KiwiRail Looking for Facilities Planning and Scheduling Manager at Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand Full Time

We’re going places. Are you?

If life’s a journey, KiwiRail is a great way of keeping your career moving through it. Ours is a fast-paced, inspiring, and truly customer-focused culture – where your career will connect you to real opportunities, while balancing work and whānau life.

The key purpose of this role is to provide leadership, guidance, and support in the lifecycle asset management optimization of KiwiRail’s portfolio of properties.

Health and Safety is an important part of how KiwiRail operates. You will be a safety leader and will be expected to “walk the safety talk”

What You’ll Do

• Accountable for the accuracy, usefulness, prioritization, management, and maintenance of the regional property future state investment plan’s pipeline of opportunities
• Accountable for the financial forecasting and scheduling of the regional minor CAPEX budge
• Manage regional facilities work order process flow from creation to technical completion.
• Develop renewal and upgrade programmes that support asset management plans, initiatives, policies, and strategies.
• Contribute to revenue and expenditure forecasting for the portfolio.
• Be an escalation point for Facilities Managers, Project Managers, and the Vendor & Compliance Managers.
• Responsible for the identification, reporting and initial control of any safety or environmental hazard identified within your area.

What You’ll Need

• Tertiary Qualification in IT, data information, Property, Planning, Architectural, Building, Environmental, Engineering, Asset Management, or other related discipline
• Proven experience and competence in a property planning related discipline (facilities management, environmental, property development, engineering, architectural, specific trades related, maintenance planning, or other similar
• Proven competencies in the ability to prioritise work and workloads.
• Proven competencies in the ability to facilitate the problem solving of issues in the context of property and/or environmental related assets.

What You’ll Get

• Discounted health insurance for you and the whanau
• A fantastic team culture
• A diverse, energetic workplace
• Ongoing training and development

KiwiRail is committed to building a diverse whanau representative of the communities we serve across New Zealand. But it’s not only about being a perfect match for the job description. If your experience is close to what we’re looking for, please consider applying. We recognize that experience comes in many forms, and passionate people make our business great.

Why KiwiRail?

KiwiRail is shaping New Zealand for good, delivering significant economic, social and environmental benefits. Through moving more freight on to rail, we are reducing carbon emissions and road maintenance costs, easing congestion in cities, and making roads safer. Our purpose ‘Stronger Connections, Better New Zealand’ speaks to what our people, our customers, our stakeholders and the Government need. Connected to our customers and the future needs of their businesses. Connected to the communities we serve and operate in. Connected to each other, for the good of the country.

Our people are everything. That’s why KiwiRail is committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace where everyone can feel valued, respected, and have equal opportunity to succeed. We encourage applications from people of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, personalities, ethnicities, abilities, and cultures.

If you’re ready to go places, we’re ready when you are.

Position Description: Facilities-Planning-and-Scheduling-Manager

Position closes: 24 November, unless filled earlier