Infrastructure Development Manager

Beyond Recruitment; Auckland; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Administrative support

Huge pipeline of work

Queenstown location

Job summary

Beyond Recruitment in Queenstown seeks an Infrastructure Development Manager to lead a specialist team delivering growth-related infrastructure across the region. You will drive land use planning, delivery, and stakeholder engagement to meet project outcomes.

You will mentor staff, review designs, manage developer agreements, and ensure QA across projects, with NZ work rights and a degree in a related field.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Planning or related discipline.
• 8+ years in infrastructure engineering, planning, or delivery.
• 4+ years in a senior engineering or technical leadership role.
• NZ open right to work.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop an Infrastructure Development Team.
• Oversee technical reviews and approvals of development engineering designs and plans.
• Manage developer agreements and provide strategic advice on infrastructure delivery.
• Ensure quality assurance and compliance across developer-delivered infrastructure projects.
• Maintain and improve subdivision and land development standards and processes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with developers, consultants, and key stakeholders.
• Manage infrastructure-related risks and ensure commercial and contractual outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Infrastructure planning

Project delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Team mentoring

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

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Beyond Recruitment – Auckland, North Island

Relocate to Queenstown for this opportunity as an Infrastructure Development Manager, where you'll lead a specialist team responsible for providing technical assurance, oversight, and strategic guidance across various infrastructure projects in the region. You'll play a critical role in ensuring new infrastructure assets are delivered to a high standard, and meet stakeholder needs.

About the Role:

Based in Queenstown, you will lead an Infrastructure Development Team and work across a broad portfolio of growth-related infrastructure projects. This is an opportunity to drive the regions infrastructure growth and resilience.

You will lead and guide land use planning, infrastructure delivery, and stakeholder engagement. The role involves collaboration with developers, consultants, planners, legal advisors, and internal teams to deliver sustainable infrastructure outcomes.

The job:

• Lead, mentor, and develop an Infrastructure Development Team
• Oversee technical reviews and approvals of development engineering designs and plans
• Manage developer agreements and provide strategic advice on infrastructure delivery
• Ensure quality assurance and compliance across developer-delivered infrastructure projects
• Maintain and improve subdivision and land development standards and processes
• Build and maintain strong relationships with developers, consultants, and key stakeholders
• Manage infrastructure-related risks and ensure commercial and contractual outcomes

Relocate to Queenstown for this opportunity as an Infrastructure Development Manager, where you'll lead a specialist team responsible for providing technical assurance, oversight, and strategic guidance across various infrastructure projects in the region. You'll play a critical role in ensuring new infrastructure assets are delivered to a high standard, and meet stakeholder needs.

About the Role:

Based in Queenstown, you will lead an Infrastructure Development Team and work across a broad portfolio of growth-related infrastructure projects. This is an opportunity to drive the regions infrastructure growth and resilience.

You will lead and guide land use planning, infrastructure delivery, and stakeholder engagement. The role involves collaboration with developers, consultants, planners, legal advisors, and internal teams to deliver sustainable infrastructure outcomes.

The job:

• Lead, mentor, and develop an Infrastructure Development Team
• Oversee technical reviews and approvals of development engineering designs and plans
• Manage developer agreements and provide strategic advice on infrastructure delivery
• Ensure quality assurance and compliance across developer-delivered infrastructure projects
• Maintain and improve subdivision and land development standards and processes
• Build and maintain strong relationships with developers, consultants, and key stakeholders
• Manage infrastructure-related risks and ensure commercial and contractual outcomes

The benefits:

• $150,000 to $165,000 + Benefits
• Relocation package: $10,000 and administrative support
• Huge pipeline of work - busy and well funded
• Queenstown - Natural beauty, adventure sport, hiking, and world class hunting / fishing
• NZ's top performing region in economic growth and stability - no slowing down

About you:

You're an experienced professional who combines strong technical engineering expertise with leadership capability.

• A degree in Engineering, Planning, or a related discipline
• 8+ years experience in infrastructure engineering, planning, or delivery
• 4+ years in a senior engineering or technical leadership role
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure planning, project delivery
• Experience working with developers and Consultants
• NZ open right to work