Senior Project Coordinator

Senior Project Coordinator / Assistant Project Manager – 3 Roles in Commercial and Finance / Enabling Services / Infrastructure business units

About us

Ferry Holdings was established in March 2025 to lead the procurement and contractual negotiations with shipyards, ports, and other parties to enable the affordable delivery of two Cook Strait rail enabled ferries to enter service in 2029.

About the role

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a nationally significant transport initiative that will shape the future of inter-island travel and freight.

We are seeking 3 proactive and detail-oriented Senior Project Coordinators / Assistant Project Managers for the following workstreams:

1.     Commercial and Finance – responsible for the commercial, financial and legal arrangements related to the

ships and the port infrastructure

Infrastructure – responsible for developing the port infrastructure design, working closely with our port

partners

Enabling Services – responsible for providing governance, risk, project management and corporate services

for the organisation

We are looking for people who can demonstrate initiative, accountability, and a commitment to continuous improvement, who are customer centric, organised, and good at stakeholder engagement. Ideally, you'll have done the same or a similar role previously for three to five years.

You will support the General Manager in organisational planning, governance, and leadership.

Key Responsibilities for the roles include supportingthe Senior Leadership Team to:

• Adopt and apply a strategic focus, provide collaborative input, execute with excellence and role model project management practices and values
• Assist with the management of core functions to support the organisation's strategic and operational goals

We're looking for people with:

• Solid experience with risk management, change control, resource planning and project status reporting in a small team/project or PMO environment.
• Knowledge of team dynamics and techniques for fostering collaboration
• Proficiency in tools such as: Microsoft PowerPoint, reporting Dashboards, Power BI, Teams Approvals and financial tools like Xero and @Risk would be a bonus.

Each of the three roles will be slightly different, supporting a different workstream, business unit and General Manager:

1 - Commercial and Finance

What we're looking for

• Working across workstreams/team to support Procurement, Commercial and Finance team ensuring financial and commercial administration, management and reporting for the Programme/Organisation.
• Experience with providing governance support to audit and risk committee meetings at Board level
• Awareness of risk management principles and issue escalation protocols.

2 - Enabling Services

What we're looking for

• An organisational super-star who can help us deliver our varied work programme to a high standard, and can support the rest of the organisation to do the same.
• Understanding or training in agile and iterative delivery methodologies.
• Experience with providing governance support to project/programme steering meetings or Board level
• Facilitation or support of project workshops (risk, assurance, Issue or dependency management) and programme integration workshops would be beneficial.

3 - Infrastructure

What we're looking for

• Someone to support our working groups with meeting agendas, recording action items, monitoring and reporting on progress, and escalating issues
• Proficiency in project management tools such as: Microsoft Project and Primavera P6 or similar.1.
• Experience with previous infrastructure projects would be advantageous
• Understanding or training in agile and iterative delivery methodologies.
• Facilitation or support of project workshops and processes (risk, assurance, Issue or dependency management) and programme integration workshops would be beneficial.

Why Join Us?

You'll be part of a high-impact programme that's shaping the future of inter-island transport. You'll grow your project management capability in a supportive, fast-paced environment where Skills Framework for Information Age (SFIA), aligned behaviours are valued and developed.

At Ferry Holdings Limited, we are committed to providing our employees with a rewarding and fulfilling work experience. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a range of benefits, including a collaborative and supportive team environment and opportunities for career development and training.

Ready to take the next step in your project career?

Apply now.   Applications close on 28th November 2025 with interviews planned for

8th  December 2025 onwards.

The job description is available on our website.