Autonomous Systems Delivery Coordinator

SYOS Aerospace; Mount Maunganui; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SYOS Aerospace is seeking a Project Delivery Coordinator to keep complex engineering programmes moving. You will work with Project Managers, Product Directors and engineering teams to unblock actions and ensure critical tasks are completed.

You will build and maintain project plans, track milestones, and translate plans into actionable work for delivery teams. Immediate start available in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in project coordination, project delivery, engineering, manufacturing or a similar environment.
• Experience working with engineering, technical or product development teams is strongly preferred.
• Strong organisational skills and sharp attention to detail.
• The confidence to ask questions, chase actions and hold people accountable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities without losing sight of what matters most.
• A practical, hands-on mindset — you see something that needs doing and get stuck in.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence is advantageous.
• An engineering degree, technical qualification or similar background is advantageous, but not essential.
• Availability for an immediate start.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and update project plans and schedules.
• Track milestones, dependencies and deliverables as priorities evolve.
• Spot slipping actions early and flag them before they become problems.
• Turn project plans into clear, practical actions for engineering and delivery teams.
• Make Jira work properly - not just exist.
• Keep tickets accurate, with the right owner, status, priority and due date.
• Follow up on overdue actions and keep people accountable.
• Keep backlogs clean, useful and moving.
• Highlight anything blocked, overdue or at risk.
• Provide a simple weekly view of what’s happening across the project.
• Coordinate project meetings, agendas, rooms and attendees.
• Capture decisions and actions, then follow up until they’re actually closed.
• Coordinate practical project requirements including packing, documentation, shipment preparation and logistics.
• Take care of the coordination around engineering teams so they can focus on engineering.
• Pull together project updates, status reports and presentation material.
• Maintain project documentation, registers and records.
• Keep risk, issue and action logs current.
• Act as the first point of contact for straightforward project questions - sorting what you can and escalating what needs a decision.
• Prepare weekly and monthly project reporting.
• Give stakeholders a clear picture of progress, priorities, risks and anything requiring attention.
• Help establish a consistent delivery rhythm across fast-moving engineering programmes.

Skills

Project coordination

Organisational skills

Communication

Accountability

Education

Engineering degree or technical qualification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

SYOS Aerospace is seeking a Project Delivery Coordinator to keep complex engineering programmes moving. You will work with Project Managers, Product Directors and engineering teams to unblock actions and ensure critical tasks are completed.

You will build and maintain project plans, track milestones, and translate plans into actionable work for delivery teams. Immediate start available in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.