in particular - could do more activities that involve collaboration of the intern cohort.
I can't think of any negatives about working at RCP. The only thing that can be challenging is ﬁnding a carpark as the oﬃce is in the centre of the city. Other than that, everything is great!
Depending on your project team structure, some are better/worse at providing guidance on procedure and process. Sometimes it can feel like you're thrown in the deep end. Majority of your role is learning on the job (which I do like), but it would be helpful if there was either a guidance book/intro education module on what 'project management' is, our roles, as well as general project life structure (phases e.g. Business Case, Design, Construction, Post completion/hand over).

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