Service Manager

5 days ago

Ashburton County, New Zealand PGG Wrightson Full time NZ$80,000 - NZ$120,000 per year

Ashburton

PGG Wrightson Water has over 30 years of experience in the design, construction and maintenance of irrigation systems throughout New Zealand. We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Service Manager to lead our service team in Ashburton.

In this role you will be a central point of contact, control, and coordination for both clients and employees for irrigation servicing throughout the region and beyond.

You'll work closely with your branch Foreman (role currently under recruitment), offering support and guidance around workflow prioritisation and excellent client experience.

You'll be practically minded, with well-developed relationship management and leadership skills. You'll enjoy visiting customers and have the ability to build rapport to achieve strong customer relationships.

Previous roles will have honed your forward-thinking skills, and you will have enjoyed investigating and solving problems at pace, both in the office and on site, ideally within the irrigation and water industry.

You will be at ease developing service relationships with existing and new clients, contributing to the strategic direction for the region, and leading and training your team. You'll also be prepared to get on the tools to help the team truly understand the product we service and represent.

Key skills and experience:

  • Service management with a strong ability to prioritise and manage multiple deadlines
  • Implementation of maintenance best practise, lean, and continuous improvement programs
  • Strong people leadership, coaching and mentoring capability
  • Experience in servicing irrigators and pumps, with knowledge of the irrigation, agricultural and/or horticultural sectors preferable
  • Ability to analyse P and L reports and make recommendations on how to maximise returns
  • Identify and pursue growth opportunities in the marketplace

This is a senior role within our business, reporting directly to the National Water Manager and sitting on the Water Leadership team. The successful applicant will have a unique blend of being practically minded, coupled with strong business acumen, and the ability to influence the future direction of the business.

This is an opportunity to lead a customer-focused, hard-working team and to make a difference to our customers and our water and irrigation business.

For more information, contact Andrew Gordon, National Water Manager

To find out more about working at PGG Wrightson or to view other opportunities, please visit

If you think you're up for the challenge, apply today

Applications close Wednesday, 19 November 2025.

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