Bop Regional Manager

**Job no**: 589428
**Work type**: Full Time - Permanent
**Location**: Tauranga
**Categories**: Leadership, Maintenance, Marketing & Business Development, Project Management, Construction

Downer has been designing, building and sustaining New Zealand’s infrastructure for over a century and is a leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand.

With over 10,000 employees in New Zealand, we work alongside some of New Zealand’s biggest businesses, councils and government agencies.

We are looking for a Regional Manager to join our Transport operations in the beautiful Bay of Plenty.

Reporting to the GM Transport Northern, you’ll provide effective area-wide leadership, ensuring a highly motivated and productive field team, consistently delivering excellent services for our clients.

About the role
This is a highly people-focused role with great opportunities to shape, live and embed our culture of collaboration and trust with both our staff and our clients. You will believe that choosing to be a leader, means choosing to take care of those around us.

With six direct reports and a portfolio including long-term road corridor maintenance contracts, civil construction projects, sealing and paving operations, and a range of support services. We are looking for a passionate and driven person to continue to build and maintain a positive culture with highly engaged team members, and to support the growth of our business across the Bay of Plenty region.

We want to be the preferred partner for our customers, lead the way in our industry, attract and retain the very best people, all whilst keeping our people safe at all times. As such, you’ll act as a client relations manager, being a key liaison between our clients and customers you will develop steady and sustainable relationships, all the while providing guidance and advice ultimately ensuring client satisfaction.

Success in this role will be demonstrated through proven results in the following areas;
Developing local business opportunities while maintaining a strong customer focus.
Improving and embedding sustainable relationships with key stakeholders including clients, and subcontractors
Enhancing manager competencies to ensure the ongoing success of the business in to the future
Ownership of financial management to drive excellence
The safety, career potential and wellbeing of our people

You will be all about collaboration and working as ‘one team’ to make things happen. You’ll foster positive relationships, and be solution-focused with the ability to lead from the front. This will result in an enriched reputation for the delivery and performance of our regional business.

About you
As someone with strong emotional intelligence, you’ll have passion and drive; smarts and commercial acumen; courage; a collaborative and team-based focus; a commitment to Human Resource and Zero Harm to keep our people fulfilled & safe.

As a confident presenter, you’ll be able to tailor your message to your audience, taking complex information and turning it into plain English. You’ll also have a proven track record of operational excellence and delivering on operational promises and commercial outcomes.

**You will couple this with**:
Excellent communication skills and an ability to engage and influence at all levels
Proven experience in delivering complex construction, maintenance and operational services, preferably from construction and roading sectors
Experience in working at a senior leadership team level internally and with customers
Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively
The ability to create and deliver a strong customer focus & zero harm culture
Ability to work under pressure in a fully integrated team environment
A desire to advance into Senior General Management roles within Downer

Perks & Benefits
Working for a progressive and reliable organisation, you will be offered a competitive remuneration package, including a vehicle, the tools of trade required to deliver the excellence we are known for. We pride ourselves on our socially responsible, inclusive, and diverse culture, which includes Zero Harm. You will receive ongoing mentoring, training, and development opportunities to ensure your knowledge and skills continue to be industry-leading and your career opportunities limitless in an organisation the size of ours.

And, because we are all about relationships creating success, we offer our people a comprehensive employee benefits package through our partners. You will receive extensive discounts and perks across a huge number of sought-after multinational brands, think; banking, gyms, insurance, retailers, technology, vehicles, automotive, healthcare, childcare, homeware, dental care, travel, accommodation, and plenty more

You will love being a part of the Downer lifestyle, come and see for yourself why we are an employer of choice for many, as we continue to build our future Literally. So, look no further, rea