Project Manager - Plant Rooms

Entec Services; New Plymouth; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Entec Services in New Plymouth seeks an experienced Project Manager for our prefabricated plant room division. You will lead electrical and structural projects, manage build, installation and commissioning, and coordinate with clients to ensure on-time delivery.

The role blends technical leadership with quality control and team collaboration, with most work centered around Taranaki and occasional travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing projects in regulated environments.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• High literacy and numeracy levels.
• Familiarity with MS Office and MS Project.
• Effective communication with stakeholders.
• Ability to create and follow production schedules.
• Promote Entec Health, Safety and Quality culture.
• Willingness to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical and structural project work in prefabricated plant rooms.
• Manage build, installation and commissioning activities.
• Oversee production scheduling and client coordination.
• Provide leadership and quality control across projects.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

Job description

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Entec Services – New Plymouth, North Island

Project Manager - Prefabricated Plant Room New Plymouth

Join the Entec team and help us deliver world class electrical plant room projects and services across New Zealand’s heavy industrial infrastructure. Build the future of prefabricated plantrooms with us

What’s the opportunity?

To project manage and lead a wide variety of electrical, and structural project work in our prefabricated plantroom division. We need a hands‑on project manager to join our team. The role will be to manage and execute build projects in our New Plymouth based prefabricated plant room facility and occasionally onsite as required.

About us:

Entec is envied for the calibre of its staff and the consistently high quality of the products, projects, and services that we deliver to our customers. We operate across mechanical, instrumentation, electrical, and gas detection disciplines and we are proud of our reputation as a reliable supplier, and a responsible employer. Entec is privately owned and well-managed; we aim to keep the feel of the small family business that we were a few years ago while offering the capabilities, security, and strength of a large company.

Look at our company profile video via the link at the bottom of this ad to get an overview of our business. We now employ around 130 people based out of locations in Auckland, Taupo, and New Plymouth, and operate nationwide.

The job we have on offer:

We are looking to appoint a full time experienced project /construction manager to join our rapidly growing New Plymouth based prefabricated plant room team. The scopes of work to be managed are primarily the electrical and structural portions of the plant room manufacturing process as well as oversight of the build, installation and commissioning. This position blends technical expertise, leadership, quality control, and client coordination.

To be considered for this role you would need:

• proven experience in managing projects in highly regulated environments,


• excellent attention to detail,


• a high level of literacy and numeracy,


• familiarity with the MS Office suite of software and MS Project,


• to be an effective communicator with both internal and external stakeholders,


• to be able to help create and work to production schedules,


• to promote Entec's Health, Safety and Quality culture, and


• to be willing to work as part of a team.

Remuneration will be by way of competitive salary, dependent on trade qualifications, relevant experience, and any other skills you can bring to the business. Most of the work will be centred around Taranaki with the need to commit to short stints working away from home periodically.