Jamie Pye

Ngātiwai, Ngāpuhi

Jamie has built a skillset around technical infrastructure that has to be delivered while everything around it keeps running. An electrical engineer by training, and formerly a mechanical, electrical and process design lead, she stays across the services, consenting, procurement and commissioning these projects depend on, with a feel for how to keep them progressing without disrupting the people relying on the place.

Much of that has come together at Auckland International Airport, where she has worked within RCP's enabling works for the terminal integration programme, leading key parts of it including the East Terminal works and the airport's new Operations Control Centre. It is complex, carefully staged work delivered around live terminals and critical airport operations.

She has a practical, human way of keeping a project on track. "Picking up the phone or talking in-person can resolve issues much faster. It also fosters a stronger team environment."

Away from delivery, Jamie is a long-standing advocate for Māori and Pasifika people in the profession, and for women in the industry. She has served as President of SPPEEx, the network of Māori and Pasifika engineers, weaves Te Reo Māori and tikanga into her projects, and has helped lead Te Reo Māori learning across RCP. In 2023 she was named RICS Woman of the Built Environment.