Senior Engineering Project Leader – Capital Programs

Fonterra Co-operative Group; Canterbury; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fonterra Co-operative Group in Canterbury, New Zealand, invites expressions of interest for Senior & Engineering Project Managers to lead major capital programmes across Central & Upper South Island. The role sits in a hybrid workplace, delivering complex projects that improve safety, reliability and efficiency across our manufacturing network.

You will bring extensive project delivery experience in industrial settings, strong stakeholder engagement, and a passion for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience delivering capital projects in industrial environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management.
• Experience developing project scopes, budgets, schedules and business cases from inception through to completion.
• Proven ability to manage consultants, suppliers and contractors through design, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Excellent organisational prioritisation and problem-solving skills.
• A strong commitment to health, safety, quality and continuous improvement.
• Significant experience delivering complex capital projects and programmes.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, including mentoring and building capability in others.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Advanced contracting, commercial and risk management capability.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and collaborate effectively with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of capital projects within manufacturing environments.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to keep projects safe, reliable and on schedule.
• Develop and manage project scopes, budgets and business cases.
• Manage consultants, suppliers and contractors through all project phases.
• Promote health, safety and quality across project delivery.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Contracting

Leadership

Health & safety

Continuous improvement

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Fonterra Co-operative Group in Canterbury, New Zealand, invites expressions of interest for Senior & Engineering Project Managers to lead major capital programmes across Central & Upper South Island. The role sits in a hybrid workplace, delivering complex projects that improve safety, reliability and efficiency across our manufacturing network.

You will bring extensive project delivery experience in industrial settings, strong stakeholder engagement, and a passion for continuous improvement.