Auckland Transport Looking for Senior Project Manager at Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

Auckland Transport is on a journey to become more aligned to our customer needs, more agile in responding to strategic shifts and more focused on delivering services and programmes to make Auckland a more vibrant city.

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Engineer – Investigation & Design to join our Viaduct Harbour based team. The role includes detail design management, stakeholder management, procurement, contract management and construction management. This role will provide coaching to develop organizational knowledge of project management best practice.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Establishing and leading project teams (both from within AT and external) for typical projects to enable the successful delivery of AT business objectives and optimise time, cost and quality project performance outcomes.
• Leading and monitoring project teams in applying the project management principles, processes, procedures and reporting requirements outlined in the AT Project Management Framework and providing expert advice on legislation, regulations, guidelines and standards.
• Ensuring project strategies, plans and activities incorporate the safety philosophy of ‘Vision Zero” and overall organisational and workplace safety.
• Leading input into internal and external reporting and requirements and promoting a culture of continuous improvement in relation to all required reporting.
• Leading complex tender processes, implementing procurement strategies and effective governance arrangements to monitor provider, supplier and contractor performance.

We are looking for:

• Relevant industry-recognised tertiary qualification in engineering, construction, or project management – bachelor, diploma or certificate
• Relevant postgraduate or professional qualification (PMP or PRINCE2 or equivalent)
• 8 years’ post graduate experience in engineering or project management
• Good knowledge of the transport sector and infrastructure project lifecycle, alongside RMA and NZTA processes and requirements.
• Good working knowledge of Project Management best practices and tools including MS Project, Risk Management and Business Cases.
• Understanding of local government functions, processes and obligations.
• Good understanding of, and ability to apply, safety in investigation, design, construction project stages including relevant Health & Safety regulations and legislation

What’s in it for YOU?

At AT we embrace inclusion and fully support building a diverse workplace, to support this, our Flexible Working initiative empowers our people to work flexibly in ways that work for them, our customers and our business. All flex options will be with individual and teams needs in mind, we invite all candidates to talk to us early in the hiring process about how flex might work for you.

AT is also committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where people come first, we feel safe, respected, valued and supported, regardless of our differences.

Our values are also woven into all we do at AT, we recently co designed our refreshed values, we wanted them to be meaningful and real;

Manaakitanga – We care

Tiakitanga – Safe with us

Whanaungatanga – We connect

Auahatanga – Better, bolder, together

In addition, we also offer:

• A chance to work on diverse projects unique to NZ i.e. no other infrastructure projects of the complexity and size across NZ
• Investment in your professional development and training 
• Opportunity for greater leadership and accountability
• Modern waterfront-based office
• Paid parental and partner leave 
• Study assistance 
• Health and Wellbeing benefits 
• Professional memberships 

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