Senior Infrastructure Project Manager – Southern Lakes Power

Paragon - The Agency For People; Queenstown; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora Energy is seeking two Senior Project Managers to own and deliver major infrastructure projects across the Southern Lakes region, including Queenstown and Cromwell. You will lead multidisciplinary delivery teams through planning, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover, ensuring commercial success and high safety standards.

Ideal candidates have a proven track record in high-value civil, electrical or utilities projects, strong commercial capability, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Experience delivering substantial infrastructure projects.
• Strong leadership across multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Proven commercial capability: contracts, procurement, budgeting, forecasting and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Manage project budgets, schedules, commercial performance, contracts and risk.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams of engineers, civil construction and delivery partners.
• Oversee procurement, construction, QA and critical project dependencies.
• Manage complex stakeholder relationships across Aurora, Transpower, contractors and delivery partners to drive outcomes, with clear reporting and safety focus.

Skills

Leadership

Contract administration

Procurement

Budgeting

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering/technical degree

Tools

NZS 3910

NZS 3915

FIDIC

Job description

Aurora Energy is seeking two Senior Project Managers to own and deliver major infrastructure projects across the Southern Lakes region, including Queenstown and Cromwell. You will lead multidisciplinary delivery teams through planning, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover, ensuring commercial success and high safety standards.

Ideal candidates have a proven track record in high-value civil, electrical or utilities projects, strong commercial capability, and the ability to