Kaitaki Pūhanga, Papamahi Engineering Manager, Platform

Kaitaki Pūhanga, Papamahi Engineering Manager, Platform

Full-time

**Company Description**:
Z has a clear purpose: Powering better journeys, today and tomorrow. As one of New Zealand’s largest transport energy companies, we have a commitment to delivering safe, secure, and reliable transport energy - with the opportunity to deliver new journeys, with new energy solutions in a changing world.

We are proud to be the Kiwi contingent in the Ampol Group, an independent Trans-Tasman energy company, with trading offices across the globe, which are united behind our shared purpose. While many of the challenges and opportunities we face go beyond national boundaries, together we have the scale, influence, and capability to deliver for our customers, communities, and our people.

As we embark on our digital transformation, we are committed to making Ampol easier to work with and within, enhancing every interaction through innovative solutions.

Our approach is anchored in data-driven decision-making and advanced technology integration, allowing us to create seamless and personalised customer experiences that truly resonate. By prioritizing value-based decisions and outcomes, we ensure that our digital transformation will drive meaningful impact and measurable outcomes.

We are dedicated to empowering our business through technology-enabled differentiation, strengthening our foundations to build sustainable value for the future. Our team thrives on the challenge of innovation—dreaming up big ideas, questioning the norm, and tackling complex problems. Together, we are shaping a future that not only meets the needs of today but anticipates the demands of tomorrow.

Join us as we embrace digital transformation, committed to delivering exceptional value and experiences that make a lasting impact on our business, customers and industry.

**About the role**:
The Enterprise Technology & Software Engineering team connect and build the technology tools that help our group work smarter, faster, and more efficiently.

We achieve this by focusing on the configuration, development and continuous improvement of our Enterprise Technology platforms, our approach is seamless and iterative, prioritising agility and adaptability. By integrating modern engineering approaches and fostering a culture of constant innovation, we ensure that our core building blocks not only support current needs but also scales effortlessly for future growth.

The Engineering Manager, Platforms is responsible for building and leading the platforms team, using existing technologies to keep our corporate solutions delivering what is needed today while accelerating our use of new technologies to drive business outcomes. Working closely with other teams and business, providing the technical leadership in managing and utilizing our existing assets to align our engineering strategy and roadmaps.

This role will require someone with demonstrated experience managing complex IT solutions and platforms. Working with a team of highly skilled engineers, you will need to step outside of specific technologies to drive our direction. You will work closely with our partners and leverage their expertise to bring innovative ways of working to contribute to the success of Ampol. This role will provide Ampol with a high performing team executing a clear strategy for integrating systems and partners.

**You will have the opportunity to**:

- Lead a team of highly focused and innovative engineers to ensure critical systems remain available and resilient.
- Mentor, grow, and support team members while effectively managing risk across the group.
- Drive the transition from batch-based systems to modern, event-driven architectures.
- Maintain and strengthen vendor relationships, negotiate and manage support contracts, and ensure alignment with Ampol's procurement processes.
- Champion innovation and experimentation across technology teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Set and drive the strategic technology roadmap for platforms and integrations, in line with business goals
- Ensure compliance with Ampols security and privacystandards across both internal and external teams and bring experience working within Agile and Waterfall delivery environments.

**Qualifications**:
**What you’ll bring to Z**
- A background as a Backend/Platform/SRE Engineer, with experience managing teams through organisational change
- Proven ability to build and lead high-performing technical teams, manage IT budgets and resources, and deliver results across both large and small organizations.
- Skilled in strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, and vendor management, with a track record of managing complex programs and conflicting priorities.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust across technical and non-technical teams.

And of course, you’ll be passionate about what matters to Z, embracing and living our values to help us deliver on our