Jeremy Gibbons

Jeremy joined BBO in November 2017, having over 25 years of technical experience and knowledge gained in undertaking both design and investigation management roles for large-scale transport infrastructure projects in New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia.

Jeremy became a Director at BBO in April 2024. Prior to this, he held the position of Regional Leader Waikato, and Project Delivery Manager for the BBO Project Delivery Team (a division of the Infrastructure Engineering Team). In his role as Director, Jeremy will also continue with his position as Project Delivery Manager.

Jeremy undertakes the management of large scale and complex civil engineering projects, including team leadership, design management and general project management. Over the last few years, Jeremy has had great success in leading large multi-disciplinary teams on highly complex roading projects, with a combined construction value above $1B. Most recently, he has had great success in leading the team that assisted Hamilton City Council deliver its largest-ever infrastructure project (Peacocke Development Strategic Services) – of which includes the design and construction of the recognisable Peacocke Waikato River Bridge.

He has a diverse background covering all areas of civil design, business case development, designation and consenting processes (including presentation of expert advice at hearings), client management, stakeholder consultation, contract development, construction procurement, traffic engineering, and traffic modelling.

Jeremy's engineering skills have been recognised with numerous awards, such as the 2020 ACENZ Silver Award for the detailed design of the Waikato Expressway Huntly Section (where he was the project Design Manager). In 2016 (for the same project), Jeremy received the NZ Transport Agency's "Going the Extra Mile" (GEM) Award for the Safety in Design (SiD) process that was implemented in the Huntly Section. In his role as the Project Team Leader, he was also instrumental in his team receiving the 2014 NZ RICS Professional Services Team of the year award for their work on the Waikato Expressway Cambridge Section.