Senior Project Manager

5 days ago


Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Higgins Full time NZ$120,000 - NZ$180,000 per year

Description
We have an opportunity available for an experienced Roading Construction Senior Project Manager to join our Green Team in Hamilton.

Reporting to the Construction Manager, this is a diverse role where you will be working on multiple projects up to the value of $30m and will play an integral part in everything right from tender through to delivery. You'll also be responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the team of Graduate, Site and Project Engineers. Depending on the project, your team can range between 5-15 people.

Come Join The Green Team

  • Leadership opportunity
  • Competitive salary + company vehicle
  • In house technical training and leadership development programmes
  • Access to educational funds for you and your children
  • Funding for school holiday programmes and tutoring for your children
  • Discounts: Southern Cross, ANZ, Z energy, PlaceMakers, Mico and Samsung
  • Market-leading parental leave policy
  • Fletcher Building share scheme options

What You'll Bring To The Role

  • Extensive proven experience successfully managing roading and civils projects of 10m+
  • Experienced in New Zealand construction contracts such as 3910 and 3916
  • Experience managing construction teams, designers and forging strong customer relationships
  • Have previous experience of leading a bid team and providing detailed information to assist estimators
  • Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop high-performing teams
  • Excellent communication, relationship management, and influencing skills.
  • Proven understanding of project management best practice, tools, techniques, market trends and product innovation.
  • Critical thinking, analysis, problem solving and effective decision-making.

Higgins is a leading roading and civil infrastructure company in New Zealand. We are on a dynamic growth path with people at the heart of what we do every day. We offer a great working environment, competitive hourly rate, subsidised medical insurance and subsidised education and training for you and your dependants.

Building better roads for safer journeys – He pai ake te hanga o ngā rori, kia haumaru ai ngā haerenga
We are actively looking to fill this role and encourage your early application. Applications are reviewed regularly, and we reserve the right to remove the advertisement before the advertised closing date.

Research shows that females and minority groups don't always apply for roles unless they match 100% of the requirements. So, if this role is of interest but you feel you don't quite fit, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are enriched by many nationalities, languages, religions, customs, and lifestyles. We are proud of our diversity and see it as one of the things that make us better together.



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