Senior Project Manager

Higgins

The Role

Overview

Senior Project Manager overseeing roading construction projects up to $30M

Requirements

  • bid leadership
  • nz contracts
  • roading projects
  • project management
  • communication
  • critical thinking

What You Bring

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

Benefits

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

The Company

About Higgins

-Founded in Manawatū in 1958 by an Irish immigrant, the firm expanded from a small drainage-and-road repair company into a national civil construction leader. -In the 2000s, the firm expanded its operations north and south, acquiring quarries and concrete plants while also venturing into major roading alliances, contributing to motorway links and wind farms. -Grew significantly in the 2010s through large-scale projects, including rebuilding one of New Zealand’s largest road slips and securing Fijian road maintenance contracts. -Today, it provides asphalt and bitumen products, constructs specialized equipment like bitumen sprayers, and offers services ranging from road maintenance to traffic management and more. -Operates nationally in New Zealand and internationally in the Pacific, supporting its work with on-site laboratories and specialized engineering. -A notable achievement was addressing New Zealand’s largest-ever road slip in Manawatū Gorge during the 2010s, in collaboration with local authorities and consultants.

Sector Specialisms

Infrastructure

Transport

Roading

Utilities