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Ralph B.

Ralph B.

Senior Civil Engineer | Civil 3D | Excel, Power Query & VBA

I am a Senior Civil Engineer and Chartered Engineering Technologist with 30+ years of experience delivering civil infrastructure and land development projects across New Zealand and South Africa. My core expertise includes Civil 3D design and documentation for Earthworks, Roads, Stormwater, Wastewater, and Water Supply, together with broader site-civil works for residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure developments. I support consultants, contractors, and developers with practical senior-level civil engineering input, including detailed design, drawing production, design coordination, QA review, and consent and construction documentation. In addition to core civil delivery, I have strong practical capability in Excel, Power Query, VBA, and Access-based workflow improvement, reporting, and data handling. This includes building repeatable templates, standardising inconsistent data, supporting QA and exception checking, improving estimating and reporting workflows, and producing structured management-ready outputs. Typical support includes: - Civil 3D modelling, drawing production, and QA review - Earthworks and site-civil design - Roads, stormwater, wastewater, and water supply layouts - Consent and construction documentation support - Excel / Power Query / VBA workflow automation - Reporting tables, data cleanup, reconciliation, and repeatable project-control outputs Software capability includes AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Excel, Power Query, VBA, Access, HEC-HMS, and HEC-RAS. I am available for remote freelance and contract support on civil engineering, Civil 3D, reporting, and workflow automation tasks where clients need dependable senior input, strong documentation, and practical delivery support.

🇳🇿Christchurch, New Zealand$50/hr100% JSSSince Apr 2026

Earnings and projects

MRR
$1.6k

Last 6 months ÷ 4.4 months active (since Jun 2026)

World#29,947 / 412k
🇳🇿Country#31 / 622
Revenue, last 30 days
$9

Last 6 months: $7k

World#105,699 / 412k
🇳🇿Country#112 / 622
Total earnings
$7.1k

Billed in all: $7.3k

World#225,605 / 412k
🇳🇿Country#334 / 622
Per project
$3.5k

$3.5k in the last 6 months

World#48,341 / 412k
🇳🇿Country#52 / 622
Projects, last 6 months
2

Across 3 contracts

33% fixed67% hourly
World#88,918 / 412k
🇳🇿Country#103 / 622
Projects in all
2

Across 3 contracts

33% fixed67% hourly
World#328,886 / 412k
🇳🇿Country#515 / 622

Earnings, last 30 days

$7.3k+$9 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$7,320$7,325$7,330$7,335Oct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 3% in Road Design

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