Land Development Delivery Lead / Project Lead (Wanaka)

Patersons; Queenstown; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Annual volunteer day

Workride scheme

AI integration

Job summary

Patersons in Wanaka seeks a Land Development Delivery Lead to oversee subdivision, infrastructure and large-scale projects across Central Otago’s growth areas.

You will coordinate survey, planning, engineering and construction inputs, ensuring timely, on-budget delivery while maintaining quality and strong client relationships. A hands-on leader with NZ development experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• A design, technical or project delivery background in land development, infrastructure, surveying, engineering or construction.
• A strong understanding of how projects move from early planning through design, approvals, construction and completion.
• Confidence leading multi-disciplinary teams across locations.
• Strength in building client relationships.
• Clear communication with technical teams, councils and contractors.
• Sound judgement about when to progress an issue and when to elevate it to our Job Directors.
• Experience with 12d, civil design, NZS3910 contracts, council approvals, consent conditions or New Zealand land development processes would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day delivery of subdivision, land development and infrastructure projects across key project phases.
• Lead project teams, coordinating inputs from survey, planning, engineering, design, construction and specialist consultants.
• Ensure projects are delivered to time, cost requirements and quality standards.
• Work closely with developers, councils, contractors and internal technical teams.
• Coordinating civil design inputs including earthworks, roading, stormwater, wastewater and water infrastructure.
• Depending on your background, review technical documentation, drawings, specifications and reports.
• Track consent conditions, council responses, engineering approvals and completion requirements.
• Manage tender processes, contractor engagement and construction-phase coordination.

Skills

land development

infrastructure

surveying

engineering

construction

12d

Tools

12d

Job description

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Land Development Delivery Lead / Project Lead (Wanaka)

Lead large-scale land development projects in one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing regions.

Some of the most significant land development and infrastructure work in New Zealand is happening across Queenstown Lakes, Wānaka and Central Otago.

Patersons is on an exciting growth journey. We have a full pipeline of work, and we need talented project leaders to help us deliver it.

Our projects span: growth-area infrastructure, major residential subdivisions, mixed-use developments, roading, earthworks, three waters, construction-phase delivery and completion works.

This is a practical delivery role, not project management alone. You will work closely with technical teams, clients, councils and contractors, keeping deliverables moving from early planning through to completion.

The role

In this role, you will:

• Manage the day-to-day delivery of subdivision, land development and infrastructure projects across key project phases.

• Lead project teams, coordinating inputs from survey, planning, engineering, design, construction and specialist consultants.

• Ensure projects are delivered to time, cost requirements and quality standards.

• Work closely with developers, councils, contractors and internal technical teams.

• Coordinating civil design inputs including earthworks, roading, stormwater, wastewater and water infrastructure.

• Depending on your background, review technical documentation, drawings, specifications and reports.

• Track consent conditions, council responses, engineering approvals and completion requirements.

• Manage tender processes, contractor engagement and construction-phase coordination.

About you

You will bring:

• A design, technical or project delivery background in land development, infrastructure, surveying, engineering or construction.

• A strong understanding of how projects move from early planning through design, approvals, construction and completion.

• Confidence leading multi-disciplinary teams across locations.

• Strength in building client relationships.

• Clear communication with technical teams, councils and contractors.

• Sound judgement about when to progress an issue and when to elevate it to our Job Directors.

Experience with 12d, civil design, NZS3910 contracts, council approvals, consent conditions or New Zealand land development processes would be an advantage.

Why this role

You will work alongside experienced project leaders, surveyors, engineers and planners who are well respected and deeply connected to their local communities.

Patersons has a full pipeline of work in New Zealand’s major growth regions, and there are opportunities to develop your career to the highest level.

Why Patersons

Our strength is the way our surveyors, engineers and planners work together across the full project lifecycle.

We are an innovative firm, investing in people, technology and AI to advance how we work and delivery the best outcomes for clients. In 2025 we won the Consulting Surveyors New Zealand (CSNZ) award for Business Excellence and we are finalists in the 2026 CSNZ awards. We are also finalist for the ACE of Innovation Award 2026 for our work on technology integration into our business.

We have clear development pathways across project leadership, people leadership and our technical functions.

We are close to the client, partnering with them and developing relationships that in many cases endure for decades.

We care about our people, and our communities- giving back through sponsorship of charities like Ronald McDonald House.

What we can offer

• Leadership of significant land development, subdivision and infrastructure projects

• Career development to the highest level

• A very competitive market salary

• Hands‑on leaders who are deeply committed to their clients and our people

• Health Insurance and OCP (our wellbeing provider)

• An annual paid volunteer day

• Access to our workride scheme

• A chance to join an innovative firm, successfully integrating new technologies and AI

• A fun, supportive culture with social events

• Relocation support by discussion