Interior Fitout Construction Operations Manager

AllRecruits Ltd; South Head; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Construction Operations Manager in Auckland, New Zealand, for a significant commercial building project. This role involves ensuring effective coordination among contractors, stakeholders, and consultants. The ideal candidate has over 15 years of experience in construction management, with a focus on commercial interior fitouts and vertical building projects. A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Construction is desirable, and expertise in health and safety standards is essential.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of construction management experience on complex commercial building projects.
• Expertise in large scale commercial vertical building projects.
• Extensive experience with commercial interior fitouts.

Responsibilities

• Ensure well-coordinated alignment between stakeholder operations and construction works.
• Manage quality control and project variation processes.
• Support health, safety and environmental performance.

Skills

Construction management

Stakeholder communication

Quality control

Health and safety performance

Education

Bachelor of Engineering or Construction

Job description

We are currently seeking a Construction Operations Manager on a 2+ year Fixed Term Contract for the delivery of the interior fitout for a significant vertical building programme for a large complex commercial building. The purpose of this role is to ensure that contractors, consultants and stakeholders' work in the field is properly planned, resourced and coordinated within the companies operations. They will support safe, timely and cost-effective quality delivery, while maintaining a high standard of passenger safety and experience, and operational effectiveness for the interior fitout.

Responsibilities

• Maintain close contact with stakeholders directly affected by the works and ensure planned and well communicated alignment between stakeholder operations in the field and construction works and vice versa.
• Monitor, coordinate and expedite where necessary, interface activities necessary to facilitate the subcontractor's work.
• Manage the quality control process
• Manage project variation process
• Link the design team to the construction execution and vice versa.
• Ensure the site inspection and observation approach for the project is being appropriately implemented.
• Review site inspection records prepared by the construction monitoring team.
• Support the Project Manager/Director to ensure that the construction team is delivering the appropriate standards required for the project.
• Assist the construction team with access to site-specific information where necessary.
• Champion the health, safety and environmental performance of the project.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering or Construction or similar is desirable.
• 15+ years of experience, construction management experience on complex commercial building projects
• Extensive experience with commercial interior fitouts
• Expertise in large scale commercial vertical building projects.
• Experience working for Tier 1 construction companies in New Zealand