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Project Manager

Construction · Auckland CBD, Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · $25/hr

Role: Senior Project Manager, Auckland CBD. Portfolio: a mixed group of prominent facilities, each with building work that is technically demanding.

Experience needed: you have taken construction, renewal, refurbishment or building-services jobs through to handover, keeping engineering demands in balance with commercial pressures and the operational needs of each site.

How applicants are judged: real, checkable capability counts for more than a matching title. Your project background can take you further here. List each project, its scale and your exact role in an English CV.

Key Responsibilities

  • Client-side lead: act for the client as owner of large physical works projects
  • Planning: define scope and set out resourcing, budget, programme and delivery approach
  • Team coordination: head project teams, direct contractors and consultants, liaise with stakeholders and check that contractors and consultants deliver
  • Delivery control: keep cost, time, risk, quality and results under control, and resolve technical or delivery hurdles
  • Live facilities: supervise building and renewal work inside facilities that stay open, so day-to-day operations carry on
  • Technical scope: assess technical and building-services needs, and coordinate electrical, mechanical, structural, fire and water works
  • Compliance: confirm that building and regulatory compliance obligations are satisfied
  • Stakeholders: run project communications and keep expectations realistic
  • Reporting and contracts: produce reliable project and financial reports, and keep documentation and contract requirements in order
  • Portfolio: juggle multiple projects at once
  • Team growth: pass on knowledge and help colleagues develop

Requirements & Eligibility

  • Seniority: senior-level project management background in construction or building settings, with complex projects delivered from early planning right through to completion
  • Building knowledge: strong grasp of building construction and renewal works, and technical knowledge of building services and critical systems
  • Facility type: experience managing projects in complex or publicly accessible facilities preferred
  • Regulations: familiarity with New Zealand building regulations and compliance requirements
  • Contracts: understanding of NZS 3910 contracts
  • Commercial: strong commercial and financial awareness
  • Communication: excellent skills in communicating and managing stakeholders
  • Judgement: sound problem-solving and decision-making, with the ability to handle competing priorities and deadlines
  • Education: relevant tertiary qualification in Project Management, Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline preferred
  • Verification: a proven work history that the employer can verify
  • Overseas applicants: you may be considered, and sponsorship is offered to suitable candidates

Apply: jobs@jobsabroad.pk · WhatsApp

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